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December 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers Reinsurance Corp. (ERC) has discovered a handful of instances in which two of its workers conspired with Marsh Inc. employees to rig...

February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Scudder Retirement Services (SRS) added 12 new mutual funds to the investment options available in the Scudder Flex Plan, a small business retirement plan product,...

December 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced a settlement in a sexual harassment suit against South Beach Beverage Company, Inc (SoBe), a...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon clients will now have the option of offering employees a way to pay for products and services via an interest-free payroll deduction...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Days after a bipartisan US Senate group introduced legislation that would kill 12b-1 marketing and distribution charges, US market regulators have tentatively approved...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - These days participants are able to tap into a growing array of Web-based resources, and plan sponsors appear to be increasingly reliant on...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—The US Department of Labor (DoL) filed lawsuits against two union-sponsored health plans in Colorado for ERISA violations resulting in substantial losses to the plans.

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. expects to close an $8-billion private equity fund - the world's biggest buyout pool - as early as...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement services industry groups are unanimous in their opposition to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal for a 4 p.m. Eastern...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) called upon public funds to support initiatives giving shareholders access to proxy statements.

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) member firms may soon be allowed to provide customers with interactive "investment analysis tools," that could give...

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the 2003 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continued weakness in the airline sector has forced the ailing US Airways to lay off 2,500 more workers over the next 90 days....

February 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Part of the reason the current economic recovery has advanced in painful fits and starts is that job seekers are being way too...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shares of UAL Corp. were down about 8% Tuesday after trustees of the company's employee stock ownership program (ESOP) said they want to...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to release its final regulations to Section 457 in mid-2003, according to a report from Washington-based...

November 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued proposals to ease stock buyback regulations and provide more flexibility for strategic alliances to be...

November 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio House and Senate have passed competing pension reform bills, setting the stage for a legislative battle royale as the two bodies...

November 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan (RIGP) has reached an agreement in principle to settle pension-related litigation.