Tag: Retirement Income

Benefits | January 26th, 2011

Plan Design Decisions Still Focused on Saving

January 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New MetLife research finds that retirement plan design, overall, focuses on encouraging savings, rather than...

Benefits | January 26th, 2011

Retirement Income Commitment Still Loses to Accumulation Emphasis

January 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new MetLife study finds that Fortune 1000 companies get a 59 out of a...

Benefits | January 21st, 2011

Economic Downturn Derailed at least 4% of Retirement Savers

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) study finds that 3.8% to 14% of Americans...

Benefits | January 14th, 2011

Retirees View Retirement Accounts as Last Resort Income Source

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Hearts & Wallets, LLC finds retirees struggle to understand and take retirement...

Opinions | December 21st, 2010

IMHO: Naughty or Nice?

December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A few years back—when my kids still believed in the reality of Santa...

Benefits | December 20th, 2010

Canadian Study Finds Major Retirement Readiness Problem

December 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The number of Canadians whose savings won't be enough to replace at least three-quarters of...

Compliance | December 20th, 2010

What the Tax Relief Bill Means for You

December 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While much of the public discussion focused on the expiration of the so-called...

Products | December 6th, 2010

BBT Adds ClearCourse to Offerings

December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –BB&T has added the guaranteed lifetime income 401(k) investment option ClearCourse to its investment offerings for 401(k)...

Products | December 1st, 2010

Lincoln and Humana Form Distribution Partnership

December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group and Humana Inc. have formed a distribution partnership enabling 2,000 Humana agents...

Products | November 29th, 2010

AllianceBernstein Releases Multi-Insurer TDF

November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AllianceBernstein has launched Secure Retirement Strategies (SRS), a target-date solution that provides guaranteed lifetime retirement...

Benefits | November 22nd, 2010

Stress Still High, But Workers Taking a Longer View

November 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When it comes to their financial situation, workers seem to be taking...

Benefits | November 19th, 2010

Private Sector Pensions Still Playing Key Retirement Income Role

November 19 2010 (PLANSPONSOR com) – Across all income groups, retirement income from employer-sponsored retirement plans is more prevalent among...

Products | November 12th, 2010

SI Offers Variable Annuity Living Benefit Research

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, has announced the availability of “Variable Annuity Living Benefits...

Benefits | November 8th, 2010

Retirement Planning is Still Key for Investors

November 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement planning is the most difficult financial task for those participating in a recent study...

Opinions | November 3rd, 2010

IMHO: Costs of Living Adjustment

November 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks back, the Social Security Administration announced that, for...

Products | October 27th, 2010

Diversified Offers In-Plan Retirement Income Solution

October 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has introduced a new in-plan investment option that guarantees income for life,...

Benefits | October 26th, 2010

Report Examines Non-Annuitized Retirement Income

October 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research shows the percentage of households at risk for retirement jumps from 51% to...

Products | October 25th, 2010

BlackRock, SunGard Team up on DC Plan Retirement Income Solution

October 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. and SunGard have announced a new solution that will support the use of...

Benefits | October 15th, 2010

It’s Official: No 2011 COLA Increase for Social Security

October 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As widely anticipated, the Social Security Administration has announced that there will...

Reader Responses | October 12th, 2010

SURVEY SAYS: Should There Be a Social Security COLA Adjustment?

October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Published reports indicate that Social Security recipients won’t get an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for...