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About Us

PensionSoft sells the best pension benefit calculation and administration software at prices that any company can afford. Customers can complete calculations and benefit election forms in minutes. Participant data for actuarial valuation is reconciled and benefit statements are produced in hours, not days. With our Web Portal, plan sponsors and participants can log in and do their own benefit calculations online.

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DB Precision

Our product DB Precision and integrated web portal allow our customers to streamline pension administration and also provide plan participants access to real-time pension benefit calculations and data securely over the web.

our News

04/23/2013

New Version Released:
DB Precision version 2009.13.4.23 has been released which includes minor corrections to earlier versions of DB Precision.Click here to view the latest changes.

04/15/2011

Welcome to Our New Website
We have updated our website with simplified content and improved navigation.

11/09/2009

Pension Web Portal Goes Live:
Our website www.pensionben.com goes live allowing participants and pension sponsors to access their own benefit information online.

DB Precision

Looking for pension benefit calculation software that also allows you to offer real-time benefit calculations over the web? You have come to the right place.

Key System Features

• Employee Database: store employee data in a relational database with easy import/export of data. (data screenshots)

• Pension Benefit Calculator: calculate any pension benefit or detail and then export to produce election forms, estimates or benefit statements.

• Simple Interface: data and plan setup requires little or no programming experience and typically is completed in less than 25 hours. (plan screenshots)

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Pension Benefits Portal

Once a plan is setup on DB Precision, allowing participants and sponsors to access real-time data and calculations over the web is as easy as checking a box.

We maintain all of the hardware, software, and web security required for ths pension portal. Using encryption, all information is securely transfered between your network and the web user.

Customization

The site is configured to match your corporate identity. All portal content can be easily modified using our built-in content management system to meet the needs of each plan.

Web Portal Characteristics

  • • Secure
  • • No addl hardware/software
  • • Content Management System
  • • Customizable by sponsor
  • • Real-time calcs/ben forms
  • • No separate programming

Sales Support

get answers to your product questions

If you have any questions about our products or services, would like to schedule a product demonstration, or would like to try our web portal, email us as sales@pensionsoft.com or call us at 860.680.1375.

technical support

We never charge for technical support

If you have a question while using our products, first try using the help system. If you still need help, email us at support@pensionsoft.com or call us at 860.680.1375. We are always happy to help.

installation support

Installation support for DB Precision begins here

Product installation cannot begin until we send you a MARX Crypto-Box USB license key. This key plugs into a USB port on one of the computers on your network. It is used to store license information and is provided to you after you sign our Software License Agreement.

We will then provide you with copies of the DB Precision setup files as well as with 3 database backup files that can then be restored on your database server to enable you to run DB Precision.

Details

PensionSoft Pricing

DB Precision can be leased for as low as $10,000 per year*

The price for leasing DB Precision is determined based upon the number of participants your company wants to store in the database and the number of users able to access the program at the same time. Access to the web portal is available for an additional charge (see “Pricing Detail” to the right to learn more).

* Annual cost for up to 25,000 participants and 2 concurrent users.

Special Offer

Try DB Precision and Web Portal free for three months!

Actuarial firms and pension administrators can use DB Precision and the web portal for free for the first 3 months. No payment is ever due to PensionSoft if you decide against continued usage after that.

Plan Sponsors

If you are a pension plan sponsor, you can use DB Precision to simplify your own pension administration. On setup, we load all participant and plan information into DB Precision for you as well as create all benefit related documents (pension benefit election forms, annual benefits statements, etc.).

• Benefit Elections Forms and Estimates in Seconds: complete your own benefit estimates faster and cheaper.

• Web Portal: provide plan participants access to benefit information and real-time benefit calculation over the web.

• Actuarial Data Submission: submit participant data to your actuary each year by pushing a button.

Becoming a Customer

• Demonstration: contact us to schedule a demonstration of our products. This is done using WebEx and takes about an hour.

• License Agreement: if you are interested in trying DB Precision, we will send you a software license agreement to sign.

• Installation: once we receive a signed license agreement, you will receive installation files to install DB Precision.

• Training: we will conduct training (one day for plan sponsors and two days for pension administrators and actuarial firms).

• 3-month Trial Period: if you are a pension administrator or actuarial firm, you will be able to use DB Precision for 3 months without charge. If you decide to continue using DB Precision after 3 months, you begin paying. Otherwise, nothing is ever paid to PensionSoft.

E-mail: sales@pensionsoft.com

860.680.1375Phone:
866.514.1057FAX:

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Screenshots

Use the following links to view screenshots of DB Precision.

Participant Data

Plan Setup

Ribbon Interface

Other System Screens

 

Sample Portal Login

If you are interested in trying out our portal, we will send you a User ID and password for a sample participant so that you too can experience this groundbreaking technology.

Privacy Policy

At PensionSoft, we go the extra mile to keep your information secure. Learn more about our official privacy policy below.

Personal Information

PensionSoft will protect any information that you provide with the highest level of security safeguards available. We will never release or sell your personal information.

Web Portal

Any information that is collected through the PensionSoft Web Portal may be used to improve the functionality of our site. This includes managing the Web Portal, authenticating registered users, and analyzing site usage. By collecting data, workers at PensionSoft can modify the webpage to improve your user experience.

General Information

If you experience technical problems with the operation of the PensionSoft Web Portal, please send an e-mail to web@pensionsoft.com.

