The Future of the Defined Benefit System and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

The Future of the Defined Benefit System and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PDF

Author: Barbara D. Bovbjerg (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2005-09

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781422300534

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Employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans (DBPP) face unprecedented challenges in the midst of significant changes in our nation's retirement landscape. Many DBPP & the fed. agency that insures them, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), have accumulated large & growing deficits that threaten their survival. Meanwhile, the percentage of Amer. workers covered by DBPP has been declining for 30 years, reflecting a movement toward defined contribution plans (e.g., 401(k) plans). To address these issues, a diverse group of knowledgeable individuals was convened -- incl. gov't. officials, researchers, accounting experts, actuaries, plan sponsor & employee group rep., & members of the investment community. Charts & tables.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PDF

Author: Stan Dupont

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781628081084

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This book provides background and analysis of the premiums charged by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which is a government-owned corporation that was created in 1974 to protect the retirement income of participants in private-sector, defined benefit (DB) pension plans. When a company terminates a DB pension plan that does not have enough assets to pay 100% of the promised benefits, PBGC pays, in accordance with statute and up to a maximum yearly dollar amount, the benefits to participants in the terminated plan. In FY2012, 887,000 individuals received $5.5 billion in benefit payments from PBGC. An additional 614,000 workers will receive benefits when they retire. PBGC consists of two insurance programs: (1) a multiemployer pension program, which protects the benefits of 10.3 million participants in collectively bargained DB pensions in which several employers make contributions, and (2) a larger single-employer pension program, which protects the benefits of 33.4 million participants in DB pensions operated by one employer for its eligible employees.

Private Pensions

Private Pensions PDF

Author: Barbara Bovbjerg (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781422302309

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Recent terminations of large underfunded pension plans, along with continued widespread underfunding, suggest weaknesses in pension funding rules that may threaten retirement incomes of these plans' participants, as well as the future viability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) single-employer insurance program. This report examines: (1) the recent funding & contribution experience of the nation's largest private defined benefit plans; (2) the funding & contribution experience of large underfunded plans, & the role of the additional funding charge; & (3) the implications of large plans' recent funding experiences for PBGC, in terms of risk to the agency's ability to insure benefits. Charts & tables.

No Guarantees

No Guarantees PDF

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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