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May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jobless Americans who have had their state benefits run out will apparently now be able to rely on a helping hand from Uncle...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The direct cost of claims from work-related injuries and illnesses has grown by 2.5% between 1998 and 2000, to $42.5 billion, after adjusting...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Few Americans older than 44 have a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy even though most agree it is important, a new study found.

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The US Department of Labor (DoL) has proposed new rules to clarify the requirements for notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Discrimination claims made by a white, Jewish, blonde woman from Moldavia are little more than her own judgments about the bigoted intent of...

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One Group Mutual Funds has put the One Group Market Neutral Mutual Fund into gear.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt has hit the shelves with BenefitConnect, a recordkeeping platform for health and welfare plan enrollment and administration.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychecks may become a thing of the past, with the introduction of stored value Visa cards automatically loaded with an employee's salary.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Presumption of death does not warrant benefit payments to the estate of a retirement plan participant's widow, since the estate could not provide...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustee of the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is the owner of the stock and therefore, payments made by a company for...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A traffic controller in Sydney, Australia has sued his former employer for unfair dismissal after he was notified by a company director via...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR personnel handling payroll should be among the first to see effects of a $350-billion tax cut plan expected to pass Congress and...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Independent insurance agents are being forced to look long and hard at their staff raises this year in the face of health-care increases.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A series of tornadoes that slammed into the Midwest last week helped drive up first-time unemployment benefits claims, according to a government report.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pulling back from their fourth-quarter 2002 behavior, investors poured nearly $7 billion in net assets into hedge funds, according to Tremont's TASS Research.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc., has introduced BenePay, an online payment distribution tool for retirement plan sponsors.

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can now track and monitor an assortment of Charles Schwab Corporate Service retirement plan service parameters online with the Schwab Service...

May 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has pulled back the curtain on a new diagnostic tool to be implemented in the Quicktake reports for stocks.

May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (USA) has beefed up the lineup of investment options in its Manulife College Savings 529 plan.

May 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING's employee benefits division and Manulife Financial have entered into an agreement to offer clients of the two companies with employees in the...