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March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer announced key leadership appointments to the structure of its U.S. Region. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-six percent of workers reported they discuss politics at work. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average funded status of Fortune 1000 pension plans were reduced by four percentage points during 2011. 

March 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Qualified Plan Consultants, LLC  (QPC) released its new Audit Protection Plan (QPC APP).  

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire’s 2012 Report on Funding of State Retirement Systems shows an increase in the...

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  issued a private letter ruling concluding that defined benefit (DB) plan participants who stop working for their employer...

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Office of Personnel Management  (OPM) accelerated its processing of retirement claims in February, according to agency statistics.

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M&I Institutional Trust Services (M&I) introduced RightTrack, a suite of education and advice tools for 401(k) plan participants. 
 

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding position of a defined benefit pension plan is often linked quite closely to the performance of the sponsoring company’s business, J.P....

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unions representing 6,500 New York State court employees are suing the state for changing members' healthcare benefits while contract negotiations were still under...

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The fourth annual National Employee Wellness Month takes place this June.  

March 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments launched its Fidelity Health & Insurance mobile application.

March 5, 2012 - PLANSPONSOR proudly announces the 2012 winners of its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards across five distinct retirement plan segments.

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many employers are not aware of all of their responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and need help with compliance, explains Joseph...

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Since 2008, the combination of fiscal pressures and increasing contribution requirements has spurred many states and localities to take action to strengthen the...

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement planning was by far the most popular financial topic among employees in 2011, according to an analysis by Financial Finesse.

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medcom will begin offering a full portfolio of health and welfare actuarial services for employers.

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies was $410 billion on February 29, 2012.

March 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. corporate pension plan’s funded status rose 2.1% in February.  

March 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced a two-week extension of the comment period for its proposed rule requiring...