Benefits | September 22nd, 2023 SFA Grant Rescues Printer’s Pension Fund The NYC-based plan will receive about $20 million to restore its solvency through 2051.
Compliance | September 18th, 2023 What Does SECURE 2.0 Do for 420 Transfers? Even though it opens the process up for more pension funds to participate, few are likely to take advantage.
Data and Research | March 1st, 2023 Defined Benefit Plans Posted Worst Performance Since 2008 Crisis Last Year But performance for defined benefit plans did rebound in Q4, according to a new report.
Compliance | October 14th, 2022 PBGC Proposes Rule for Multiemployer Pension Withdrawals The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation proposal clarifies assumptions for determining an employer’s withdrawal liability.
Compliance | December 4th, 2020 Union Pension Funding Crisis Solution Remains Elusive There are plenty of ideas to address the funding crisis facing certain multiemployer union pensions, but consensus federal legislation remains...
Investing | August 11th, 2020 Actuarial Firms, Treasury Clash Over Union Pension Cuts Lead actuaries at Segal say the Treasury Department is preparing to wrongfully reject an application to reduce benefit payments made...
Compliance | December 21st, 2018 PBGC to Provide Early Financial Assistance to Union Pension The early financial assistance from PBGC, together with benefit reductions that are required as a condition for receiving assistance, will...
Compliance | November 30th, 2018 Butch Lewis Act Said to Only Temporarily Mask Multiemployer Pension Deficits The Pension Analytics Group says the only solution is to reduce benefits across the board, or many of these plans...
Compliance | November 21st, 2018 PBGC to Provide Financial Assistance to Teamsters Local 805 Multiemployer Plan The assistance, along with benefit reductions, will help the plan avoid insolvency.
Compliance | September 13th, 2018 Congressional Democrats Continue Butch Lewis Act Advocacy The Butch Lewis Act offers a way to preserve union retiree pension benefits through an emergency loan program funded with...
Compliance | July 25th, 2018 Stakeholders Beg Congress to Act on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Passionate testimony from a Teamster to the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans appeared to outshine...
Compliance | July 10th, 2018 District Court Upholds Use of Segal Blend to Calculate Multiemployer Pension Liability Commenting on the decision, Segal Consulting says it is “consistent with every other decision handed down in similar cases except...
Data and Research | May 21st, 2018 Think Multiemployer Pension Insolvencies Aren’t Your Problem? Tens of thousands of employers in the U.S. contribute to multiemployer pension funds that are in critical and declining status,...
Compliance | April 30th, 2018 ‘Peeps’ Candy Company Loses Appeal in Multiemployer Pension Funding Case The employer sought to carve out new hires from a critical-status multiemployer pension fund and instead direct their contributions into...
Compliance | April 20th, 2018 New Joint Committee Seeks Input on PBGC Solvency, Multiemployer Pensions U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Sherrod Brown are seeking public and industry input on ways to improve the solvency of...
Compliance | April 6th, 2018 Court Rules Method for Calculating Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability Was Improper A federal district court has ruled a multiemployer pension fund's use of the "Segal Blend" rate when assessing a member's...
Compliance | September 8th, 2017 Court Finds Multiemployer Plans Can Impose More Than Withdrawal Liability on Employer The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ultimately determined there is no explicit restriction saying a critical-status multiemployer plan’s board...