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ING's Retirement division announced today that it has launched the next generation of its retirement health reimbursement arrangement — the ING Health Reserve Account (ING HRA) — to help state and local governments fund their employees' future health care expenses on a tax-favored basis.

Cerulli Associates has identified six niche segments of the retirement planning space that it says are experiencing burgeoning growth and present asset-gathering opportunities for advisors.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board approved an updated accounting standard, which is meant to provide more information regarding an employer’s financial responsibilities to multiemployer pension plans.

A union representing state workers proposed changes to a government pension program on Wednesday that could require some employees to stay in their jobs longer before retiring.

Lawmakers told Phyllis Borzi, head of the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Tuesday, to repropose the agency's controversial regulation amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), because the definition offered is too broad and because EBSA failed to examine the...

The Senate has taken up tea party-backed House legislation tying an increase in the government's borrowing authority to a series of conservative demands including a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

Florida's pension plan grew by slightly more than $19 billion in the fiscal year completed June 30.

Despite that black cloud looming in the background like some kind of catastrophic debt ceiling, the mood here at the BenefitsConnect Summit is decidedly upbeat. Hell, it's downright bullish — among brokers and carriers alike.