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January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marsh & McLennan Companies. (MMC), hard hit by the ongoing insurance bid-rigging investigation, has split Mercer - its consulting subsidiary - into two...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - William Sweetnam, Jr., the Benefits Tax Counsel in the Office of Tax Policy of the Department of the Treasury, has announced that he...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Norfolk, Virginia firm has unveiled a new program to help its corporate clients develop a workplace domestic violence program.

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Norfolk, Virginia firm has unveiled a new program to help its corporate clients develop a workplace domestic violence program.

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over half of global executives think that the inability to attract and retain the best talent and low worker morale are in their...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over half of global executives think that the inability to attract and retain the best talent and low worker morale are in their...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employment lawyers are up in arms about a decision by a Michigan company not to hire smokers, charging that the policy is blatantly...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employers offering domestic partner benefits is on the rise, but so are health care deductibles, according to the annual BLR...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as of December were up 6.9% to $226.1 billion, according to an Investment...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Funds Management has announced that it will rename its mutual fund family when the merger between it and certain Strong funds...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Associates has announced the development of a new portfolio analysis tool which the company claims correctly estimates the risk associated with both...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blue Cross of California hopes to reach an estimated 500,000 uninsured small businesses through its newly unveiled BeneFits program, the company said in...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's watchdog agency has decided to keep the federal private pension insurance single-employer program on its list of "high risk" items...

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final regulations regarding how certain distributions in defined contribution plans can be eliminated without coming into conflict with anti-cutback provisions have been issued...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An unusual lawsuit alleging discrimination of white males by a US-based foreign-owned company has been filed in US District Court in Manhattan.

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has pulled back its 2004 policy notice regarding the state income tax status of income deferred under a...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Supreme Court has dismissed a case alleging that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) discriminated against a same-sex partner by denying...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - K plan participants using managed account and advice offerings from Schwab Corporate Services more than doubled their average savings rate to 9.57% of...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusual move, SBC Communications Inc. is reportedly phasing out its cash balance and another hybrid pension plan covering management employees in...

January 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusual move, SBC Communications Inc. is reportedly phasing out its cash balance and another hybrid pension plan covering management employees in...