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The Senate Finance Committee hears plenty of suggestions on ways to help people save more, but also that the idea of a retirement crisis is simply overblown.

Towers Watson predicts about half of large U.S. employers will get stuck paying the 40 percent excise tax on their health plans if they dont begin to look for alternatives now.

The IRS has given pension plan sponsors what theyve wanted for years: the green light to use a higher fixed rate when crediting interest to their employees account balances.

Congress this week is turning its attention to the countrys retirement security crisis in a way that many industry watchers say is long overdue.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a hard look at taxing free food for employees, which currently is tax-exempt.

Starting in 2018, the PPACA Cadillac plan tax is supposed to impose a 40 percent tax on the issuers of expensive health benefits packages.

With longevity annuities, more so than many retirement issues today, the operative expression is more to come.

One variation of a self-funded insurance plan, a multiple-employer welfare arrangement, is a potential solution for employers whod prefer to seek options outside of the government-run health insurance exchanges.