The COVID-19 crisis has had unprecedented impact across all social and economic sectors, including on defined contribution (DC) plans. This series looks at DC plan sponsors’ attitudes, reactions, observations, and expectations in the wake of the crisis.
DC Plan Sponsors' Actions, Attitudes, and Reactions in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis
Deb Dupont 6/30/2020
Summary
LIMRA SRI surveyed sponsors of defined contribution plans about how they, their companies, their plans and their participants are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Meet the Project Director
Deb Dupont
Deb Dupont is responsible for LIMRA’s institutional (retirement plans) retirement research program. She conducts and supervises research, benchmark reporting, and study groups focused on the issues and trends faced by constituents of the defined contribution industry. She also provides guidance and thought leadership in helping LIMRA's member firms better understand the opportunities available for improving delivery of institutional retirement solutions.
Prior to joining LIMRA in 2014, Deb was the Director of ING's Retirement Research Institute (the Institute), where she created, managed, and published a research platform that included work focusing on multi-cultural, generational, and gender-based analyses of retirement behaviors, and also published insights and analyses of ING's own cross-defined contribution (i.e., across employment sectors) participant base. Deb's work has been recognized for effectiveness and quality by some of the most prestigious awards in the financial services and communications industries, including the Insurance and Financial Communicators' Association and the International Association of Business Communicators. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.