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May 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly three quarters of employers say they should provide access to affordable health care to their retirees, but not necessarily fund it, with...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey on business ethics found that the number one factor most likely to cause unethical corporate behavior is pressure from management...

May 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A survey by a benefits consultant has found that most employers say they plan to expand their workplace wellness efforts to not only...

May 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ArvinMeritor announced Tuesday it would freeze its defined benefit plan, but increase the contributions to its defined contribution plan.

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical US pension plan improved by 3.5% in December, recovering from a slight 0.8% fall the month before,...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forecasted lower returns for pension plan investments may mean another tough year for Canadian sponsors according to Watson Wyatt's 2006 Canadian Survey of...

January 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) reached a record high of $3.48 trillion in 2004, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

May 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill aimed at bolstering the state's retirement system for teachers by increasing employer contributions by about 1.6%, the...

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of renewing insurance policies for directors and officers dropped by 7.7% in the last quarter and premiums for workers' compensation fell...

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TotalRewards Software, Inc. has come out with a Web-based program to help employers relay benefits statements to their employees.

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services' retirement bundled plan solution is aimed at helping small defined contribution plans get the greatest level of participation and savings...

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly issued rules on the taxation of distributions from Roth 401(k) accounts keep many provisions of the proposed version of the regulations while...

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services has come out with a three-phase process to help plan sponsors educate employees about 401(k) plans.

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans at The Vanguard Group who opted to take advantage of the Roth 401(k) in its first year have tended...

April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of a Millstone Township, New Jersey-based contracting company was sentenced to five years in state prison for failing to deposit more...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Nearly 80% of employers want to hire new workers this year, but many of them are worried they won't be able to find...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. mutual fund assets climbed 1.5%, or $155.2 billion, to reach $10.7 trillion in March, according to the Investment Company Institute's monthly survey...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8% in the December 2006 to March 2007 period - about the same rate as the...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Money managers who make mega-block trades based on the benefits of the economies of scale may be fooling themselves, a new research paper...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A group of current and retired U.S. airline pilots have taken their battle over the government's mandatory pilot retirement age into federal court,...