Retirement

Human Interest has rolled out a new partner program that brokers can use to manage and track retirement plans for small employers.

There are hundreds of rules and claiming strategies – the wrong one can have major repercussions.

Human Interest has rolled out a new partner program that brokers can use to manage and track retirement plans for small employers.

Ted Benna, known for his work with early planning on the retirement vehicle, sounds the alarm about economic landmines that remain — four decades since the advent of the 401(k).

Workers are advised to contribute enough to their workplace plans to get the match even while paying off their college debt.

Compared with college-educated professionals, high school educated workers retire earlier because their jobs are physically demanding and less appealing for aging workers.

Industry leaders whose unique client management strategies, innovative data manipulation and other industry-leading skills are transforming the field.

Employers using the firm’s workforce management tool can offer the Even app, which provides advance wages and budgeting help, to its workers.

The wealth in retirement accounts could shrink by that much due to annual defaults on 401(k) loans. The projected loss is about 2.7% of the $7.8 trillion in retirement accounts.

When I first started covering the benefits industry in 2011, there was plenty to write about, and much of the focus involved gloom and doom forecasts over the newly enacted Affordable Care Act. How times have changed.