Benefits Manager

The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute examined data for private-sector establishments in 2009:

Roughly 1,000 more organizations have been approved since August by the Department of Health and Human Services to receive reimbursements for their early retirees' medical claims.

In a new survey, LIMRA, Windsor, Conn., finds most employees want their contributions to their defined contribution plans escalated annually once they hit age 45.

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) slammed pharmacy benefit managers for pursuing profit over client interests after a report from AARP found retail prices of brand-name drugs skyrocketed in 2009.

More employers are providing value-added 401(k) plan features that help drive positive plan participation and savings behaviors, according to new research from Charles Schwab.

Experts at MetLife say workers are in a state of shift with how they approach saving for retirement. Research shows employees in defined contribution plans are now focused on preserving lifetime income, rather than a singular focus on asset accumulation.

Almost all (90 percent) of U.S. companies surveyed recently by Hewitt Associates say they anticipate losing their grandfathered health plan status by 2014, with the majority expecting to do so within the next two years.

New research from Towers Watson finds recent federal pension funding relief will ease financial pressures employers had been facing - at least for two years.