Benefits

November 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Best practices for fee management are increasingly important to defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to educate their participants about how to prepare for spending once they retire.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Not all employees use sick days to recover from an illness.

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The first half of 2013 saw little change in saving and withdrawal activity among employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan participants, an Investment Company...

November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees want more unbiased information—and less political grandstanding—on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a survey shows.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It can improve participants’ portfolio construction, asset allocation and also participant outcomes. So what is holding plan sponsors back from auto re-enrollment?

November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of health coverage and other employee benefits is the top concern of midsized business owners and executives, a study by the...

October 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan participants need more education about contribution deferral limits, according to a recent survey.

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The health insurance exchanges created as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or ACA) could be especially beneficial to...

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The right metrics and valuation strategy can help defined contribution (DC) plan investment committees cut through the complexity of evaluating target-date fund (TDF)...

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study by John Hancock found that employees’ biggest retirement-related concern is the financial risk of rising health care costs.

October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey by Aon Hewitt revealed that employers are boosting efforts to help their employees save for retirement.

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. workers hold almost half of their investable assets in low- or no-return cash strategies, potentially jeopardizing retirement readiness in an effort to...

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – What to do about missing or unresponsive participants and beneficiaries and uncashed benefit payment checks is not very clear.

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Almost one-quarter (24%) of Canadian employers said work-related stress and sedentary lifestyles are the top health risks affecting their employees, according to a...

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis found that Idaho is the best state to retire in, pointing to many conditions that are friendly to retirees.

October 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefits costs will continue to increase despite the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and in some cases, because of it,...

October 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Internet users in the United States are not as worried about government agencies having access to suspects’ home computers or e-mail accounts as...

October 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Automatic plan features, including do-it-for-me investments, have helped defined contribution (DC) plan participants.

October 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are terminating their pension plans at the end of the year.