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March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon state lawmakers will be forced out of the state pension system and into a new 401(k) plan under a bill that unanimously...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The estate of a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan participant is not preempted by ERISA in its claim that the participant's employer intentionally...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said companies should continue disclosing retirement plan blackout period information in their quarterly reports for the...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Radiant Systems, Inc has released a new Web-based temporary staff vendor management tool and launched a new department for vendor management and procurement...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Picking up where January left off, the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased 1.0% to $6.27 trillion in February.

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American personal income rose by 0.3%, or $24.9 billion, in February.

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to outsourcing, actuarial services were most likely to be performed by a third-party provider, according to a recent study by...

March 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aiming to maintain an upswing in the underwriting cycle, publicly traded managed care companies expect that average premiums will rise by 12% to...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers can shut the door on hourly employees from participating in company benefit plans as long as such exclusions aren't based on age...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are slowly warming to the benefits of total retirement outsourcing - but they don't appear to be relying on consultants to...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As many as 1.3 million low-income workers would be eligible for overtime pay for the first time in an overhaul of labor regulations...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increasing numbers of employees are using flexible spending accounts (FSAs), switching to Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and enrolling in benefit options via the...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong equity contributions led the way as closed-end fund assets increased $5.38 billion in the fourth quarter of 2002.

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong bond fund gains were able to overcome equity outflows as mutual funds achieved inflows of $10.4 billion in February.

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The good news from the latest government report on Americans applying for unemployment benefits was that the number of applicants dropped last week...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who may not be clear on their many and varied responsibilities as fiduciaries could get a better picture through a new...

March 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ICMA Retirement Corporation has pulled back the curtain on its Spanish Web site.

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about the difficulty placed on plan sponsors, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decided Form 5500 would...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of the 10 largest claims against the nation's private pension plan insurer have arisen in the past three years, and the trend...

March 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Security Trust Company has unwrapped a master custody back-office platform for registered investment advisors (RIAs).