Record healthcare costs are already here, and employers expect them to skyrocket even further due to the costs of catastrophic claims and specialty drugs, according to several recent reports.

While transaction volume fell slightly year-over-year from 132 deals in the first half of 2025, the scale of acquisitions grew considerably. Fidelity found that total client assets acquired were 88% ...

Financial education is becoming a bigger part of K-12 education, as more states require students to learn about money before graduating from high school. A recently published study found parents ...

The ERISA Industry Committee argued that allowing employees to seek retroactive refunds would undermine employer-sponsored wellness programs authorized under ERISA. The ERISA Industry Committee filed ...

Industries with historically low plan participation rates and hourly employees are seeing particularly large gains in coverage, according to Gusto. The smallest U.S. employers are increasingly ...

While retirement plan professions tout health savings accounts’ tax advantages for long-term savings, most people continue to use their HSAs for short-term spending, according to a recently published ...

The food and facilities services company Aramark alleges its third-party health-plan administrator breached fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions under ERISA. A federal judge in ...

A federal judge allowed to move forward key portions of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit challenging 3M Co.’s retirement plan target-date funds, finding that participants plausibly ...

As guaranteed income products continue to gain traction in retirement portfolios, annuities are leading the charge, with record sales reported in the second quarter. According to LIMRA’s U.S.

BlackRock Inc. promoted Casie Maurer and Donald Perault to leadership positions in the firm’s U.S. retirement unit. Perault was promoted to head of institutional defined benefit and defined ...

At the end of their careers, many Americans struggle with the idea of spending their hard-earned savings, according to data from the Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America’s 2026 Annual ...

Daybright Financial appoints chief financial officer; Advisor360 names chief revenue officer; Nationwide Retirement Solutions expands sales leadership; and more. Gilbreath joins Daybright from ...