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Seattle—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. In September, these pensions experienced a $21 billion increase in funded status due to an increase in the benchmark corporate bond interest rates used to value pension liabilities. From August 31 to September 30, the monthly discount rate rose 13 basis points, climbing from 4.05% to 4.18%. As a result, the projected benefit obligation (PBO) for these plans decreased by $27 billion, but was offset by a $6 billion decrease due to investment losses. As of September 30, the funding ratio for the Milliman 100 PFI was at 94.5%, up from 93.3% the previous month.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its Fall 2018 Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS), which analyzes the funded status of all multiemployer pension plans in the United States. As of June 30, 2018, the aggregate funded ratio of these plans was at 81%, down from 83% at the end of 2017.

SEATTLE – Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm today announced that it has been selected as a vendor for MassHealth’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Technical Assistance (TA) program and the MA DSRIP TA Marketplace. The TA Marketplace serves to enable MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Community Partners (CPs) to easily navigate and tap into the array of resources and supports available to them through the MassHealth DSRIP TA Program.

London—– Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that it has hired investment banking and capital management expert Paul Fulcher as a new senior consultant in London. With almost three decades of actuarial experience, including the last 18 years in investment banking, Fulcher will focus on expanding the firm’s capabilities in capital and asset-liability management (ALM). He joins Milliman from Nomura, where he served as Managing Director, ALM Structuring and Insurance Solutions for the past six years, winning Risk Solutions House of the Year from Risk Magazine in 2018. Previously, Fulcher directed risk advisory teams at both Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the launch of Pixel™ for flood insurance at this year’s InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas. Pixel is Milliman’s market analysis platform for personal residential and now flood insurance.

Seattle—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. In August, these pensions experienced a $3 billion drop in funded status due to a decrease in the benchmark corporate bond interest rates used to value pension liabilities. The monthly discount rate fell six basis points from 4.11% in July to 4.05% as of August 31. The projected benefit obligation (PBO) for these plans increased by $12 billion during this time period, while the market value of assets rose by $9 billion thanks to August’s strong investment gains of 0.85%. The funding ratio for the Milliman 100 PFI dipped slightly during the month from 93.5% to 93.3%.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting, actuarial, and benefits administration firms, today announced it has added the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Unions Savings and Security Plan as a defined contribution client. The multi-employer plan includes more than 30 locals of the IBEW primarily in the Telecommunications Department. The plan has more than $650M in assets with participants in 48 states.

Seattle—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. In July, these pensions experienced a $12 billion increase in funded status due to robust investment returns of 1.15% for the month. Assets increased by $13 billion in July, with the PFI deficit falling from $120 billion to $108 billion, while pension liabilities increased by $1 billion due to a slight dip in the benchmark corporate bond interest rates used to value pension liabilities. The funded ratio climbed from 92.7% at the end of June to 93.4% as of July 31, the highest it’s been in a decade.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Opportunity Scholarship program. This scholarship program, now in its second year, was created to assist students from ethnic groups and races that are under-represented in the fields of actuarial science, data science, computer science, economics, programming, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, or finance.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the 2018 second quarter results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which consists of the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit pension plans. In Q2, these plans experienced a $23 billion loss in funding, largely due to a lackluster asset performance of 0.70% in aggregate. The plans earned approximately $45 billion for the quarter, below assumed investment returns reflected in liability calculations. This shortfall is exacerbated by $28 billion flowing out of the plans, as benefits paid out exceeded contributions coming in from employers and plan members. The PPFI funding ratio dipped slightly from 71.4% in Q1 2018 to 71.2% in Q2.

Seattle – Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced the appointment of Gary Setterberg to the position of Senior Managing Director, Global Higher Education Practice, and the creation of a multi-disciplinary practice dedicated to providing employee benefit and human capital advisory and strategic consulting services to higher education and academic medical system clients.

Istanbul—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that it is expanding to Istanbul amidst growing demand for Milliman’s consulting services in the region. The Istanbul office will specialize in actuarial and strategic consultancy services for non-life, life and private pension, health, and employee benefits. Halil Kolbaşı, an experienced actuary who has worked both in the Turkish Treasury and with Turkish life and casualty insurers, will head the new office. This will be Milliman’s 14th location in Europe.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the results of a new, independent analysis showing what a private flood insurance market could look like in New Jersey and New York. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS), modeled premiums for most single-family homes across the two states. It also analyzed the potential effect a private market could have on take-up rates – that is, the percentage of consumers eligible for flood insurance who then purchase it.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting and actuarial firms, today announced the expansion of its retirement administration practice, beginning with bringing together all defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) administration services nationwide. The unified structure and leadership allows Milliman to better serve existing clients and continue to expand services to a broader array of employers.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that the company has joined the Alliance for Lifetime Income as a founding member. The Alliance, a newly launched nonprofit organization supported by 24 leading insurance and financial services organizations, is focused on educating Americans on the risk of outliving their savings and about the importance of protected retirement income.

Seattle—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the results of its annual comprehensive study of universal life (UL) and indexed universal life (IUL) issues, which for the first time includes the reporting of sales by underwriting approach. The 11th annual Milliman study, “Universal Life and Indexed Universal Life Issues”, focuses on current topics relative to universal life with secondary guarantees (ULSG), cash accumulation UL, current assumption UL, and the corresponding indexed UL (IUL) versions.

Seattle—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. In June, these pensions experienced a $23 billion increase in funded status, with the deficit of the Milliman 100 PFI plans falling from $141 billion at the end of May to $118 billion as of June 30. The improvement was due to an increase in the benchmark corporate bond interest rates used to value pension liabilities, which saw discount rates increase by 13 basis points from 3.99% to 4.12% over the same time period. The funded ratio for the Milliman 100 PFI jumped to 92.8% as of June 30, and would have been higher had it not been for June’s poor investment returns of -0.09%.

Tel Aviv—Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that the firm is opening a new office in Tel Aviv, expanding its operations in the Middle East. The office will offer the full gamut of insurance and actuarial consulting services. Benny Gabbay, a leading figure in the Israeli insurance industry, and Daniel Sharon, until recently chief actuary of Phoenix Insurance Ltd, a leading Israeli insurer, will oversee the new office in Israel. Each brings a deep knowledge of the Israeli insurance market and over twenty years of industry experience to the firm.

Seattle—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. In May, these pensions experienced a $2 billion dip in funded status as investment gains mostly offset a four-point decrease in the monthly discount rate. The funded ratio for the Milliman 100 PFI remains unchanged at 91.6% as of May 31.

Seattle—Milliman tonight received the 2018 Gold Quill Award of Excellence in Human Resources & Benefits Communication at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Excellence Gala in Montreal.