Milliman works with a client to prepare a strategic and practical strategy to assist their offices with de-risking their defined benefit pension plan.

Milliman consultants, actuaries, and call center representatives worked together to help a client offer lump sums to over 15,000 retirees and terminated participants in order to de-risk their pension plan.

This paper examines the current defined benefit pension risk transfer and offers potential new solutions for companies to consider.

With pension benefit costs increasing, it is critically important for CFOs to understand and know how to manage the risks associated with their companies’ plans.

The 2019 edition of the Milliman Corporate Pension Funding Study is our 19th annual analysis of the financial disclosures of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plan sponsors.

For plan sponsors that have resolved to terminate their plans, they typically turn their attention to two important factors: financial and operational readiness.