Defined benefit plans

• De-risking: Options available to reduce your pension plan footprint

  By Zorast Wadia | 16 July 2018

  Milliman works with a client to prepare a strategic and practical strategy to assist their offices with de-risking their defined benefit pension plan.

• Monthly Benefit News and Developments, July 2018

  By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 11 July 2018

  Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.

• Pension Funding Index July 2018

  By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia | 09 July 2018

  In June, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans increased by $23 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

• Singapore: Retirement attitudes pulse survey 2018

  By Mark Whatley, Juraidah Hussain | 27 June 2018

  This Pulse highlights the results of Milliman’s retirement attitudes pulse survey conducted amongst human resources and other professionals who visited Milliman’s Employee Benefits booth at the HRM Asia HR Summit & Expo Asia in Singapore in May.

• Pension Funding Index June 2018

  By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia | 14 June 2018

  In May, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans worsened by $2 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

• Pension and OPEB underfunded status after Michigan PA 202

  By Timothy J. Herman, Jack Chmielewski | 29 May 2018

  This paper aims to help stakeholders of Michigan’s many local government pension and other post-employment benefit programs develop informed expectations around the range of outcomes that could result from the state treasurer’s decisions about actuarial assumptions as they relate to the Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act.

• How to help customers make choices today that will benefit them tomorrow

  By Jeff Gebler | 24 May 2018

  When members are able to see their future selves in vivid and realistic detail, they are more willing to make choices today that may benefit them in years to come.

• GASB 74/75: Impact on small government employers

  By Joanne E. Fontana | 21 May 2018

  This article reviews the Alternative Measurement Method, which is used by small government employers in lieu of an actuarial valuation, and discusses the important changes relevant to small government employers as GASB 74/75 takes effect.

• Pension Funding Index May 2018

  By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia | 18 May 2018

  In April, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans increased by $20 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.

• GASB 74/75: OPEB Expense and Balance Sheet Items

  By Rebecca Ross | 17 May 2018

  This article in the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 74 and 75 miniseries discusses Other Postemployment Benefit expenses and balance sheet items.

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