The latest data from the Society of Actuaries shows good newsfor the state of single-employer pension plans.
According to the SOA’s recently updated analysis of pension plans in the private sector, 89 percentof single-employer plans were not carrying any unfunded liabilityat the end of 2014, and even more are fully funded when factoringForm 5500 data available for the part of 2015.
That most recent analysis shows the continued improvement in theoverall status of single-employer pension plans since the financialcrisis. In 2013, 78 percent of plans were fully funded.
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Nick Thornton
Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.
