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October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that just under 60% of all individuals living in the US were...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that Lucent Technologies, Inc. did not interfere with a former employee's right...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Montana state budget director David Ewer has come up with two possible health coverage changes for the state's troubled education system.

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chicago Consulting Actuaries LLC (CCA), a retirement and health plan consultant, has acquired W. Alfred Hayes & Company, a St. Louis-based actuarial firm.

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ShareBuilder has launched a new 401(k) plan designed specifically for businesses with less than 50 employees.

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group (PFG), partnered with ParadigmHealth, now offers specialized support for low birth weight, medically complex, and high-risk infants and their...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers with fewer than 500 workers can now opt for enhanced disability coverage under a new product from MetLife.

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) is now taking a more comprehensive look at investment managers to include a variety of social and corporate...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS Retirement Services has adopted Wealth Management Systems' (WMSI) Automatic EGTRRA Rollover Solution to process mandatory rollovers for its plan sponsors not interested...

October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September saw an average 1.73% advance by hedge funds, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials at the UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) take into account special cash contributions made by employers to make up funding deficits in...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actively managed large-cap funds continue to outperform the S&P 500 in 2005 with 55.8% of the funds edging out the index through September,...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey found that, as a whole, American workers give their bosses a B-plus.

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concurrent surveys in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina found that voters are opposed to eliminating or reducing the employer deduction for health...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysis of workplace retirement plan data showed that many employees did not participate because they believed they...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union members at Solutia Inc. have agreed to a national labor contract that includes health and welfare benefit limits for workers at five...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled in favor of an employer who denied a terminated employee severance...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that a pension plan administrator cannot continue to push forward with a lawsuit against a participant to...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials today gave plan sponsors what they eagerly await each fall: the new contribution and benefit dollar limits for...

October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unnamed US Senate aides said Friday that a pension reform bill that would sharply increase pension insurance premiums and collect larger sums from...