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January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest capital market update from Towers Perrin the funded ratio for Towers Perrin's benchmark pension plan showed a 6.9 percentage point...

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has announced the appointment of James R. Daniel, Jr....

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firm of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC is investigating conduct which it believes may have caused losses to the KV...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained consent judgments restoring an additional $250,000 to the Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan in...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has named Michael J. Woomer as the division's field...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates survey finds that many companies around the world have not taken adequate measures to guard against defined benefit (DB)...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The funding status of the largest U.S. companies' pension plans, which Mercer said has suffered an "alarming deterioration," plummeted from a 104% surplus at...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine states have reached a $7-million settlement with New York-based insurance broker Marsh, Inc., a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., resolving...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Consultants Group (BCG) announced it is teaming up with Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC), to launch a bundled 401(k) platform offering exchange...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current assets in Shariah-compliant investments may be more modest than cited by many regulators and industry players, according to a new analysis.

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For 19% of workers, finding a new job is on their list of things to do in 2009.

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (51%) of retired readers of Consumer Reports and 55% of those just short of retirement are facing investment losses of...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Millennium Trust Company, LLC announced its appointment as successor custodian for Neuberger Berman 403(b) custodial accounts.

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan includes several items with direct employer impact, including an expansion of health care for departing workers and...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. House Democratic leader said the chamber would take up two bills Friday dealing with pay discrimination, including one designed to reverse...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding ratios at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan slid more than 11 percentage points in December, according to BNY Mellon Asset Management.

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A newly commissioned survey from Union Bank concludes that fiscal fitness, not physical fitness, is a higher priority for younger adults than for...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As 403(b) plan sponsors and advisers have prepared for new Internal Revenue Services regulations in effect as of January 1, no doubt communications...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Transamerica Retirement Management, Inc. has selected money management firm Fund Architects to enhance its SecurePath Advisory Services retirement planning product.

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of Boston Scientific Corp., who dropped out of a previous lawsuit before it was dismissed, has filed a new lawsuit...