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August 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Segal Company's 2005 Survey of the Funded Position of Multiemployer Plans has found the average withdrawal liability funded ratio for all plans in...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Government officials in Fayette County, Georgia, have decided to convert the defined contribution plan for county employees into a hybrid plan design.

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Federal officials are moving on two fronts simultaneously in an attempt to implement the proposed "no-match" letter program as part of the government's...

July 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 125,000 Oregon state workers and retirees will see their monthly pensions cut as a result of the ruling on a lawsuit that...

July 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMVESCAP PLC has announced an agreement to acquire WL Ross & Co. LLC, a financial restructuring group.

July 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-troubled British Airways' pension fund now suffers from a (2 billion pound) $3.7 billion shortfall - about doubled from the last such...

July 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Waddell & Reed mutual fund company signed off on a $75 million settlement of market timing charges.

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Faced with a pension funding shortfall of $8.5 billion to $10 billion, state of Alaska officials have accused their former actuary of being...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Former UnitedHealth Group Chairman and CEO William W. McGuire has agreed to give back more than $600 million in stock options and benefits...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan declined by 7% in November, according to the latest BNY Mellon Pension Liability Index...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nevada's Public Employee Benefits Program adopted regulations this week to put in place rules for which retirees can be in the plan and...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Federal regulators on Friday released a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) laying out a safe harbor about whether supplemental health insurance coverage is properly...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - An African-American lawyer, who claimed her former New York law firm maintained a racially hostile work environment, has had her lawsuit dismissed by...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in New York has shot down claims by Investors in nine Salomon Smith Barney mutual funds that the funds' fees...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Having a coffee break or two plays an important role in getting many people through their work day, according to a new survey.

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Federal personnel will have more time to celebrate Christmas this year because of an executive order designating Monday, December 24 as a paid...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new report from a Massachusetts budget watchdog group claims Bay State employers will shell out an estimated $175 million more a year...

December 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The former Brocade Communications Systems HR vice president has been convicted of stock-options backdating - the second ex-company executive convicted of options-related charges.

December 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A plan by U.K. telecom group Cable & Wireless to get rid of its £2 billion pension fund has been derailed because the...

December 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - While employer groups are readying for a lobbying campaign to change the U.S. system of employer-based health coverage, there is little evidence of...