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November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has hired Tracey Young as its director of Media and Public Affairs.

 

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a Fitch Ratings special report, the funded status of U.S. life and non-life insurers' defined benefit pensions plans improved in 2009...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –  A top U.S. Senate Democrat on Friday pledged to repeal a provision of the new health care law that requires businesses to file...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Groep NV has started laying off 400 people in its U.S. insurance operation, preparing to sell the unit in an initial public...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Registered alternative products have recorded a strong 14.47% CAGR over the past four and one-half years, and present asset management firms with meaningful...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Barclays has announced a new benefit for gay employees.

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife has announced the release of a new white paper that examines the awareness of critical illness insurance (CII) among employees and the...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, has announced the availability of “Variable Annuity Living Benefits and Eligible Funds,” a new report featuring key...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has settled on a $150-million investment in the commodities markets, dramatically scaled back from its original...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – NewMilliman data shows the 100 large plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index experienced asset increases of $15 billion and liability decreases...

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Board has adopted an actuary’s proposed increases to system contributions.

November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The widow of a deceased, former NFL player will no longer be receiving his pension because their marriage was never valid.

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A growing number of Canadians are developing their own personal "brands" as they take greater control over their careers, including steps to help...

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of American retirees see their children and grandchildren being unable to participate in the “American Dream” and afford retirement, according to...

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new OfficeTeam survey found nearly one-third (31%) of senior managers interviewed will not take extra time off between Thanksgiving and New Year's,...

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vision Capital Management Inc. announced Todd S. Jessup will join the firm as Director Institutional Marketing and Client Services.

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The retirement services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has announced the appointment of Gail Lingle to the...

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following an extensive review of its Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) business, MetLife has decided it will discontinue the sale of new LTCI coverage.

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A settlement of $4.5 million has been preliminarily approved by a federal court in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Diebold, Incorporated.

November 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has introduced a new plan management program to help financial advisers, third party administrators, and plan sponsors better administer employer-sponsored...