Compliance

Retirement plan sponsors should be on the lookout for prohibited transactions that may or should be revealed on the Form 5500 filing.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a case about whether premium subsidies are available for individuals who purchase health care insurance on federally-run exchanges.

State Street Corporation has revealed it is under investigation for its solicitation of asset-servicing business for public retirement plans.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review an appellate court’s decision in a case concerning retirement plan recordkeepers and fees.

Midterm election results are often interpreted to mean different and contradictory things—but there appears to be some consensus in the retirement industry about the new political landscape in...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard statements Monday in M&G Polymers v. Tackett, about collective bargaining agreement (CBA) provisions for retiree health care benefits.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published an interim final rule to implement Form 5500 annual reporting changes for multiple employer plans (MEPs).

Federal employee benefit regulators have become aware of certain group health plan benefit designs that lack coverage for in-patient hospitalization services being promoted to employers.

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a nearly $2 million voluntary correction by Cox Enterprises Inc. after the Atlanta, Georgia-based company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security...

An appeals court has opened the door for the requirement that an ERISA plan’s investment guidelines be disclosed to participants upon request.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the requirement for health plans to obtain a health plan identifier and use it for certain transactions.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revisited its ruling in a retirement plan stock drop suit in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Fifth...