WASHINGTON—The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and 10 other leading retirement security organizations will host the ERISA 50th Anniversary Symposium and Gala on Thursday, September 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
The symposium will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, and the gala will be held at the National Building Museum. The event will mark five decades since the landmark passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The event also will be accessible virtually.
“For 50 years ERISA has protected workers’ benefits and helped ensure their continued access to the financial and retirement security products and services they want and need,” said ACLI President and CEO Susan Neely. “Our one-day program will bring together legal experts, government representatives, and other stakeholders to discuss ERISA’s past, present, and future in safeguarding the retirement and health and welfare benefits of American workers.”
In addition to ACLI, event hosts include:
- AARP
- American Benefits Council
- American Retirement Association
- AHIP
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association
- The SPARK Institute, Inc.
- The ERISA Industry Committee
- Investment Company Institute
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Event sponsors include: AARP; Accenture LLP; Accenture Federal Services; American Council of Life Insurers; American Retirement Association; Bank of America; Blue Cross Blue Shield Association; CVS Health; Davis & Harman LLP; Empower; Faegre Drinker; Fidelity Investments; Groom Law Group, Chartered; Investment Company Institute; Lincoln Financial Group; Mercer; MetLife; Miller & Chevalier Chartered; Milliman; Morningstar Retirement; NRECA | America’s Electric Cooperatives; PGIM; Principal Financial Group; Retirement Clearinghouse; Segal; SS&C Technologies, Inc.; State Street Global Advisors; T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.; TIAA | Nuveen; and Winston & Strawn LLP.
Advisory Committee members, who will develop the symposium agenda, include: The Aspen Institute; The Bipartisan Policy Center; Pension Rights Center; Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives at the McCourt School of Public Policy; The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; Employee Benefits Research Institute; and Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER).
In addition, the Academy of Actuaries and Employee Benefit Research Institute will serve on the Research Committee, which is tasked with collecting and identifying research materials.
For more information, visit www.erisa50.org.
The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) is the leading trade association driving public policy and advocacy on behalf of the life insurance industry. 90 million American families rely on the life insurance industry for financial protection and retirement security. ACLI’s member companies are dedicated to protecting consumers’ financial wellbeing through life insurance, annuities, retirement plans, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, reinsurance, and dental, vision and other supplemental benefits. ACLI’s 275 member companies represent 93 percent of industry assets in the United States.