"Lawmakers in two states, Connecticut and New York, are considering legislation that would expand disclosures and protections from creditors for plan participants. And legislators in several other states have expressed interest in developing legislation to deal with pension de-risking issues.... Scott Kaplan, head of Prudential's pension risk-transfer team ... [said the best practices recommendations] are 'a positive step forward to make sure retirees have retirement security, and not only to make sure that they have retirement security, but also to address any other areas where they may be worried about their pension.' "

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