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Benefit plan managers seem to be divided on whether distributing more plan notices electronically would have any effect on plan participants’ inability to find, summon the energy to read, or understand the notices.

Rhode Island's retirement board on Wednesday approved a new set of assumptions that estimates the state's unfunded pension liability is 27 percent higher than previously thought.

Brokers and their clients face numerous challenges given the changing benefits landscape.

The U.S Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has unveiled a final amendment to a prohibited transaction exemption that broadens the transactions allowed for employee benefit plans whose assets are managed by in-house asset managers.

The U.S. Senate is navigating through a number of proposed laws aimed at helping Americans prepare for a more secure retirement.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is proposing a rule designed to help America's workers better comprehend target date retirement funds and similar investments, which are available in 401(k)-type plans.

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.

The benefits world isn't getting any simpler.