2021 press releases
News from Milliman
- Milliman analysis: Public pensions’ funded ratio hits new high at 79.0% in Q1 2021
19 April 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the first quarter 2021 results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which consists of the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit pension plans.
- Milliman analysis: Corporate pensions near ‘full funding,’ with funded ratio up to 98.4% in March
15 April 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its latest Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.
- Milliman analysis: Despite global pandemic, corporate pension performance for FY 2020 improves slightly over FY 2019
7 April 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its 2021 Corporate Pension Funding Study (PFS), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.
- Milliman and The Helper Bees to offer innovative long-term care solution for aging-in-place payers and policyholders
6 April 2021
Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced that its Long-Term Care Advanced Risk Analytics (LARA) group has formed a strategic alliance with The Helper Bees, a care concierge program, to offer an innovative long-term care (LTC) solution to payers and plan sponsors.
- Milliman analysis: Competitive pricing rate for pension risk transfer costs drops to 99.3% in February
16 March 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI).
- Milliman to work with Resources Investment Advisors to introduce Morningstar advisor managed accounts to joint clients
9 March 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that it will work with Resources Investment Advisors to introduce Morningstar advisor managed accounts services to its joint clients and for new opportunities. Advisor managed accounts allow a plan’s registered investment advisor (RIA), such as Resources, to create personalized investment portfolios for participants through Morningstar Investment Management LLC’s technology platform.
- Milliman analysis: Corporate pension funded ratio climbs to 92.9% in February
8 March 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its latest Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.
- Milliman acquires McHugh Consulting Resources,
expands insurance compliance expertise
8 March 2021
Milliman, Inc., the premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the acquisition of McHugh Consulting Resources, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced insurance compliance and regulatory services.
- Milliman analysis: Competitive pricing rate for pension risk transfer costs rises to 99.6% in January
25 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI).
- 50+ global leaders to address the cascading effects of climate change at inaugural Milliman Climate Resilience Forum
18 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced a stellar line-up of over 50 influential leaders across business, government, academia, and not-for-profit sectors who will speak at the inaugural Milliman Climate Resilience Forum (MCRF), March 2 – 4, 2021.
- Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pension plans experience highest aggregate funding level since 2007
17 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the 2020 year-end results of its Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS), which analyzes the funded status of all multiemployer defined benefit pension plans in the United States.
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Milliman adds SEIU 775 Secure Retirement Plan as a retirement services client
17 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting, actuarial and administration firms, today announced it has added the SEIU 775 Secure Retirement Plan as a defined contribution client. The plan covers over 90,000 participants and over $150M in assets. The SEIU 775 Secure Retirement Plan is the first of its kind in the nation for home care workers, one of the fastest growing jobs in the United States, helping provide additional financial security for these essential, front-line heroes.
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Milliman’s Integrate® Solution Awarded Best Use of Cloud by Risk.net
8 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced that its flagship technology solution for life insurance, Integrate®, was awarded Best Use of Cloud in the Risk Markets Technology Awards 2021.
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Milliman analysis: Corporate pension funded ratio climbs to 89.8% in January
5 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its latest Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.
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Milliman analysis: Mortgage volume hits record high in Q3 2020 while default risk continues to drop
4 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the third quarter (Q3) 2020 results of the Milliman Mortgage Default Index (MMDI), which shows the latest monthly estimate of the lifetime default risk of U.S.-backed mortgages.
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Milliman’s latest Arius release provides enhanced cash flow analysis to help actuaries with business planning and international reporting
2 February 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced today that it has released the latest version of its Arius® solutions, a family of state-of-the-art reserve analysis systems for property and casualty insurers.
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Milliman analysis: Competitive pricing rate for pension risk transfer costs drops to 99.1% in December, setting another record low
28 January 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI).
- AFM grants licence for investment services to Milliman Financial Strategies
26 January 2021
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) granted Milliman Financial Strategies B.V. (MFS) a licence for investment services at the end of 2020 (Article 2:96 of the Financial Supervision Act). MFS, with an execution platform in Chicago, London, Amsterdam and Sydney, manages financial balance sheet risks of pension funds and insurers worldwide. In 2018, due to the approaching Brexit, it was decided to serve the European clients of MFS from Amsterdam in addition to London. With the licence granted, MFS can continue to manage financial balance sheet risks for Dutch financial institutions, including pension funds.
- Milliman study: Insurers in Asia report steady embedded value growth amid COVID-19 pandemic
26 January 2021
Milliman, a premier global consulting and actuarial firm today released its annual ‘2020 mid-year embedded value results: Asia’ report. This update supplements the ‘2019 embedded value results: Asia’ report released in September 2020, and includes 2020 mid-year embedded value (EV) and value of new business (VNB) results posted by major multinational and domestic life insurers across Asia.
- Milliman analysis: Public pensions’ funded ratio soars to record-setting 78.6% in Q4 2020
21 January 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the fourth quarter 2020 results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which consists of the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit pension plans.
- Milliman announces Bret Linton as Global Employee Benefits Practice Director
14 January 2021
Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced Bret Linton has been elected as the firm’s Global Employee Benefits Practice Director.
- Milliman analysis: Corporate pensions end 2020 with funded ratio of 88.2%
8 January 2021
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the year-end results of its latest Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.