Complete pension administration Solution

Our product DB Precision automates the administration of Defined Benefit Pension plans. Once a plan and participant data is setup on DB Precision, the check of a box allows participants and sponsors to produce their own real-time benefit calculations over the web, initiate benefit payments, view/edit data, and even upload/download documents securely through our pension portal. Here is a more detailed list of product features:

• Web Portal: Give plan sponsors and participants access to data and calculations online just by checking a box. There is no web server to purchase, no security standards to learn, and no additional software to buy.

• Robust Relational Database: Permanently store employee data in a single convenient database with simple import and export functionality. There is no limit to the number of participants, plans, or companies/clients that can be set up in the system. See data screens for yourself by clicking here.

• Streamlined Valuation Process: Simply update your participant data, press a button and you are ready to import our standard valuation extract into your liability software. Annual data updates for valuation are typically completed in under 5 hours.

• Pension Benefit Calculator: Calculate participants’ pension benefits and produce election forms, estimates, and benefit statements all in a single system.

• Paperless Document Storage: Archive participant and plan related documents digitally in the DB Precision database for convenient retrieval and backup. Sponsors and participants can even view documents over the web.

• Easy-To-Use Interface: Complete the initial set-up and import for a plan in under 25 hours regardless of prior programming experience. See plan screens for yourself by clicking here.

• Flexible: Whether your plan has employee contributions, cash balance accounts, Social Security PIA offsets, or level income options, there is no plan provision that DB Precision cannot handle.

Installation Requirements

Hardware Requirements: the target machine should have at least 4GB of RM and needs at least 50MB of free hard drive space.

Software Prerequisites: the target machine should have the following software installed prior to installation

    Supported Operating Systems: DB Precision may be installed on machines running all version of the following: Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit versions), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit versions), Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003.

    .NET Framework 4.0: install on each machine running DB Precision.

    SQL Server 2008 Native Client Driver: To download the latest version from Microsoft, click here for the 32-bit version (click here for the 64-bit version or here for the 64-bit Itanium version). Please note that this driver does not need to be installed on the database server housing the DB Precision database.

    Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008: if DB Precision is being installed on a single machine, you can use the Express edition of SQL Server. This can be downloaded from Microsoft for free here. If you are using Express edition, you will also need to install SQL Server Management Studio Express. This can be downloaded here. If you are installing on a network with multiple users, it is recommended that you purchase the full version of SQL Server. To learn more about SQL Server, click here.

    MARX Crypto-Box Driver Files: click here for the latest MARX driver files. These driver files must be installed on the machine that houses the MARX USB key described earlier.

    CBIOSServer: if DB Precision is being installed on a network, you will need to download this zip file, extract to the machine that houses the MARX USB security key, and then start either CBIOSSrv.exe (32-bit) or CBIOSSrv64.exe (64-bit) as a service. This program broadcasts PensionSoft license information to other machines within your network.

    Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010: DB Precision integrates with Microsoft Office to generate certain forms and listings. Micosoft Excel and Microsoft Word (2003 or higher) should be installed on each machine running DB Precision. If you are using DB Precision to produce benefits calculations over the web, at least one machine should have Office 2007 installed. In addition, for Office 2007, you will need to download the following add-in here to save word documents files as pdf files for publishing over the web.

    Click here for detailed instructions

Installation Steps

Once the prerequisites for DB Precision are installed, do the following:

    1) Database Creation: open SQL Server Management Studio or Management Studio Express (if running the Express version of SQL Server) and create the following 3 databases. Please note that all 3 databases may be located on the same server or each may reside on separate servers: PSCommon, PSPrecision, PSArchive.

    2) Database Restore: right-click each newly created database (under the Databases tab) and select Tasks - Restore - Database from the resulting menu. Under Source for restore, select the From device option and then navigate to the install backup file for each database (provided to you by PensionSoft). Each backup file will correspond to each of the 3 databases named above. For example, for PSPrecision, you will want to restore the database PSPrecision using the file PSPrecision.bak. Repeat this process for all 3 databases.

    3) Create SQL Login: Create a new SQL Login by expanding the Security tab in Object Explorer of Management Studio and right-clicking Logins. Select New Login... from the resulting menu and then provide the name PSUser for login name. Select SQL Server authentication and uncheck Enforce password policy. Under User Mapping, check the Map box for PSCommon, PSPrecision and PSArchive. Make sure that db_owner and public are checked for each database under Database role membership.

    4) Install DB Precision: run setup.exe provided to you by PensionSoft.

    5) Create ODBC File DSNs: each machine running DB Precision requires a file DSN for each database created in step 1. These 3 files named PSCommon.dsn, PSPrecision.dsn and PSArchive.dsn are created using the ODBC Data Source Administrator (in Windows Control Panel). Select the file DSN tab of this tool and the press the add button. Create a data source by selecting SQL Server Native Client 10.0 (SQL Server 2008). For the name of the datasource, enter PSCommon. For the Server name, enter the full name of the SQL Server. Select SQL Server authentication and then for Login ID, type PSUser (we will provide you with the password). Select "Change the Default Database to" and select PSCommon from the dropdown list. Press Next and then Finish. Repeat these steps for PSPrecision and PSArchive (changing the name and default database to correspond to the database name). Copy these three files to the following folder:
    XP: Program Files\Common Files\ODBC\Data Sources
    Vista/Windows 7: Users\[User Name]\Documents

    6) Launch DB Precision: open DB Precision and log in using a User ID of ADMIN1 and admin for password.

    7) Configure DB Precision Settings: Select Tools - License Information from the main ribbon in DB Precision. For License Server Name, enter the machine name of the computer housing the MARX USB security key. For Database Server Name, enter the full name of the database server.

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