Nearly four in 10 employers with defined benefit plans say they are at least somewhat likely to offer terminated vested participants and/or retirees a lump-sum option during a specified time period in 2013, compared with 7 percent that actually made such a move in 2012, according to survey results released Feb. 13 by Aon Hewitt. [Reproduced with permission from BNA Pension & Benefits Reporter, 40 BPR 444 (Feb. 26, 2013). Copyright 2013 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com]