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February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey released by the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. found many respondents were surprised by higher than anticipated expenses in...

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Only a little more than a quarter of taxpayers in a recent survey said they plan to do what federal officials hoped they...

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has completed proposed revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and will...

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Legal Arizona Workers Act, which calls for suspension and revocation of licenses of businesses that knowingly employ unauthorized workers, has been upheld...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The AFL-CIO has filed a lawsuit to block federal regulators from requiring unions to disclose more information about officer and employee financial transactions.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan communications provider Newkirk has unveiled its Automatic Enrollment "SmartSingle" employee communications material.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Congressman Earl Pomeroy has repeated his call for the U.S. Treasury Department to reverse course on the issue of defined benefit pension...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has thrown out a lawsuit by a former IBM employee over his pension benefits after ruling the...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) wants Hewitt Associates to be held in civil contempt for its failure to follow a court-approved disbursement...

July 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has announced an agreement to acquire WM Advisors, manager of the WM Group of Funds.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Japanese marketing company has added "heartache leave" to its sick leave offering for staff.

February 7, 2008 PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Campbell, California-based plan service provider is now helping to make collective investment funds (CIF) more available to plan sponsors.

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide increased 6.2% to $25.82 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2007, according to the Investment Company...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent study published by PLoS (Public Library of Science) Medicine concludes obese individuals and smokers are cheaper for the health sector than...

June 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-rumored merger was confirmed Monday when Great-West Lifeco Inc. announced that its US subsidiary Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company has agreed...

June 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnitedHealth Group Inc. is seeking a protective order to block a request by Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch for documents relating to its...

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mesirow Financial Investment Strategies is working with Diversified Investment Advisors to customize and manage target maturity portfolios for Diversified's plan sponsor clients.

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Georgia-Pacific employee has sued the company and its pension plan claiming the plan is now improperly demanding the 73-year-old return $76,220...

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) board on Tuesday fired Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) from a $1.2-billion equity mandate.

February 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical cost increases for employers throughout the world are expected to accelerate over the next five years, and in the majority of countries...