Compliance

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funds from the recent $1.4 billion settlement from Wall Street firms, accused of issuing biased research, will now be earmarked for investor education,...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to release its final regulations to Section 457 in mid-2003, according to a report from Washington-based...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued proposals to ease stock buyback regulations and provide more flexibility for strategic alliances to be...

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) - 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...

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...

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.