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John W. Ehrhardt

FSA, MAAA, EA
Principal, Consulting Actuary
New York, NY, US
John is a principal and consulting actuary in the New York office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1983.
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Experience

John's area of expertise is in retirement programs for large corporations, churches and not-for-profit organizations. He specializes in the redesign of traditional pension plans. This includes the conversion of these plans to hybrid plans, including cash balance and pension equity plans.

Client projects have included ongoing plan valuation and administration, expense projections, asset/liability studies, development of simulation models for the redesign of benefit plans, and advising on benefits-related matters in acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers.

John also serves on Milliman's Public Relations Committee and Employee Benefits Steering Committee.

Publications

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Pension Funding Index December 2016

08 December 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
In November, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by $71 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI). November’s funded status boost was the largest of 2016.
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Pension Funding Index November 2016

07 November 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
In October, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by $28 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI).
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Pension Funding Index October 2016

12 October 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
The market value of assets fell by $4 billion as a result of September’s flat investment return of 0.07%.
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Pension Funding Index September 2016

08 September 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
The funded status deficit settled at $456 billion at the end of August, having risen by $149 billion so far in 2016.
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Pension Funding Index August 2016

08 August 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
The funded status deficit settled at $453 billion after ballooning by $146 billion so far in 2016.
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Pension Funding Index July 2016

08 July 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
The funded status deficit settled at $447 billion at the end of June, having risen by $140 billion so far in 2016.
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Pension Funding Index June 2016

10 June 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved in May by $10 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.
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Pension Funding Index May 2016

06 May 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
In April, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans worsened by $25 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.
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Pension Funding Index April 2016

15 April 2016 - by John W. Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia
In March, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $20 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.
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2016 Corporate Pension Funding Study

07 April 2016 - by Charles J. Clark, John W. Ehrhardt, Alan Perry, Zorast Wadia
The 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans made little progress in 2015, a tumultuous year that buffeted pension plans with volatile markets and interest rate movement.