Harleysville Group Inc. says it will be replacing traditional pension benefits with a more generous defined contribution retirement plan.
The Harleysville, Pa., property-casualty insurer is following in the footsteps of International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y., which announced a similar initiative earlier this month, by freezing its defined benefit pension plan and improving its 401(k) retirement savings plan.
The defined benefit plan freeze will take effect March 31.