Data and Research | November 2nd, 2022 Inflation Is Affecting Participant’s Health Care Spend And Retirement Deferrals Many workers are considering downgrading their health insurance during open enrollment because of high inflation, according to the Nationwide Retirement...
Data and Research | October 11th, 2022 Rising Employer Health Care Costs May Boost Self-Insured Plans A new WTW survey shows that half of employers are concerned about the increasing costs of providing group health plan...
Data and Research | October 5th, 2022 Provider Friction to Invest HSA Assets Stymies Usage Despite growth for total HSA assets reaching nearly $100 billon, invested assets are still stubbornly sluggish.
Products | September 14th, 2022 Voya Launches Workplace Benefits and Financial Guidance App The new digital platform will use data-driven insights to provide personalized guidance to help individuals achieve their financial goals.
Data and Research | September 13th, 2022 Focused Retirement Savers Are Not Dispirited by Inflation A Principal survey of “super savers” shows that a majority have been saving more over the past two years than...
Data and Research | September 8th, 2022 Inflation Is Driving Workers to Review Benefit Choices U.S. workers are feeling financially stressed because of inflation and want help from their employers to make optimal benefit selections.
Benefits | September 6th, 2022 Inflation Has Altered Plan Sponsors’ Benefits Spend The higher cost of employer-sponsored benefits has driven HR executives to get innovative during this year’s open enrollment.
Data and Research | September 1st, 2022 Self-Insured Group Health Plans Have Not Spiked After ACA The use of self-insured group health plans varies around the U.S.
Benefits | August 30th, 2022 Plan Sponsors: Act Now to Link Student Loan Forgiveness and Retirement Alight Solutions offers tactics for plan sponsors to boost workers’ 401(k) deferrals following the president’s student loan forgiveness announcement.
Data and Research | August 24th, 2022 Large Employers Increase Focus on Workers’ Health and Well-Being Despite rising health care costs, employers expect to cover 82% of the cost of employee coverage in 2022, up from 80%...
Data and Research | August 19th, 2022 Employer Health Care Costs Will Spike Less Than Inflation Insurance costs were muted during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they will return to rise at...
Compliance | August 15th, 2022 Inflation Reduction Act Prescribes Fragmented Drug Pricing Reforms An employer trade association criticizes the bill for excluding the commercial market from prescription drug reforms.
Products | August 10th, 2022 Milliman Partners for Health Care Data Transparency Milliman and Turquoise Health seek to automate health care price data to reduce administrative and contracting burdens for individuals, employers...
Data and Research | July 22nd, 2022 Employers Are Focused on Remodeling Workplace Benefits Among large employers that responded to a Mercer survey, 11% offer free employee-only coverage in at least one medical plan...
Data and Research | July 13th, 2022 Employers Rethink Workplace Benefits In the past year, 54% of employers have reviewed or changed their leave policies, NFP finds
Data and Research | May 16th, 2022 Health Care in Retirement Will Cost an Average of $315,000 Fidelity champions health savings accounts paired with a high-deductible health plan as a means of meeting workers’ rising health care...
Data and Research | November 5th, 2021 Workers and Retirees Fret Long-Term Care Challenges A new survey shows only about 26% of retirees can cover severe care needs for at least five years using...
Data and Research | June 25th, 2018 Retirees Say Income Replacement Needed Not As High As Pre-Retirees Think Half of retirees say they spend less in retirement than they did in their working years.
Data and Research | April 19th, 2018 $280K Is What a Couple Retiring This Year Will Need to Cover Health Care This is up 2% from last year—and 75% from 2002, when Fidelity began estimating health care costs in retirement.
Data and Research | April 10th, 2018 Employees Need to Improve Retirement Planning “Life events happen, and people don’t always get to choose when they retire, which is why it’s important to have...