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August 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (FILI) has added seven new Variable Insurance Product (VIP) sector funds as investment options within its variable annuities.

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The California Supreme Court has unanimously held that a contractor's employee covered by workers' compensation can't recover damages from the person who hired...

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Employers will have some more time to comply with the new claims procedure rules for group health plans.

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has posted a new withholding calculator on its Web site, as well as an enhanced small business section.

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The race between growth and value strategies is in the news at Morningstar, with the construction of two new stock portfolios, the Tortoise...

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) says it has reached a tentative agreement with creditors of LTV Steel that could keep the nation's...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The beleaguered US manufacturing sector continued shedding jobs at a prodigious pace in August, which helped drive the nation's unemployment rate to its...

September 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Despite the number of folding technology firms, information technology (IT) workers continue to command premium pay, according to the Computerworld Annual Salary Survey.

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA), the investment manager of the State of Florida's $100 billion pension plan, has picked Financial Engines'...

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Polaroid has told workers and retirees that their health care premiums will rise significantly as the financially troubled firm struggles to stay solvent,...

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More often than not, consumers are not at fault for issues with their health plans, according to new data from Hewitt Associates.

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with the biggest annual jump in employee health-insurance premiums since 1992, more companies are considering asking workers to increase their share, a...

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American companies laid off 32% fewer workers in August than in July but that was still 140,019 pink slips, according to outplacement firm...

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- Many institutional equity managers are now rallying, according to mid-year performance data from Nelson Information.

September 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor Department figures show that 3,000 fewer people filled out state unemployment insurance claims forms in the week ending September 1. But continued...

June 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vice President Al Gore's latest proposal to shore up social security may threaten private pension plans, according to industry experts.

June 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Committee of the House of Representatives has approved a bill intended to expand the availability of stock options to all employees, following...

June 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will soon be able to connect employees with a new level of health benefit, as consulting firm Hewitt Associates brings its...

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife Retirement & Savings announced the launch of a new Web site aimed at 401(k) plan sponsors and their participants.

May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thanks to the Internet, small public sector employer will now be able to take part in 457 affordable deferred compensation plans.