Administration

The Internal Revenue Service is providing expansive tax relief, including waiving the penalty fee for hardship withdrawals, for victims of the wildfires on the islands of Maui and...

Companies completed 289 transaction in the first half of 2023, per an Aon study.

The airline has sought to dismiss the litigation, but the trial could begin in late June of next year.  

The former director of human resources at alternatives specialist Weiss-Multi-Strategy Advisers has sued the company, adviser subsidiary and retirement plan trustee George A. Weiss.   

The two appropriation bills are about $4 billion apart in terms of discretionary funding for the department.

Beginning August 1, Voya will bring what it is calling the very first pooled employer plan to employees of large nonprofits and other 501(c)(3) tax-qualified entities across the...

Newfront, a tech-focused advisory firm, recently brought its AI-driven benefit solutions to Congress and will be using AI capabilities to mine 5500s for plan sponsor clients, later this...

The unwinding of a COVID-19 policy that prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid and CHIP could leave hundreds of thousands without health coverage.  

The complaint alleges the Florida-based energy company and its pension plan failed to disclose material information in the summary plan description used to calculate lump sum payments to...

The state’s private sector retirement plan, slated to take effect in July 2024, hopes to say aloha to its first leader after posting the position online this week.

The plaintiffs allege fiduciary breaches occurred in a leveraged buyout after the company founder’s death.

The investment managers and recordkeepers are expanding their focus with outside hires and promotions.

When L D Wenger Construction Co. Inc. ceased operations, its 401(k) plan was deserted by the fiduciary, barring retirement plan participants from access to their retirement assets, the...

An insurance advocacy group follows up 2023 legislative plans with a push for policies that increase the use of retirement income products and CIT investment vehicles. 

Salas O’Brien has plotted changes to compensation and workplace benefits, with Lucas Hellmer as the new director of benefits and compensation.

Employers are reluctant to incorporate annuities in-plan because they don’t feel the best options have come to market yet.

Experts at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference addressed the ebb and flow of employer efforts to align in-plan investments with organizational values.

Samantha DeZur was promoted to head of U.S. public policy as part of the changes.

SECURE 2.0 Section 603 would require catch-up contributions made by those making more than $145,000 in wages to be made after-tax, and plan sponsors say it is probably...