Benefits

A survey from Buck Consultants indicates how employers can look to spend their pharmacy dollars more effectively.

New York City has launched the New York City Retirement Security Study Group, a panel tasked with advancing private-sector retirement security solutions for city residents during 2015.

While employers want to maintain the promise of retiree health benefits to employees, a number of forces are influencing them to change their approach.

An emphasis on nontraditional wellness initiatives is growing as employers try to cut health-related costs, a survey finds.

Like employers in other industries, production company employers in the entertainment industry were forced by health care reform to consider offering health care benefits to employees or pay...

Health savings accounts saw a year over year increase of 25% in assets—including from contributions and investments.

The National Institute on Retirement Security says three states’ switch from a defined benefit pension to a defined contribution plan exacerbated pension underfunding.

Employer offerings of high deductible health plans surpassed health maintenance organizations in 2014.

“Employers are still in the information-gathering phase, learning about private exchanges,” says Tiffany Wirth, executive director of the Healthcare Trends Institute.

Managing costs and maintaining employee productivity are top goals for companies, a Wells Fargo survey finds.

Fidelity's final quarterly retirement snapshot for 2014 shows the average 401(k) balance continues to push record levels.

A panel has recommended cutting back defined benefit pensions for military personnel and adding a defined contribution plan.

Employees with HSAs to which employers contribute were less likely to contribute the maximum amount allowed, research finds.

A study from EBRI shows average HSA account balances have grown over the longer term regardless of how long the account has been open.

A lawsuit claims VALIC misled West Virginia public school employees to invest retirement savings in investments that did not perform as well as promised.

A quarterly analysis from BlackRock finds the cost of purchasing lifetime income units increased significantly in the last 12 months, putting pressure on pre-retirees planning for life after...

New research from ADP finds half of employers with 1,000 or more workers don't feel prepared to comply with all Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regulations.

A committee tasked with considering a state-established retirement plan for private-sector employees has issued its recommendation report.

Alfred R. Villalobos, accused of bribing CalPERS officials to benefit investment firms, was set to go to trial February 23.

Once employers have exhausted all cost-saving strategies, UBA anticipates more will consider self-funding health benefits.