Retirement

In a new survey, LIMRA, Windsor, Conn., finds most employees want their contributions to their defined contribution plans escalated annually once they hit age 45.

More employers are providing value-added 401(k) plan features that help drive positive plan participation and savings behaviors, according to new research from Charles Schwab.

Experts at MetLife say workers are in a state of shift with how they approach saving for retirement. Research shows employees in defined contribution plans are now focused on preserving lifetime income, rather than a singular focus on asset accumulation.

New research from Towers Watson finds recent federal pension funding relief will ease financial pressures employers had been facing - at least for two years.

Almost two-thirds of civilian workers in the United States have access to an employer-sponsored health care plan, as well as an employer-sponsored retirement plan.

57 percent of large employers (those with more than 1,000 workers) use auto-enrollment in their 401(k) plans.

According to a new Transamerica study, of the companies that currently don't offer a retirement plan 74 percent indicate they're "not at all likely" to offer a plan in the near future - a dramatic jump from 43 percent the prior year.

New analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows the $5 billion allocated for a temporary reinsurance program for early retiree health benefits will likely run out two years before the program's 2014 end date.