PLANSPONSOR 2026 Print Issue 3

PLANSPONSOR 2026 Issue Three – Cover Story
2026 Plan Sponsor of the Year Winners
These 14 sponsors share their insights for improving employee financial and retirement readiness outcomes.

PLANSPONSOR – Table of Contents

• Insights
• Intro
• Rules & Regulations

Rules & Regulations

• Aronowitz Addresses Plan Sponsors, and More From Washington and the Courts

Upfront

• AI in ERISA's Document-Heavy World
• Ask the Experts: What Does the Proposed New Rule About Paper Statements Demand?
• Means to Compare Income Offerings

Conference Coverage

• 2026 PLANSPONSOR Roadmap: Health Benefit Fiduciary Duties
• 2026 PLANSPONSOR National Conference

Survey

• 2026 PLANSPONSOR Recordkeeping Survey
• The Mechanics of Change: The recordkeeping industry and the plans it provides are always open to some reinvention.

Plan Communications

• Beware the Shift
• If education gets too personalized, it can become advice.
• It's in the Mail (Again)
• Now required to send a paper statement, plans wonder about other mailings.

Plan Administration

• Celebrate the Differences
• Each generation of workers has its value to contribute.

Plan Perspectives

• In This New Age of Retirement, ...
• How to keep workers, retirees and their savings, safe.

A Public Voice

• When DB Plan Obligations Exceed Assets
• The long and winding, plus occasionally bumpy, road to a solution.

Inside Angle

• Intel 401(k) Fight Heads Back to SCOTUS
• Whatever the decision, plan sponsors will have work to do.

Fiduciary Forum

• Why Required Disclosures Deserve Your Attention
• Fines or worse could result if supplying these notices is mismanaged.

Portrait of a Retiree

• An Education in Retirement
• A professor emeritus is learning how to maximize the latest life stage.