Tag: Actuarial issues

What a difference a year makes—strong investment performance and a modest rise in interest rates during 2013 caused a steep increase in the funded status of the typical...

The recent decrease in the funded status of defined benefit pension plans highlights the need for plan sponsors to possess a strategy for locking in a favorable funded...

Large corporate pension plans lost asset values and gained liabilities during January, resulting in a decrease in overall funded status.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for a plastic container manufacturer based in Trevose, Pennsylvania.

Corporate employers have largely favored lump sum offerings as a means to settle pension liabilities, but changing market conditions could buck the trend this year.

Funding levels of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell 6% in January, according to data from Mercer.

For the third time in its history, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is using its authority to partition an insolvent employer’s participants from a multiemployer plan to...

A 16% increase in 2014 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums pushed Mercer’s Pension Buyout Index into positive territory, meaning it could be cheaper for many employers to...

In an effort to decrease pension risk exposure and insulate their plans from fluctuating economic conditions, more defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are realigning plan assets to better...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) proposed amendments to its multiemployer regulations to make the provision of information to PBGC officials and plan participants less burdensome.

The cost of purchasing pension annuities from an insurer increased to 108.5% of liabilities during December 2013 as higher Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums kicked in.

When you take on investment risk, you know returns could be high or low. But what that means for a multiemployer pension plan is different than for a...

The American Academy of Actuaries has released a report that provides guidance for evaluating retirement plans.

The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index has started 2014 on a high note, climbing 1.2 points since December 2013.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, signed into law in December, increases both the flat- and variable-rate single-employer Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums.

The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans reached 95.2% in December 2013.

The funding ratio for corporate pension plans increased to 95% during the last quarter.

The pension funded status of the U.S.’s largest corporations jumped by 16 percentage points in 2013, year-end analysis shows.

Many mid-market pension plans are considering de-risking, but still need to create a formal strategy.

The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Index increased fractionally during November.