How employers can help workers deal with longevity risk
Companies have an important role to play in helping educate workers about the need to accumulate enough savings to last for what could be a 30-year retirement.
Retirement education
Helping small employers launch retirement plans
A 401(k) plan is one way to attract and retain workers, but many small businesses don’t know where to begin
Benefits Think Why employers should encourage HSA use
If employers offer an HDHP, executives should be maxing out their HSA contributions, says Robert C. Lawton.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
Benefits Think 8 reasons to encourage HSA use
If employers offer a high deductible health plan, all executives should be maxing out their contributions to their health savings accounts, says Robert C. Lawton. Here’s why.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
John Hancock Retirement exec outlines firm’s take on annuities, auto features
Peter Gordon explains why the company doesn’t offer a traditional annuity product within 401(k) plans and the importance of offering plan sponsors a neutral investment platform.
Small companies needn’t fear launching retirement plan
An employer-sponsored 401(k) plan is one way to attract and retain workers, but many small businesses don’t know where to begin.
Buyer risk tolerance for pension liabilities increasing
In a competitive M&A environment, purchasers are becoming more willing to take on pension and post-retiree medical obligations, finds new Mercer research.
John Hancock Retirement exec outlines firm’s take on annuities, auto features
Peter Gordon explains why the company doesn’t offer a traditional annuity product within 401(k) plans and the importance of offering plan sponsors a neutral investment platform.
Benefits Think America Saves Week is education opportunity for employers
It’s not uncommon today for retirement to last 20 or 30 years. And yet, more than half of all working-age households are inadequately prepared for retirement, says Prudential’s Christine Marcks.
Christine Marcks
Prudential Retirement
Benefits Think Educating employees about HSAs is imperative as HDHP use grows
Workers need help understanding how and why to prioritize contributions to a health savings account.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
Benefits Think Protecting 401(k) plan participants through strong fiduciary management
Understanding retirement plan administrative requirements, including those around audits and service providers, is essential.
James Sausmer
WeiserMazars LLP
Benefits Think Employee education on HSAs needed as HDHP use grows
Health savings accounts help workers save for healthcare expenses in retirement. Employees who are eligible to contribute to an HSA should max out those contributions before putting money away in their 401(k) plan, says retirement plan consultant Robert C. Lawton. Here’s why.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
Food bank offers employees low-cost loans to stem 403(b) plan leakage
The Alameda County Community Food bank in Oakland, California, works with SimpleFi to offer workers a unique financial wellness benefit.
Benefits Think Telemedicine, robo-advice will become ‘standard’ benefits
Cynthia Loh, head of Betterment for Business, discusses benefit trends in advance of the firm’s panel discussion on the future of work.
Andrea Davis
Employee Benefit News
Mobile apps driving 401(k) plan management
User-friendly websites and technologies in use by firms such as Transamerica and Charles Schwab are easing retirement planning.
Employers keen to add managed accounts to 401(k) plan lineup
Professionally managed accounts can play a role in helping employees be better prepared for retirement, yet many workers don’t have a good understanding of how they work.
Benefits Think 4 reasons to offer financial wellness programs
Providing employees with access to such a benefit can help companies stand apart from competitors, says Adam Potter.
Adam Potter
SimpleFi
Benefits Think How to fill gaps in 403(b) plan moderating
Advisers are a ‘great resource’ to ensure sponsors keep up with DC fiduciary compliance obligations and know where they stand on fees in particular, says The Principal’s Aaron Friedman.
Aaron Friedman
Principal Financial Group
Benefits Think 4 reasons employers should offer financial wellness programs
Offering a financial wellness program — or a better financial wellness program — can help companies stand apart from competitors.
Adam Potter
SimpleFi
How to address longevity risk in retirement planning
New strategies advisers and their employer clients can use to help 401(k) participants weather market volatility and safeguard their nest eggs in the process.
