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Willis Towers Watson
May 4, 2022
"The financial health of the nation's largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved significantly in 2021 as strong investment returns and rising interest rates helped to drive aggregate funded status to its best level since before the 2008 financial crisis. The aggregate funded status of defined benefit plans in the WTW Pension 100, managed to rise, from 87.9% in 2020 to 95.8% in 2021."
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Aug. 22, 2021
"Regulators cited the elimination of competition in filing a civil lawsuit to halt the union of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. As significant consolidation occurs across the financial services industry, some wonder whether similar issues could arise again."
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Willis Towers Watson
Apr. 26, 2017
"For the third year running, average funded status for the [Willis Towers Watson] Pension 100 was 82.4%. Most of these companies contributed more to their pensions in 2016 than in 2015. Two developments will be key in 2017: whether interest rates rise as they did toward year-end 2016, and whether tax reform will occur."
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WTW
Nov. 11, 2025
"The survey of health insurers found that the average cost of medical health benefits will increase by 10.3% globally next year. This follows rises of 10% in 2025 and 9.5% in 2024.... [O]ver half (55%) of insurers that expect higher trends expect these elevated levels to persist for more than three years, driven by high medical costs, regional pressures on pharmacy and outpatient services and global structural factors."
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WTW
Nov. 9, 2025
"[H]aving a vendor partner complete the analysis is somewhat like asking a fox to guard the henhouse. A third-party review gives an unbiased, objective perspective to provide accurate evaluations of a carrier's adherence to regulations and standards. This independence improves credibility with stakeholders, identifying potential risks by providing a more comprehensive review of industry practices, and is often necessary for demonstrating compliance to external parties like the [DOL] or plaintiff's attorneys."
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WTW
Nov. 9, 2025
"Prevalent among public and private organizations alike, [annual incentive plans (AIPs)] often are reserved for senior professional and management positions. However, in [one] study, 52% of ESOPs extend AIP eligibility to all employees. This compares to only about one-third of private and public companies ... The prevalence of LTIs among ESOPs are more aligned with that of private companies at approximately 80%, compared to 99% among public companies."
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WTW
Nov. 7, 2025
"Private equity funds can now explore new distribution channels through retirement plans. This includes launching collective investment trusts (CITs), target date funds and managed accounts that incorporate PE exposure. Fund managers have the opportunity to design products tailored for long-term retirement investing, potentially unlocking a vast pool of capital from defined contribution plans."
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WTW
Nov. 6, 2025
"The Roth catch-up contribution mandate applies to catch-up eligible participants (i.e., those who are age 50 or older) who had FICA wages for the preceding calendar year 'from the employer sponsoring the plan' that exceeded the Roth catch-up wage threshold. This leads to the following questions: How are FICA wages for the prior year determined? What is the Roth catch-up wage threshold for a given year and how is it applied? Who is the 'employer sponsoring the plan'?"
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WTW
Nov. 4, 2025
"[FAQs Part 72] provide guidance on whether: [1] Employers can offer fertility benefits on a 'stand-alone' basis. [2] An excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) can reimburse out-of-pocket fertility expenses. [3] Fertility coverage under an excepted benefit affects an individual's eligibility to make or receive health savings account (HSA) contributions. [4] An excepted benefit employee assistance program (EAP) can offer coaching and navigator services."
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WTW
Nov. 4, 2025
"[A]nalysis [of] 2024 disclosures (reflecting the 2023 financial year) from 871 companies across Europe and North America ... suggest[s] that ESG metric payouts are broadly in line with those of financial metrics, suggesting a comparable level of goal-setting rigor. However, a more nuanced picture emerges when we look at different types of ESG metrics in more detail."
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