Tag: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

On the IRS’ list are rules and guidance for which it still plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Retirement plan industry stakeholders are asked what objectives and projects the pension insurance agency should prioritize in the years ahead. 

The agency says it uses information submitted by plan sponsors under the regulation to determine whether mergers and transfers conform...

In addition, Acosta said the DOL’s budget proposal funds an effort to improve ERISA disclosures to retirement plan participants.

Marcia Wagner, founder of The Wagner Law Group, discusses how the Early Warning Program works and what will trigger it.

A change in the recording and timing of contributions could save DB plan sponsors thousands or more in PBGC premiums,...

New mortality tables mandated by the IRS will go into effect in 2018, and PBGC premiums will only go up...

PBGC explains the additional funding and security for the company's defined benefit pension plans is being provided in connection with...

PBGC Director Tom Reeder warned of this in an announcement that the agency is providing assistance to yet another multiemployer...

When PBGC launched, the flat rate was $1 per participant; now it stands at $64 per participant, indexed to increase...

A federal court rejected the PBGC’s attempts to recoup termination liabilities from a personal trust and an asset purchaser of...

The agency issued a final rule effective January 31.

The agency regularly monitors single-employer DB plans for signs of potential distress.

The guidance outlines how plan sponsors must use the My Plan Administration Account portal to electronically submit premium filings in...

The agency wants to hear about issues involving a two-pool withdrawal liability method.

The table is used to determine expected retirement ages for participants.

Among other things, ERIC suggests the PBGC extend the program from just terminated DC plans to all DC plans.

However, according to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report, the single-employer program deficit improved.

Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans...

Among proposals are a change in PBGC premiums and changes in premium structure.