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July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Merrill Lynch Affluent Insights Quarterly finds that, other than compensation and promotions, retirement benefits are the next greatest factor keeping affluent...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers should consider taking advantage of the additional claims data available and potential for additional employee wellness programs and self-insure their health care...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services has appointed Joseph Stabnick as its new director of marketing, effective immediately.

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is taking its “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar to...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched a mobile version of its Web site that will allow users to access GAO reports...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman of China's national pension fund said the fund plans to seek investments in private equity outside China and to hire fund...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer’s cash balance plan did not cut older employees’ accrual rate because of age so it did not violate the Age Discrimination...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Very few employers surveyed that do not use auto plan features currently plan to adopt them in the next 12 months, according to...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. employers have done a better job of keeping a handle on salary dollars in recent years than have their Western European and...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has denied Nationwide Financial’s move to certify a class of counterclaim defendants in a suit in which it is accused...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Retirement Services has announced the launch of enhanced retirement plan solutions.

 

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The pace of federal securities class action suits slowed in the first half of 2010, with filings on track to decline for a...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The three-year statute of limitations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) kicks off only when someone suing under the law first...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business owners looking to move on to a different life stage now have a new option. 

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation reported that the median return of the State Street Universe (SSU) of total plans fell 4.4% in the second quarter...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced that Vi Phu has joined its Houston office as Principal and actuary for its Health and Benefits consulting business.

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Hartford Financial Services Group has named Sharon Ritchey executive vice president of retirement plans

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Robert S. Caputo, his medical group, trustees of the group’s pension plan, the plan’s accounting firm,...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has agreed to allow a Florida-based self-storage company being sued for sexual harassment to have copies of two female plaintiffs’...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SeeChange Health Insurance Company, a provider of value-based health insurance plans to employers, will offer a variety of Health Savings Account (HSA) products...