How America Saves

PSCA has joined with other like-minded organizations to form the Coalition to Protect Retirement. The Coalition to Protect Retirement created HowAmericaSaves.com, a website created to keep you informed about legislation that could impact your retirement security and provide tools that help you make your views known to elected officials. It includes the latest information on proposals seeking to change the tax status of your hard-earned retirement income.

Along with PSCA, the Coalition to Protect Retirement is made up of the following organizations:

American Council of Life Insurers
The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) represents more than 300 legal reserve life insurer and fraternal benefit society member companies operating in the United States. These member companies represent more than 90% of the assets and premiums of the U.S. life insurance and annuity industry. ACLI member companies also offer insurance contracts and investment products and services to qualified retirement plans, including defined benefit pension, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 arrangements. ACLI member companies also are employer sponsors of retirement plans for their employees. As service and product providers, as well as employers, we believe that saving for retirement and managing assets throughout retirement are critical economic issues facing individuals and our Nation. For more information please visit www.acli.com

American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) is a national organization of more than 9,000 retirement plan professionals who provide consulting and administrative services for qualified retirement plans covering millions of American workers. ASPPA members are retirement professionals of all disciplines including consultants, administrators, actuaries, accountants, and attorneys. ASPPA is particularly focused on the issues faced by small- to medium-sized employers. ASPPA’s membership is diverse but united by a common dedication to the employer-based retirement plan system. For more information please visit www.asppa.org.

ERISA Industry Committee
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is a non-profit association committed to representing the advancement of the employee retirement, health, and compensation plans of America’s largest employers. ERIC’s members provide benchmark retirement, health care coverage, compensation, and other economic security benefits directly to tens of millions of active and retired workers and their families.  ERIC has a strong interest in proposals affecting its members’ ability to deliver those benefits, their cost and their effectiveness, as well as the role of those benefits in the American economy.  For more information about ERIC, visit us online at www.eric.org.

Insured Retirement Institute
The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) is a not-for-profit organization that for twenty years has been a mainstay of service, commitment and collaboration within the insured retirement industry.  Today, IRI is considered to be the authoritative source of all things pertaining to annuities, insured retirement strategies and retirement planning. IRI proudly leads a national consumer education coalition of nearly twenty organizations and is the only association that represents the entire supply chain of insured retirement strategies: our members are the major insurers, asset managers, broker dealers and more than 75,000 financial professionals. IRI exists to vigorously promote consumer confidence in the value and viability of insured retirement strategies, bringing together the interests of the industry, financial advisors and consumers under one umbrella. IRI’s mission is to: encourage industry adherence to highest ethical principles; promote better understanding of the insured retirement value proposition; develop and promote best practice standards to improve value delivery; and to advocate before public policy makers on critical issues affecting insured retirement strategies and the consumers that rely on their guarantees. Visit www.IRIonline.org today to experience the vast resources of the Insured Retirement Institute for yourself. 

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) brings together the shared interests of hundreds of securities firms, banks and asset managers.  SIFMA’s mission is to support a strong financial industry, investor opportunity, capital formation, job creation and economic growth, while building trust and confidence in the financial markets.  SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA).  For more information, visit www.sifma.org

Society for Human Resource Management
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management.  Representing more than 250,000 members in over 140 countries, the Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession.  Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 575 affiliated chapters within the United States and subsidiary offices in China and India.  Visit SHRM Online at www.shrm.org