Benefits

October 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The complete effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will not be known until after 2014, but some changes are...

October 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The defined contribution retirement system continues to improve, according to results of 56th Annual Profit Sharing and 401(k) Survey from the Plan Sponsor...

October 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Older Americans’ views on retirement are changing, with fewer people seeing it as a complete exit from the world of work, according to...

October 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan participants may be more open to changes in the design of their plans than previously thought, according to a new study.

October 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey shows that the majority of U.S. workers believe their managers set a good example for behavior in the workplace.

October 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A best-practice defined contribution (DC) plan can provide secure retirement income at equivalent cost to a defined benefit (DB) plan, according to a...

October 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – To retirement plan sponsors, it’s inadequate participant engagement in the workplace retirement plan. To advisers, it’s poor money habits. But the result is the...

October 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Empty-nest syndrome may be a thing of the past.

October 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are making an effort to explain the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to their employees, a poll finds.

October 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Less than one-third (31%) of Americans believe Social Security will still be around when they retire, according to a new survey.

October 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial wellness is garnering more attention from plan sponsors, according to speakers at a webinar by Financial Finesse, a provider of financial education...

October 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new paper gives sponsors of defined contribution (DC) plans some guidance on evaluating glide paths for target-date funds (TDFs).

October 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A paper suggests adding diversified small-cap growth funds to retirement plans for added growth.

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. workers could see their retirement savings tumble 20% if Congress and the president fail to craft a deal to raise the federal government’s...

October 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has released an insurance product for employers that self-fund their health plans.

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The estimated savings new Medicare beneficiaries will need to cover the costs of health care in retirement continues to drop as the growth of...

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to rein in health care costs and encourage employees to take greater responsibility for their health, a growing number of...

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing number of plan sponsors are pointing to participant outcomes, not participation rates, as the best measure of success for an employer-sponsored...

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eight in 10 (82%) preretiree higher education institution faculty members (ages 55 and older) are confident they will have enough money to live comfortably...

October 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors will definitely want to avoid an excise tax on high-cost health plans, and participants will need to start saving in health savings...