Archived Insight | May 5, 2021

Pension Plan Funded Status Increases as Interest Rates Rise

During the first quarter of 2021 (Q1), the funded status of the model pension plan examined in each issue of Prism improved by 12 percentage points, up to 100 percent. This issue of Prism explores the reasons behind this increase, and what plan sponsors should examine in their own defined benefit plans.

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Examine your own DB plan’s experience

Plan sponsors should examine changes in their own DB plans’ assets, liabilities and funded ratios from the vantage point of both accounting and funding metrics.

We can help employers project their DB plans’ funded ratios with a complete view of the range of a plan’s possible future statuses, presenting early warning signs of potential challenges.

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Designing and Negotiating Affordable Pharmacy Benefits

Learn how health plan sponsors can improve pharmacy benefit value through PBM contracting, formulary management and clinical oversight.

Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare Cost Management

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Many Retirement Plans Must Be Amended by December 31, 2026

Learn which retirement plans must be amended by December 31, 2026 and how SECURE Act discretionary and required amendments differ.

Retirement, Compliance, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate

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GLP-1s Have Disrupted the Market for Other Diabetes Drugs

Segal’s SHAPE data shows how rising GLP-1 use coincided with declines in insulin, Metformin and DPP-4 inhibitor use.

Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Pharmaceutical

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