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January 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged an investment company with securities fraud and violations of SEC rules on broker-dealer books and records...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Second Court of Appeals has found a plan administrator who denied a participant's claim for sex change surgery reimbursement, did so in...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems has announced the release of its newest software package, FlexPlus.

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Appeals Court has found an employee injured while working a side job on an independent contractor basis was not entitled to...

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit plans may settle legal claims for cash without violating ERISA's prohibited transaction rules.

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job seekers are seeing a ray of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy employment picture heading into the new year.

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is asking the County Court of Common Pleas for an injunction to stop the county Retirement Board from spending employee...

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sure, Americans make New Year's Resolutions in which they vow to live healthier and more wholesome lives. But that doesn't mean they live...

December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the most positive sign in a long while that the often-faltering economic recovery may be gaining its sea legs after all, the...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it two months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up $82.4 billion (1.2%) in...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna is rolling out a Health Savings Account (HSA) option to the company's consumer-directed health plan line Aetna HealthFund.

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may want to take a look at the latest incarnation of the 2003 Form 5500 along with tips from federal regulators...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even in bankruptcy, companies trying to determine their unfunded pension liability are required to adhere to the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC)...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The founding president of online advice company mPower has signed on as executive vice president of marketing for Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services Company...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Research & Management Company has created two new chief investment officer positions in the equity department and tapped an executive for...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Raitt has been named president of The Oakmark Funds, according to Harris Associates L.P., the funds' investment adviser

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority (71%) of part-time workers in their prime working years - 25 to 65 - are working the part-time schedule by choice.

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many in the corporate world may have been singing the blues during the economic downturn, but there wasn't much cause for complaining in...

December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If investing history is to be a guide for the future, don't look for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to climb above the...

December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) sunset date has been extended for a year until December 31, 2004 as a result of a...