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September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Motorola Solutions, Inc. has reached an agreement with The Prudential Insurance Company of America under which Prudential will assume responsibility for the monthly...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kris Krikorian joined Pentegra Retirement Services as a regional director for qualified plan sales.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees and human resources (HR) staff have different perceptions of the resources in benefits information their firms offer.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The time employers have to manage costs of their health programs to avoid an excise tax in 2018 is getting shorter, and Towers...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors deem caution towards the stock market as wise, and Social Security is key to retirement confidence, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kenneth Powell has joined the HR and benefits solutions firm Ascende as a compliance consultant.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for nearly 2,000 current and future retirees of James River Coal Company.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of hybrid retirement plans for employees now have clarity about how to credit interest to these plans.

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new strategy outline issued by the American Benefits Council (ABC) suggests the advocacy group will work to achieve public policy reform that...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College has released a booklet explaining ways retirement savers can use home equity to achieve...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 U.S. workers believe defined contribution (DC) plans are an effective way to save for retirement, a LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Webster Financial Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the health savings account (HSA) business from JPMorgan Chase Bank.

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Daly joined investment management and processing firm SEI as a client investment strategist on the firm’s U.S. institutional advisory team.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Making sure valuations are correct, addressing multiemployer plan problems and providing relief for closed plans were among suggestions made by witnesses for a...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plans with more than 100 employees eligible to participate must include a plan audit with their annual Form 5500 filing to the...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New legislation would create a permanent change in the way nondiscrimination regulations apply to certain defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has created a guide for retirement plan sponsor reporting and disclosure responsibilities.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations for hybrid retirement plans.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research from financial analytics firm Cerulli Associates shows more than one-fourth of 401(k) participants look to their plan’s recordkeeper as their primary source...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided rules for allocating pre-tax and after-tax amounts among distributions that are made to multiple destinations from...