Defined Benefits

For benefits professionals, it's important to understand the driving forces and implications — as well as potential benefits — of industry consolidation.

Santa's elves aren't asking for candy, toy-making tools and shoes adorned with bells--they want good workplace benefits that help them stay healthy and prepare for retirement.

After a doozy of a year, here's what a "new normal" might look like on the retirement income front.

While the majority of savers welcome the advice of plan advisors, only 41 percent of respondents said an advisor has reached out to them in the past year.

And one in four respondents say their finances have worsened over the past six months, according to a new Willis Towers Watson survey.

While it is important to review retirement plan offerings every year, it is even more so in 2020 with passage of the CARES Act.

The pension agency says it needs information from administrators to locate participants and assist beneficiaries.

Here are four key trends coming out of 2020 that will benefit both advisors and HR professionals in the new year and beyond.