By Andrew Timcheck, Cory Gusland, Mike Gaal  |  19 July 2019

The interest that providers and employers have expressed for direct-to-provider solutions is complicated by the numerous ways these arrangements can be structured.

By Kelly S. Coffing, Rebecca A. Sielman  |  17 July 2019

The American pension plan is in flux, but not for the first time in U.S. history; this episode discusses why it’s a turbulent time for retirement security and what the next generation of pension plans could – and should – look like.

By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group  |  11 July 2019

Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.

By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia  |  08 July 2019

In June, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans increased by $1 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

By Robert L. Schmidt  |  28 June 2019

Milliman produces estimates of retiree health costs that are updated each year.

By Dale S. Hagstrom  |  24 June 2019

Global events like climate change, immigration, and opioids have the potential to affect mortality rates, as Milliman consulting actuary Dale Hagstrom discusses in the latest episode of the firm’s podcast, Critical Point.

By Elizabeth Dey, Tyler Thornton  |  17 June 2019

Milliman provides recordkeeping services for the defined contribution plans of a multi-discipline healthcare system.

By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group  |  13 June 2019

Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.

By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia  |  12 June 2019

In May, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans decreased by $65 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

By Jill Godschall, Heidi tenBroek  |  29 May 2019

What makes HR communication effective for Millennials, Gen-Xers, and Boomers today?

By Rebecca A. Sielman  |  28 May 2019

The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans jumped from 67.2% at the end of December 2018 to 71% at the end of March 2019 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.

By Yutaro Seki, Michael A. Sudduth  |  24 May 2019

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s final rule issued on May 2 addresses reporting and disclosure requirements for plan sponsors of certain terminated and/or insolvent multiemployer pension plans.

By Ladd E. Preppernau, Rex Barker, Kevin M. Campe, Timothy L. Connor, Stuart Kliternick, Nina M. Lantz, Joel E. Stewart  |  21 May 2019

The Spring 2019 Multiemployer Pension Funding Study reports on the estimated funding status of all U.S. multiemployer plans as of December 31, 2018.

By Employee Benefits Research Group  |  13 May 2019

CAB 19-1: The IRS has expanded the Self-Correction Program to enable retirement plan sponsors to more easily fix certain common plan document and operational failures, effective beginning April 19, 2019.

By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia  |  09 May 2019

In April, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans increased by $29 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group  |  07 May 2019

Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.

By William Strange  |  07 May 2019

For plan sponsors that have resolved to terminate their plans, they typically turn their attention to two important factors: financial and operational readiness.

By Scott M. Cohen, Paul V. Sakhrani, Brian A. Sweatman  |  01 May 2019

There is increased interest from both employers and third-party administrators (TPAs) in incorporating medical trend guarantees into TPA selection analyses.

By Aeron Riordon  |  17 April 2019

Use of the spot-rate method in developing pension cost is a practice which is increasingly being used.

By Zorast Wadia, Alan H. Perry, Charles J. Clark  |  16 April 2019

Despite investment losses of 2.8%-- the worst asset performance since 2008—the private single-employer defined benefit plans of the Milliman 100 companies continued to make funding improvements in 2018.