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October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled a workers compensation exclusion in an employer’s underinsured motorist policy purchased from a risk management pool is unenforceable...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) Board of Retirement adopted several economic and demographic assumption changes that will be used to conduct...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BranchOut, a professional network on Facebook for job seekers and recruiters, has launched RecruiterConnect, a tool for recruiters and hiring managers to source...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –New York City’s defined benefit pension plans can deliver the same retirement income at 40% lower the cost than a defined contribution 401(k)-type account,...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  The SPARK Institute released a new version of its information sharing standards and data layouts for lifetime income solutions that are used in...

October 20, 2011(PLANSPONSOR.com) - American United Life Insurance Company (AUL) has named Mark Wutt as Vice President of individual marketing and sales support. 
 

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard has added an optional Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (GLWB) rider to its Vanguard Variable Annuity.
 

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America named Jeff Palm as Senior Vice President and 

Chief Information Officer. 

 

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – One third (33%) of employers report that workers call in sick more often during the winter holidays, a recent CareerBuilder survey finds. 
 

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Charles Schwab has licensed a new Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index to underlie the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF. 
 

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice to provide guidance on fee...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For the 2012 tax year,  personal exemptions and standard deductions will rise and tax brackets will widen due to inflation, the Internal Revenue...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost of living adjustments (COLAs) affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for Tax...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workers can expect modest pay raises averaging 2.8% next year, compared to 2.7% in 2011 and 2.9% in 2010, according to a survey...

October 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) obtained a default judgment from the federal district court in Minneapolis allowing it to distribute $1.35 million...

October 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The realignment of the company’s business into three business lines is an “evolution of the previous structure,” said Christine Marcks,...