Keeping Retirement Plans Secure in an Insecure World
Alison Salka, Ph.D.2/1/2022
This research provides insight from interviews with 17 retirement plan recordkeepers and six subject matter experts on retirement plan fraud. They provide information on trends and best practices to help build and maintain strong defenses against fraud.
Summary
This research provides insight from interviews with 17 retirement plan recordkeepers and six subject matter experts on retirement plan fraud. It provides information on trends, targets, and best practices. Questions addressed include:
What are the trends in the frequency and targets of fraud?
What are good security practices to maintain security for recordkeepers and participants?
The 2026 LIMRA Landscape Report reveals how employers are reshaping benefits to deliver more flexible, targeted support — while a growing divide by company size is changing who has access to core coverage. New Employee Benefit Enrollment and Participation Trends report added.
This study provides the life insurance and retirement industries with a collective look at the most current data and information related to their financial crimes services and fraud prevention programs.
Alison Salka joined LIMRA in 2012 and led the member benefits and research division from April 2014 until April 2024. She was responsible for driving the strategy and direction of its global research program. As principal research consultant, she is focused on thought leadership designed to help companies better understand industry issues and trends. She is a frequent industry speaker and has testified before the Department of Labor. Before joining LIMRA, she worked at Prudential and MassMutual. She has a Master’s degree from the College of William and Mary and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.