457 Plan Vendors

[Guest John Nelson]

Who are some of the major full-service providers in the 457 market. I'm very familiar with service providers in the 401(k) market, but I don't know much about the 457 market. I currently have two clients who sponsor 457 plans. One uses Aetna and the other uses Jackson National Life. Who are some of the other major providers? (By the term "full-service", I mean a provider which offers participant-level record keeping, investment options, daily valuation record keeping, 24-hr. toll-free voice response telephone service for participants, etc.). Thanks in advance for your help.

[Guest JCG]

Other vendors include PEBSCO, VALIC, Lincoln National, Fidelity, ICMA, Copeland, Hartford, and National Deferred Comp (NDC). There may be others, but this is a pretty good list to start with.