| Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists | Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists: More Categories | Each year, the editors of PLANSPONSOR recognize
a number of plan sponsors that demonstrate leadership in providing a more
secure retirement for workers. Today, PLANSPONSOR is pleased to announce the
finalists for the 2015 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year award in the Public
DC and Public DB categories, as well as a new category this year.Read more > | | Benefits & Administration | Few Employees Contribute Maximum Amount to HSAs | New research by the Employee Benefit Research
Institute (EBRI) finds that about 15% of health savings account (HSA) owners
contributed the maximum amount possible in 2013. Older accounts were more
likely than those opened more recently to have received the maximum
contribution. The study showed that HSA owners who do not receive an employer
match to their health account are more likely to contribute the maximum amount,
compared with those who do get a match.Read more > | | Products, Deals & People | QBI, LLC, a provider of administration and
consulting services for qualified retirement plans, has announced its
acquisition of Strategic Pension Services, Inc. (SPS) of Irvine, California. SPS
adds its expertise in the design, implementation, administration and compliance
of 401(k), profit sharing, 403(b) and other defined contribution retirement
plans to QBI’s organization of more than 75 professionals.Read more > | | Economic Events | In the week ending January 24, the advance
figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance was
265,000, a decrease of 43,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The four-week
moving average was 298,500, a decrease of 8,250 from the previous week’s
revised average. |
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