Meet Jason Russell, Senior Vice President Segal Consulting

The World of Multiemployer Benefit Funds Podcast

Meet Jason Russell, senior vice president and actuary with Segal who works with multi-employer pension plans across the country. Jason deals with a wide range of benefit plans, both healthy and distressed, in various industries.
Our conversation is about the immediate need to reform Defined Benefit Plan regulations. Jason explains the various proposals that could provide much-needed aid to sustain multi-employer plans. Not surprisingly, the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has heightened the need to include these plans in one of the proposed stimulus packages.
Before the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there was 130 plan in critical-declining status with another 200 in critical condition. Jason explains the potential macroeconomic impact due to the strain on social safety nets in America if too many of these plans go insolvent. For additional information on the macroeconomic impact visit:

NCCMP: Cost of doing nothing

https://nccmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Multiemployer-Pension-Crisis-The-Cost-of-Congress-Doing-Nothing-Updated-March-7-2019.pdf

Central States economic impact

https://www.voicesforpensionsecurity.com/economic-impact

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