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March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is directing more attention to its Employee Plan Team Audits (EPTA) program in preparation of increased scrutiny...

March 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in two cases involving participants' rights in pursuing malpractice claims against a health maintenance...

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent decree has been obtained by the US Department of Labor (DoL) in a case of profit sharing plan assets used by...

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Company has launched a new financial educational series for participants in the company's retirement plans.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of health-care cost increases is expected to be 12% this year, down marginally from 13% last year.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts bill aimed at making cheaper prescriptions drugs from Canada available to state residents has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An arm of the United Methodist Church has a solution to high priced prescription drugs for its members - free pharmacy discount cards.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless workers requesting first-time unemployment benefits saw a significant dip last week.

March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - February inflows into equity and balanced mutual funds (open-end, closed-end, funds underlying variable annuities, and ETFs) exceeded $40 billion, according to a new...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds gained an average 1.5% in February, down from a 1.79% average return the previous month.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of work-age adults in the nation say the government should mandate health-care coverage for all workers.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan premiums will be going up in 2004, just not nearly has high as the 13% average expected.

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-A new Task Force on Drug Importation, composed of 13 people named by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, has been created...

March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal court in New York ruled that a company owed an employee who became a qualified beneficiary a formal COBRA notice within the specified...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consent judgement has been reached in a case of pension plan assets used by the fund's advisor and life insurance company to...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A federal judge ruled that a group of former major league baseball players were not discriminated against, and are therefore not entitled to pension and...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed changes to the nondiscrimination rules for employees of tax-exempt organizations.

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)佩(k) administrative plan committee members may have breached their fiduciary duties by "encouraging" plan participants to examine financial reports that, unbeknownst to the participants, contained...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesmart has launched the Investment Fiduciary Standards Scale to help plan providers see where they fall and to give plan sponsors a sense...

March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The architect of Milwaukee County's pension plan payout system that would have awarded some state public officials millions has been sentenced to 60...