More Retirement Websites to Watch
Once our blog is upgraded in four to six weeks, we'll be able to include permanent links to other blogs and websites. For now, here are a few places you may find worth a visit. As always, please decide for yourself. These comments are not meant to be official endorsements of any particular site. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content or appropriateness of policies.
Thanks to a reader, Harold, I learned about another website for seniors, @Prime! The site describes iteself as "one of the leading age 50+ webservices designed to serve the more than 77 million Americans with the largest purchasing power of any single group in America today". Its creator, Mr. David J. Tananbaum "has been closely associated with the pre-retirement and, retirement industry for more than 35 years, and, is currently President/CEO of National Retirement Programs, Inc." and "a founding member of the American Society of Pension Professional and Actuaries." A nice feature is the array of articles about financial empowerment.
And speaking of which, Mr. Rick Meigs agrees with the view that people are saving too little and are in for a rude awakening when they finally decide to retire. (I had opined in the August 29 post that an average 401(k) account balance of $102,000 seemed meager at best, especially considering longer life spans.) President of 401khelpcenter.com, LLC, Rick and I had a long conversation about possible pension litigation trends in the aftermath of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. (Our sister company, Pension Governance, LLC wil be launching a pension litigation database in early fall.) You can go to the home page to sign up for a free newsletter that is chock full of links to other websites and timely articles.
An interesting site that looks at the impact of health habits on age is www.RealAge.com. A "consumer-health media company and provider of personalized health information and management tools", RealAge, Inc. features a calculator to determine your "real age" versus your biological age. Their Scientific Advisory Board Members have written extensively on topics having to do with health. After all, expected life spans of employees have a direct bearing on a plan sponsor's financial obligations.
BenefitsLink.com is another good site. Geared to "the people who administer, give compliance advice about, design, make policy for, or otherwise are concerned with, employee benefit plans in the United States sponsored by either private or governmental employers", you can likewise subscribe to a complimentary newsletter about either welfare or retirement plans or both. A prominent feature is a benefits job center that seems rather comprehensive.
Thanks to a reader, Harold, I learned about another website for seniors, @Prime! The site describes iteself as "one of the leading age 50+ webservices designed to serve the more than 77 million Americans with the largest purchasing power of any single group in America today". Its creator, Mr. David J. Tananbaum "has been closely associated with the pre-retirement and, retirement industry for more than 35 years, and, is currently President/CEO of National Retirement Programs, Inc." and "a founding member of the American Society of Pension Professional and Actuaries." A nice feature is the array of articles about financial empowerment.
And speaking of which, Mr. Rick Meigs agrees with the view that people are saving too little and are in for a rude awakening when they finally decide to retire. (I had opined in the August 29 post that an average 401(k) account balance of $102,000 seemed meager at best, especially considering longer life spans.) President of 401khelpcenter.com, LLC, Rick and I had a long conversation about possible pension litigation trends in the aftermath of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. (Our sister company, Pension Governance, LLC wil be launching a pension litigation database in early fall.) You can go to the home page to sign up for a free newsletter that is chock full of links to other websites and timely articles.
An interesting site that looks at the impact of health habits on age is www.RealAge.com. A "consumer-health media company and provider of personalized health information and management tools", RealAge, Inc. features a calculator to determine your "real age" versus your biological age. Their Scientific Advisory Board Members have written extensively on topics having to do with health. After all, expected life spans of employees have a direct bearing on a plan sponsor's financial obligations.
BenefitsLink.com is another good site. Geared to "the people who administer, give compliance advice about, design, make policy for, or otherwise are concerned with, employee benefit plans in the United States sponsored by either private or governmental employers", you can likewise subscribe to a complimentary newsletter about either welfare or retirement plans or both. A prominent feature is a benefits job center that seems rather comprehensive.
