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Study: Health Cost Hikes Slowing

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Milliman health care cost data show that among Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) the once spiraling prices...
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MA Firm Agrees to Deal in Pension Fraud Case

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts property management firm has agreed to a $126,000 settlement deal to dispose of federal charges that it shortchanged a pension plan...
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Recruitmax Launches Comp Program

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruitmax has launched Balance, a compensation and rewards management application, the company announced Tuesday.
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Mutual Fund Flows Retreat in September

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows in September of $9.8 billion, compared to the $17 billion in inflows for August and $16...
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Mutual Fund Flows Retreat in September

October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows in September of $9.8 billion, compared to the $17 billion in inflows for August and $16...
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Appellate Judges Support Disability Finding

October 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrator of a long-term disability plan for a Chicago commodities-trading firm acted properly in refusing to grant benefits to a commodities trader...
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ERISA Suit Sent to Maine Court

October 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Maine federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit claiming that the American Lung Association of Maine violated The Employee Retirement Income Security...
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UK Commission Favors Auto Enrollment

October 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A special commission appointed by the UK government is expected to recommend in its final report that employees should be automatically enrolled to...
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89% of Plans Have Investment Policy Statement

October 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Brookfield, Wisconsin-based International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans recently published the latest version of its series, Investment Policy Statements.