Benefits

October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fewer employees who receive equity compensation are placing a high value on those awards, in part due to the long-term view of their...

October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data from 2012 Form 5500 filings of retirement plans provides evidence of the increasing coverage of employees by defined contribution (DC) rather than...

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefit plan cost trend rates for 2015 are forecast to drop slightly for some coverage, but to increase substantially for prescription drug...

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Investment Company Institute (ICI) study finds a clear link between the savings goals of employees and the likelihood that they work for...

October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan participants subscribe to a variety of wrong ideas about retirement and their retirement plans, but there are ways to set them...

October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sibson Consulting’s Fall 2014 College & University Benefits Study found changes from last year occurred mostly to health benefits rather than retirement benefits...

October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Maximizing growth is the number one priority Baby Boomers have for their retirement assets, according to the MFS Investing Sentiment Insights Survey.

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Millennials are famous for being highly risk-averse investors, but new research from Hearts & Wallets LLC suggests the youngest investing cohort is ready...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Taking a retirement plan loan can have a big impact on a participant’s retirement income, especially if the participant does not pay the...

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – They’re scarce now, but the rise of the account-specific tablet application (app) for retirement plans will come, says Corporate Insight.

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are looking at several strategies to reduce health care benefit costs, but many are sheepish about offering a self-insured health plan to...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workers in Generation Y want advice on budgeting, saving and how to manage student loan debt, says TIAA-CREF, but they aren’t necessarily eager...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds many U.S. employers are replacing single, stand-alone investment options with multi-manager, “white-labeled” choices that can be easier for participants...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 87% of employers surveyed indicated they have taken at least one action to mitigate rising health care costs. 

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Twenty-eight percent of employers surveyed by Towers Watson said they had already extensively evaluated the viability of private exchanges for health care benefits.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some subsets of Millennial investors are just as likely as their parents to seek professional financial advice, according to new research from Phoenix...

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement assets reached $24 trillion as of June 30, up 2.8% from $23.4 trillion measured on March 31.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees and human resources (HR) staff have different perceptions of the resources in benefits information their firms offer.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The time employers have to manage costs of their health programs to avoid an excise tax in 2018 is getting shorter, and Towers...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors deem caution towards the stock market as wise, and Social Security is key to retirement confidence, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup...