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September 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Indiana Court of Appeals has agreed with the state's Worker's Compensation Board that an employee who sustained a work-related injury is entitled...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers made no changes to their employee medical plans in 2010, they would see cost rise by nearly 9%, according to Mercer,...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group has formed Hartford Life Distributors (HLD), a newly combined sales and distribution organization for its investment and retirement...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. has enhanced its nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan solution, Retirement Advantage, to assist plan sponsors and their advisers in...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's decision to include in the disability chapter of its summary plan description (SPD) a mention of a one-year limit on worker...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has launched a Web site to support its nine Putnam Global Sector Funds that target stocks in sectors across the MSCI...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whether you are a numismatist, or just a casual coin collector, the U.S. Mint has a new line of quarters coming out.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has been named chairman of the Committee on Health, Education,...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING has named X. Rick Niu chief marketing officer for ING U.S. Retirement Services, effective September 1.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recordkeeper ExpertPlan has created a new trading platform with Charles Schwab Trust Company (CSTC) under which Schwab will perform custody, trust, and clearing...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the 2009 US Mercer Benchmark Database organizations can assess changes in the composition of the workforce and create competitive pay offerings to...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA has launched a new free educational program for the general public, Learn4YourHealth.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans continued a cautious move into equity during August, with a total of $203 million shifted from fixed income into...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers spent an average of $1.29 for employee retirement and savings plans for every hour worked in June 2009, accounting for 4.4% of...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the 31st annual Salary Increase Survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, 29.2% of Canadian organizations froze salaries this year - the most...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State and local governments trying to find a way to prefund for their Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB), including retiree health care, have...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Opinion Research Corporation telephone survey sponsored by CIGNA found a majority of Americans, most with insurance, say the current health care...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market tumult certainly took a toll on participant balances, but a new report suggests that it might have been less than...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What was once the largest U.S. real estate deal ever may end up a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that may take millions in pension...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates that the funding ratio for all 104 city and county pension plans it researched was 81% in 2008, significantly lower...