Benefits

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new strategy outline issued by the American Benefits Council (ABC) suggests the advocacy group will work to achieve public policy reform that...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 U.S. workers believe defined contribution (DC) plans are an effective way to save for retirement, a LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from financial analytics firm Cerulli Associates shows more than one-fourth of 401(k) participants look to their plan’s recordkeeper as their primary source...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The complexity of retirement plan laws and the volume of plan assets demand that more attention be given to retirement plans in company...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can only do so much with plan design to maximize the value of their defined contribution (DC) plans.

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – To let them choose or not to let them choose; that is the plan sponsor’s dilemma.

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) asks: “Does Household Expenditure Change With Age for Older Americans?”

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 2013 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Employer Workplace Benefits Report showed employers realize employees need a holistic financial wellness background to succeed...

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can use data about industry trends to make improvements to their retirement plans.

September 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors are already adopting defined benefit (DB) best practices in plan design, but plans could benefit from more DB-like...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Respondents to a survey identified health as the most important factor for a happy retirement, and health care costs as their biggest concern,...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Biggest financial worries: unemployment, student loans, and whether Social Security will be adequate. Here comes Generation Z.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some retirement plan participants think the required minimum distribution (RMD) is a good guide for an appropriate withdrawal rate in retirement, research suggests.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employer-sponsored health benefits are very similar in 2014 to what they were in 2013, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Early responses from a Mercer survey still in the field show employers are predicting that health benefit costs per employee will rise by...

September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail health insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, are dramatically changing the employer benefits environment, according to a report from PwC’s Health Research Institute...

September 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ever heard of a QDRIA? You might, if income solutions become an integral part of defined contribution (DC) plans.

September 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current workers should factor uncertainty about labor market outcomes into their retirement planning, a research paper concludes.

September 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey tries to gauge how a high school senior’s career aspirations may fill the skills gap that stem from large numbers...

September 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An optimistic view of U.S. retirement preparedness depends crucially on assumptions about behavior that may not reflect real world activity, researchers suggest.