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Benefits | April 12th, 2010

Long-term Care Insurance not Talked about Enough

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the vast majority of Americans acknowledge the importance of planning for their retirement and long-term care, only 9% say their financial adviser...

Benefits | April 12th, 2010

Investors not Buying the Traditional Retirement View Plugged by Providers

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of the economic crisis, changing life-stage expectations, and wide variations in investor preparedness and saving practices, the leisure retirement ideal...

Benefits | April 12th, 2010

LTC Buyers Older, More Cost-Conscious

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Purchasers of group long-term care insurance tended to be slightly older in 2009, and an increasing number selected less costly policy features, according...

Products | April 12th, 2010

MassMutual Offers Virtual “Tour” of Services

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has introduced a new online virtual site visit that lets retirement plan advisers and existing and prospective plan sponsors...

Products | April 12th, 2010

InvestorForce to Release Investment Data Reporting Product

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – InvestorForce has announced the release later this quarter of its new investment manager data collection service, InvestorForce COLLECT.

Deals and People | April 12th, 2010

Legal & General Investment Management America Hires LDI Expert

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America has announced the appointment of Aaron Meder to the newly created position of Head of US Pension...

Benefits | April 12th, 2010

Renewed Focus on Employee Productivity Driving Benefits Offerings

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controlling benefits costs is now the top benefits objective for employers, edging out employee retention for the first time since 2006, according to...

Products | April 12th, 2010

Hartford Beefs up Leave Management Product

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Hartford Financial Services Group has enhanced its leave management capabilities with streamlined reporting and tracking.

Benefits | April 12th, 2010

Survey Finds Most Plan Cutbacks to Stay in 2010

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A majority of employers that made changes to their retirement plans in response to the economic downturn expect to keep those changes in...

Administration | April 12th, 2010

MD Teachers’ Pension Cost Shift Takes a Different Road

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Maryland state lawmakers reached a budget compromise that would avoid shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher pension payments to local governments.

Products | April 12th, 2010

SSA Unveils New “Open” Initiatives

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Security Administration has unveiled a series of new initiatives that should make it easier to find information about retiring...

Benefits | April 12th, 2010

Death Versus Taxes

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It has been famously said that there is nothing certain but death and taxes.

Benefits | April 10th, 2010

Congressional Bill Would Ban Pre-Employment Credit Checks

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Democratic Congressman has introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from using credit checks when considering a job candidate.

Administration | April 10th, 2010

Officials Triple U.K. Pension Tax Income

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.K. Treasury officials have tripled their estimate of the one-time cost that pension plans, employers, and individuals will have to pay due to...

Administration | April 9th, 2010

MO House Okays Terror Investment Ban

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Missouri House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would ban state retirement plans, including the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS),...

Products | April 9th, 2010

Paychex Offers HIRE Act Resources

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business owners can learn more about the provisions and procedures of the new federal HIRE Act, as well as calculate potential savings, through...

Products | April 9th, 2010

AUL Retirement Services Launches Management Account Product

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL ), a OneAmerica company, has launched St. Louis-based R.T. Jones Capital Equities...

Administration | April 9th, 2010

Future for State and Local Government Pension Funding not Bright

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An update on the funding status of state and local government pension plans shows that while states and localities were on a path...

Products | April 9th, 2010

Illinois Firm Releases Benefits Administration Offering

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paylocity has launched Paylocity Web Benefits, which the Arlington Heights, Illinois, company said is a benefits administration system that includes employee online enrollment,...

Compliance | April 9th, 2010

Court Clears Path for Stock Drop Class Action

April 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former Comcast Corp. employee is qualified to serve as a class representative in a stock drop lawsuit against Comcast Corp., a federal...