February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has thrown out a decision denying double indemnity life insurance benefits to the relatives of a man killed in...
February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Days after a bipartisan US Senate group introduced legislation that would kill 12b-1 marketing and distribution charges, US market regulators have tentatively approved...
February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)The US Department of Labor (DoL) filed lawsuits against two union-sponsored health plans in Colorado for ERISA violations resulting in substantial losses to the plans.
February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement services industry groups are unanimous in their opposition to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal for a 4 p.m. Eastern...
February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...
February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...
February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite pleas from Ohio Governor Bob Taft to hold off on any new health-care mandates on business, the Buckeye State's House approved a...
February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal private pension insurer has taken over an underfunded pension plan sponsored by the bankrupt Fansteel Inc., a specialty metals manufacturer based...
February 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) A federal judge ruled that an ordinance requiring employers receiving certain housing and community development funds to extend benefits to employees' domestic partners is...
September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer doesn't have to pay benefits to unvested participants in a partially terminated cash balance pension plan, a judge ruled.
February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer is moving to take over the pension plan of a bankrupt Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based cafeteria company covering more...
February 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bi-partisan group of US Senators has introduced a comprehensive mutual fund reform measure that would repeal the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A stroke victim isn't entitled to an unlimited amount of physical therapy paid by her retired husband's former employer if such coverage isn't...
September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) has announced publication of a technical amendment extending the sunset date for...
August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court found that a single word - "for" - rendered a policy ambiguous enough to overcome a preexisting condition clause.
August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's pension insurer has just taken over responsibility for six pension plans - and for a change, they don't appear to...
August 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would establish a registration process for 403(b) program vendors in California has cleared another hurdle.
July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The list of states still out of step with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) is one shorter,...
July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This afternoon Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum signed into law a budget reform bill, which also happens to bring the Badger State into compliance...
July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts employers could be held criminally responsible for knowingly exposing children to the threat of abuse at the hands of their employees.