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IRS Explains New DB Auto Approval Procedure

December 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com)Saying it has gotten “numerous” questions from single-employer defined benefit plan sponsors or their actuaries about changes in plan valuation software,  Internal Revenue...
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PBGC Seizes Plan from Cigarette Lighter Maker

December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com)The nation’s private-sector pension insurer is taking over the underfunded pension program for more than 460 workers and retirees of a New Jersey-based...
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SEC Says Broker Churned Municipal Accounts

December 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Houston-based broker with engaging in “unauthorized and unsuitable” trading on behalf of two...
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DoL Publishes 2009 Form M-1 for MEWAs

December 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has published the 2009 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...
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Health Reform Bill Okayed by U.S. Senate

December 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com)The U.S. Senate approved a landmark health-care reform measure early Thursday morning under which most Americans must obtain coverage either from their employer...

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Judge Clears CalPERS Furloughs

December 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A California state judge has cleared the way for employee furloughs at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to proceed.

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COBRA Subsidy Extension Passed

December 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The president has signed a measure approved by the U.S. Senate over the weekend that extends displaced workers’ COBRA health care subsidies from...