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July 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The concept of retirement income planning may be common parlance among industry professionals, but plan participants are still adjusting to the new age...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group named Joyce C. Suleski as senior vice president and practice leader for the firm's health and welfare administration practice.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to carefully consider their options when it comes to choosing a third-party administrator (TPA) for their retirement plans.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer and the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) have released a new version of the HERO Scorecard survey tool, which helps employers benchmark...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plan participants on both sides of the Atlantic are worried about retirement, according to research from State Street Global Advisors...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employer-provided medical care was available to 86% of full-time private industry employees in the United States as of March, according to survey results...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in California has granted a motion for partial summary judgment against an employer in a widely followed “church plan”...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two court cases filed this week by retirement plan participants claim their employers’ retirement benefits programs have been inappropriately exempted from ERISA rules...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Experts in health care and retirement are concerned that the federal government is seeking new sources of tax revenue, says an EBRI report.

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As demand for private health care exchanges grows, SelectQuote Benefit Solutions is offering its own exchange targeted at senior citizens.

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) has launched a new partnership with Hueler Income Solutions to expand participant access to institutionally priced lifetime income products.

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new partnership between PlanSource and Transamerica Employee Benefits brings more advanced cloud-based benefits administration, exchange, payroll, and human resources information system (HRIS)...

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Voya Financial, Inc.’s retirement solutions business has launched myOrangeMoney, an online retirement planning portal that helps participants manage their accounts and plan for...

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer has created a plan sponsor checklist to help ensure a successful open enrollment season.

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced that there will be two upcoming health benefits law compliance assistance seminars.

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The LOMA Secure Retirement Institute launched “Planning for a Secure Retirement,” the third course in its education and certification program.

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund from Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) invests in stocks, bonds and volatility as an asset class.

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bill seeking to better define rules for protecting pension assets when companies...

July 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data-driven examples can help participants understand just what they’re giving up when they don’t contribute enough to meet the match, TIAA-CREF says in...

July 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule amendments establish structural and operational reforms aimed at addressing “run risks” in money market funds.