Any funds
in a Defined Benefit Plan such as a pension or a Defined Contribution Plan such as a 401 (k) or IRA are considered marital property if they were acquired during your marriage.
Not exact matches
According to GAO's analysis of the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, many older households without retirement savings have few other resources,
such as a
defined benefit (DB)
plan or nonretirement savings, to draw on
in retirement (see figure below).
• 35 % of retirees have less than $ 1,000
in savings and investments that could be used for retirement, not counting their primary residence or
defined benefits plans such as traditional pensions; 53 % have less than $ 25,000.
Case and Deaton speculate that the shift from
defined -
benefit pension
plans in the U.S. to
defined - contribution
plans (
such as the 401 (k)-RRB- may have caused the upward shift
in mortality rates.
The main reason is that women are more likely to spend time out of the workforce than men, and
defined -
benefit pension
plans like the one
in Ohio tend to punish teachers who fail to meet specific targets,
such as 30 years of service.
An eligible employee may transfer from the Florida Retirement System to his or her accounts under the State Community College Optional Retirement Program a sum representing the present value of his or her service credit accrued under the
defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System for the period between his or her first eligible transfer date from the
defined benefit plan to the optional retirement program and the actual date of
such transfer as provided
in s. 121.051 (2)(c) 7.
>> OLD - SCHOOL PENSIONS STILL ON DECLINE Consulting firm Towers Watson says the number of providing
defined -
benefit pensions continues to fall, although fewer companies moved away from
such plans last year than
in any other year over the past decade.
In this sense, the managed account approach «appears to be a worthy alternative to the target - date fund as it can provide a level of customization that the target - date fund can not by taking into account factors
such as an investor's income, age, and access to a
defined benefit plan.»
The research says lowering pension contributions for company
plans —
such as
defined -
benefit vehicles — would put more money
in the pockets of families that are raising kids and paying down mortgages.
They should know that Social Security and company pension
plans are no longer reliable retirement income options — especially the latter, as private - sector employers eschew
defined -
benefit plans in favor of
defined - contribution
plans such as 401 (k)
plans, which shift much, if not all, of the savings burden onto the employee.
«Fixed» Investments
such as
Defined Benefit Plans, Fixed Annuities, GICs, and Preferred Stock (in qualified p
Plans, Fixed Annuities, GICs, and Preferred Stock (
in qualified
plansplans)
a former salaried, pension - eligible, non-union employee of Teck Metals Ltd., Teck Resources Limited, Cominco Resources International Limited, CESL Limited or Agrium Inc., who terminated employment, by retirement or otherwise,
in such a manner that you would have been entitled to
defined pension
benefits if you had remained a member of the
defined benefit pension
plan,
who terminated employment, by retirement or otherwise,
in such a manner that they would have been entitled to
defined pension
benefits if they had remained members of the
defined benefit pension
plan, who elected to move from the
defined benefit pension
plan to the
defined contribution pension
plan effective on or about January 1, 1993 including the personal representatives of any who have died and excluding Judy Erickson and Louise Malkin.
However, the other excepted
benefits as
defined in section 2971 (c)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg - 91 (c)(2),
such as limited scope dental or vision
benefits, not explicitly excepted from the regulation could be considered «health
plans» under paragraph (1)(xvii) of the definition of «health
plan»
in the final rule if and to the extent that they meet the criteria for the definition of «health
plan.»
Defined benefit pension
plans are a form of life annuity typically provided by employers or governments (
such as Social Security
in the United States).