Retirement Advisor

Pension shortfalls will be exacerbated by underestimating life expectancies, according to a report by Swiss Re. An essential element to preparing for longevity risk, the reinsurer found, is to develop better predictive methods for determining mortality.

The IRS recently gave a boost to hybrid annuity products with optional long-term care chronic benefit riders.

Four out of five Americans are still not adequately prepared to meet their needs in retirement, according to new analysis from HR consulting firm Aon Hewitt.

World stock markets took a beating Monday after U.S. companies stopped hiring in August, reviving fears that the world's largest economy is heading back into recession.

A look at some of the nation's most contentious collective bargaining, benefits and employment issues that made headlines in recent months.

Obama tackles the NFL, COBRA gets bitten, brokers take a pay cut and fee disclosure regs coming

August began with rising fears that another recession was about to hit. That was then.

Treasury yields sank Thursday as traders waited for a report on the job market that might renew fears of another recession in the U.S.