Benefits | February 12th, 2026 Most DB Plans Intend to Lower Risk—Not Terminate Plan sponsors can de-risk by shrinking liabilities and outsourcing investment management, Aon reported.
Benefits | September 24th, 2025 PRT Costs Decrease, Market Heats Interest rates, pension plan funding and market conditions remain favorable for pension risk transfers, according to October Three.
Benefits | August 19th, 2025 Multiemployer Pensions Reach Historic Full Funding Status The aggregate market value funded percentage for U.S. defined benefit multiemployer plans is estimated at 100% as of June 30,...
Data and Research | July 24th, 2025 Center for Retirement Research Finds Modest Public Pension Funding Increase The funding ratio of state and local pension plans is projected to have increased slightly since 2023, despite greater stock...
Administration | June 3rd, 2025 PRT Cost Drops in April as Discount Rates Rose The competitively bid price of transferring retiree assets dropped to an estimated 101.1% of a plan’s accumulated benefit obligation.
Data and Research | May 6th, 2025 Largest Corporate Pension Funds Move Into Funding Surpluses There are 12 plans reporting a funding ratio greater than 125%, according to Milliman’s 2025 U.S. corporate pension funding study.
Data and Research | April 30th, 2025 PRT Volume Slips in Q1 Due to Market Volatility The average cost to transfer corporate pension plan liabilities and to purchase an annuity both went up, according to Milliman.
Benefits | February 13th, 2025 Strong Markets, Steady Discount Rates Pushed Pension Funded Status Up in January Corporate pensions funding surpluses rose to 27-month highs last month.
Benefits | July 30th, 2024 Milliman Reveals Health Care Costs for 65-Year-Olds Retiring in 2024 A 65-year-old couple will need $395,000 in combined savings to afford the cost of certain Medicare plans in retirement, according...
Products | July 25th, 2024 Product & Service Launches Milliman goes with Hueler’s annuity marketplace for participants; vWise offers AI-generated video creation for participants; Paychex PEP offering tops $1B...
Investing | April 25th, 2024 None of the Largest US Corporate Pension Funds are Less Than 75% Funded, Per Milliman The firm’s 2024 research found at least three pension funds with more than 140% funding levels.
Investing | January 30th, 2024 US Public Pension Plans Ended 2023 at Funding High Late-year stock market rally drove a $349 billion increase in the 100 largest U.S. public plans’ funding, per Milliman.
Deals and People | May 12th, 2023 Milliman Hires Falls to Expand Public Pension Consulting Business Career actuarial consultant Ryan Falls has extensive experience working on major U.S. public employee retirement systems.
Data and Research | December 21st, 2022 Rising Markets Boost U.S. Public Pension Funding The aggregate funded levels of the 100 largest public pension funds grew to 74.7% during November, up from 71.6% in...
Data and Research | October 26th, 2022 Market Volatility Cuts Public Pension Funded Ratios The aggregate funded ratio for the 100 largest public pension funds fell to 69.3% in September, Milliman found.
Data and Research | August 12th, 2022 Funded Levels for Multiemployer Plans Tumble in First Half of 2022 The total funding shortfall for more than 1,200 plans balloons by $85 billion in six months.