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Executive Summaries for 2007

Executive Summaries

4th Quarter 2007

• The Pension Plan Funding Debate And The Pension Protection Act Of 2006 by John G. Kilgour, California State University
  
• PPA—What Will It Mean For Pension Plan Sponsors? by Jerry Mingione, Towers Perrin
  
• Back To The Benefits Basics: DB Or Not DB—That Is The Question by Glenn D. Bowen and Alan H. Perry, Milliman
  
• The Evolution Of Pension Investment And Risk Management In The United States by Chris E. Goebel and Phillip M. Kivarkis, Hewitt Associates
  
• Life In The Yellow Zone: Operating An Underfunded Multiemployer Plan Under PPA by William J. Ruschau, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
  
• Leveraging PPA To Manage Defined Contribution Plan Risk by Alison Borland, Pam Hess and Rob Reiskytl, Hewitt Associates

3rd Quarter 2007

• Single-Payer Health Care Systems: The Roles and Responsibilities of the Public and Private Sectors
  by Jeffrey D. Munn, Hewitt Associates and Lynne Wozniak, Hewitt Associates
  
• Confronting the Fear Factor: The Coverage/Access Disparity in Universal Health Care
  by Mark E. Litow, Milliman
  
• How Universal Health Care Would Influence Decisions About Work and Retirement
  by Jonathan Barry Forman, University of Oklahoma College of Law
  
• Health Care Reform: Universal Access Is Feasible and Necessary
  by Eric R. Kingson, Syracuse University School of Social Work and John M. Cornman, Consultants on Purpose
  
• A Retirement Adequacy Analysis of Default Options and Lifecycle Funds
  by Jason Ellement, Capital Markets and Research Group and Lori Lucas, Callan Associates
  
• Employee Contributions: A Primer on Their Use, Historical Trends and Overall Fit Within Benefits Strategy
  by Hudson A. Peters, CEBS, Mercer Health and Benefits LLC
  
• Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: Lessons from the United Kingdom
  by David Blake, Cass Business School and John Turner, Social Security, pensions and employee benefits consultant

2nd Quarter 2007

• Employee Responsibility in Benefit Change
  by Deb Hart and Mark Arian, Towers Perrin
  
• What Keeps Human Resource Professionals Awake at Night?
  by Patricia Wiley, Ernst & Young
  
• Personal Responsibility in Health Benefits: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
  by Alexander “Sander” Domaszewicz, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
  
• Building a Culture of Personal Benefits Responsibility
  by Andy Hiles, Barbara Hogg, Andrés Tapia and Jim Winkler, Hewitt Associates
  
• Communicating the New Benefits Deal
  by Lisa Patten, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  
• The Security of a Guarantee
  by Dan Campbell and Ken Mungan, Milliman
  
• The New Investment Advice Provisions of the Pension Protection Act: The Question for Plan Sponsors
  by William J. Arnone and Lynn P. Finkelstein, Ernst & Young
  
• Recent Developments in Life Annuity Markets and Products
  by Mark J. Warshawsky, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

1st Quarter 2007

• Easing Pension Pains: Leveraging Technology Solutions and Outsourcing
  by Tony DeNucci, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
  
• Improving Employees' Benefits Decisions—A Holistic Approach
  by E. Scott Peterson and Tricia Trout, Hewitt Associates
  
• The Annuity Alternative: Answering the Need in DC Plans
  by Bill McClain, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
  
• Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy Compliance Considerations
  by Ed Pudlowski, Ernst & Young LLP
  
• Born Again: Cash Balance Plans Get New Lease On Life With Latest Rulings, Pension Reform 2006 Legislation
  by Richard J. Bottelli Jr., Milliman
  
• Improving the Financial Status of Elderly Women: Issues In Savings, Pension Plans And Social Security
  by Anna M. Rappaport, Retirement Consultant
  

Cumulative Index by Subject

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