Benefits

December 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A majority (80%) of investors polled say the U.S. government should make it a national priority to...

December 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Rising health insurance premiums and higher cost-sharing continue to strain the budgets of working families and employers.

December 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Vanguard study finds defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are planning fewer design and investment changes than two years ago.

December 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Projected cost increases for all types of medical plans are anticipated to be down by between 0.2%...

December 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Millennials need help to participate in employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to Wells Fargo.

December 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mandatory defined contribution (DC) retirement plans have been prevalent in both public and private higher education institutions.

December 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan design coupled with product design can result in better outcomes for retirement plan participants, said Stephen Bozeman, senior product strategist at BlackRock.

December 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When it comes to Baby Boomers and retirement preparedness, a little self-restraint and planning makes a big...

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Working with an adviser and performing key retirement planning activities improve pre-retirees’ outlooks, a study suggests.

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com)– Twenty-three percent of workers plan to buy holidays gifts for co-workers this...

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Millennials are motivated to save for retirement and would plan ahead if they knew more about their employer retirement benefit options, a study...

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The current focus on retirement plan costs to participants provides a growth opportunity for the use of institutional investment products in defined contribution...

December 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans admit they are guilty of some bad financial habits, with not saving topping the list.

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey suggests that more employers are offering generous holiday schedules, holiday parties, bonuses, and charitable events compared with previous post-recession holiday seasons.

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Merriam-Webster Inc. announced the Top Ten Words of the Year for 2012.

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Curtailing the current tax treatment of retirement savings plan contributions will reduce employers’ willingness to sponsor plans and employees’ ability to save, a...

December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While nearly two-thirds of American workers (63%) view the current economy as unhealthy, the percentage of employees...

December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Over the past two years, defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors have taken small but significant steps to...

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. retirement system successfully provided adequate retirement resources and successive generations of retirees have been better off, ICI research found.

December 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are largely optimistic about fee disclosure regulations, but say they need help from advisers.