Benefits

Benefits | July 3rd, 2023

Equity in Plan Design Starts With Understanding Demographics, Expanding Eligibility

To provide broader and more equitable access to retirement savings for all participants, plan sponsors should consider auto features, new SECURE 2.0 provisions, and tracking demographics to make...

Benefits | June 30th, 2023

PSNC 2023: DB Plan Design

Speakers advise plan sponsors on what to consider when looking to terminate their defined benefit plans and offering lump sums to participants.

Benefits | June 30th, 2023

PBGC Grants More Than $2 Billion to PACE and National Integrated Group Pensions

Three smaller plans also received SFA assistance.

Benefits | June 27th, 2023

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Benefits | June 27th, 2023

PSNC 2023: Addressing the Health Care and Financial Benefits Tradeoffs

Expert panelists discussed ways employers can strike a balance between offering a variety of health care benefits and mitigating rising costs.

Administration | June 26th, 2023

PSNC 2023: Unique Issues for 403(b) Plan Sponsors

Experts at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference addressed the ebb and flow of employer efforts to align in-plan investments with organizational values.

Benefits | June 23rd, 2023

PSNC 2023: Are You inSUREd?

In the shadow of the recent data breach at a large third-party vendor, experts shared relevant tips for how plan sponsors can protect themselves if and when such...

Benefits | June 23rd, 2023

PSNC 2023: The Overall Benefits Landscape

Employers are challenged to provide comprehensive, understandable and useful benefits for employees, and simplification may be the answer.

Benefits | June 22nd, 2023

Retiree Health Care Costs Flattened Last Year, Fidelity Finds

Plan sponsors with anxiety about the rising costs of retiree health care can find slight relief that estimated expenses stabilized, finds Fidelity Investments.

Benefits | June 21st, 2023

How Plan Sponsors Can Best Support Neurodivergent Employees

Benefit selection and communication will often need to be customized to provide an ‘optimal employee experience’ for those with atypical thought or behavior patterns.

Benefits | June 21st, 2023

Six Years After OregonSaves Launch, Workers Have Saved More than $200M for Retirement

The state-facilitated retirement savings program surpasses savings milestone as it reaches final phase of rollout.

Benefits | June 21st, 2023

Vanguard Lagged BlackRock, State Street on ESG Proposals

Morningstar research examining a sample of shareholder proposals showed Vanguard opposed almost three-quarters of resolutions linked to environment, social and governance considerations.

Benefits | June 15th, 2023

Employers, Participants Show Increased Focus on Mental Health Benefits

Many employees are investing in mental health care and value employers who offer mental health benefits.

Benefits | June 15th, 2023

Participation Rates in 401(k) Plans Reach All-Time High

Plan sponsors have driven plan participation in the last 15 years to a record high in 2022, Vanguard reports.

Benefits | June 8th, 2023

With Student Loan Payments Resuming, How Should Plan Sponsors Respond?

The three-year freeze on student loan payments ends August 29, and plan sponsors have an opportunity to help relieve employees’ financial stress by offering student loan benefits.

Benefits | June 6th, 2023

Nevada, Vermont to Offer State Auto-IRA Programs

A bill to create a similar auto-IRA program in Pennsylvania is awaiting a Senate vote.

Administration | June 5th, 2023

Use of RFPs Versus RFIs Contrast For Plan Sponsors

Employers in disparate principal businesses approach RFPs versus RFIs differently, as plan sponsors perform searches for employee benefit providers

Benefits | June 1st, 2023

How Plan Sponsors Can Shift Focus to Decumulation

As most retirees no longer rely on a pension for lifetime income, plan sponsors should be exploring benefits that will support this population of participants.

Benefits | June 1st, 2023

Robust Retirement Tiers Can Help Keep Participants In-Plan

Plan sponsors who want to continue serving their retirees need to give them a reason to stay.

Benefits | June 1st, 2023

PPG Agrees to $309M Pension Risk Transfer Deal

The transaction with Legal & General and RGA is intended to secure the retirement benefits of more than 4,000 PPG retirees.

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