• September 4, 2025
The National Institute on Retirement Security and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries launched a new public pension funding competition and award: Innovative Public Pension Funding Strategies. An esteemed panel of judges selected three funding strategy submissions for the award and $5,000. The winning submissions: The Cost of Stability: A Case Study by Robert (Andy) Blough, […]
• June 16, 2025
A report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) and Aon examines the changes public pension plan investing has undergone throughout the twenty-first century.
• January 29, 2025
The National Academy of Social Insurance, AARP, the National Institute on Retirement Security, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have released a new report detailing American’s views of retirement, Social Security at 90: A Bipartisan Roadmap for the Program’s Future.
• January 23, 2025
As Social Security approaches its 90th anniversary, a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that public support remains strong for Social Security, and Americans become more confident in Social Security as they age.
• January 5, 2025
Pensionomics 2025: Measuring the Economic Impact of Defined Benefit Pension Expenditures finds pending powered by U.S. private and public sector defined benefit pensions contributed significantly to the economy. In 2022, retiree spending of public and private sector pension benefits generated $1.5 trillion in total economic output, supporting 7.1 million jobs across the nation.
• June 24, 2024
As state and local governments across the nation continue to struggle filling public safety positions, new research from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) explores how defined benefit pension plans are a critical workforce management tool for public safety employers. The Role of Defined Benefit Pensions in Recruiting and Retaining Public Safety Professionals examines data from a nationally representative sample of 28 police and fire pension plans, as well as national datasets.
• March 6, 2024
Employees’ Retirement System Of Rhode Island: Examination Of Turnover Trends Since Retirement Reforms finds shifting employees in the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) from defined benefit pensions in 2012 to a hybrid retirement plan is causing demonstrable changes in public employee attrition.
• February 26, 2024
This national opinion research finds 83% of Americans believe all workers should have a pension, 79% say the nation faces a retirement crisis, and they want action now on Social Security.
• November 27, 2023
No Quick Fix: Closing a Public Pension Plan Leads to Unexpected Challenges tracks the experience of five states that shifted new employees away from defined benefit (DB) pensions to defined contribution (DC) or cash balance plans. Among states that switched to a DC plan, costs rose, negative cash flow grew, and employee turnover increased. Additionally, […]