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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.
Assistant Vice President Workplace Benefits Research, Institutional Retirement
LIMRA and LOMA
ddupont@limra.com
Mark Paracer is responsible for conducting research on retirement plans. He currently is the project director on the U.S. Retirement Plans study, the 401(k) Scorecard, the Stable Value and Funding Agreement Products, and the In-plan Income Guarantees study. He also runs the Stable Value, Strategic Retirement Research Network, and the In-plan Guarantee study groups.
Prior to joining LIMRA in 2012, he spent 15 years in a variety of roles including competitive intelligence, operations, marketing, sales, and product development in the mutual fund, life insurance, and banking industries. Mark received his B.A. in economics from the University of New Hampshire.
Assistant Research Director
LIMRA
mparacer@limra.com
Analyst
Secure Retirement Institute
rscanlon@limra.com
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