Compliance | May 28th, 2024 PBGC Issues $54.6M SFA Package to UFCW Plan The regional plan, based in New Jersey, has more than 4,000 participants in food service.
Compliance | May 20th, 2024 PBGC Sues to Recover Losses Caused by Trustee’s Asset Transfer The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation claims a shuttered California corporation’s CEO transferred plan assets to a business checking account.
Compliance | May 10th, 2024 Ann Orr Named New PBGC Acting Director The Biden administration has not yet nominated a full director.
Compliance | May 9th, 2024 NIRS Offers Congress 6 Recommendations for Expanding Access to Private-Sector Pensions The recommendations include: lower PBGC fees costs and allowing DC to DB transfers.
Compliance | May 3rd, 2024 PBGC Seeks $1 Million+ in Liability Payments From Pension Plan in Trusteeship The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is seeking damages from a construction company after the PBGC took over its terminated pension...
Compliance | April 15th, 2024 PBGC Rescues Teamsters and UFCW Plans The two local plans received SFA grants to protect their solvency through 2051.
Compliance | April 9th, 2024 Central States Has Repaid SFA Overpayment The multiemployer plan was overpaid $127 million for the accidental inclusion of about 3,500 dead participants in their grant application.
Administration | April 3rd, 2024 Comment Period Extended for SECURE 2.0 Reporting, Disclosure Rules Federal agencies are seeking advice on how to improve the reporting and disclosure system for retirement plans governed by ERISA.
Compliance | March 28th, 2024 PBGC Says Central States Will Reimburse SFA Overpayment Central States is currently working with the DOJ to negotiate the repayment of a $127 million overpayment from the PBGC.
Data and Research | March 22nd, 2024 Aon Projects PRT Market Will Again Climb Above $40B 2024 has already seen significant activity, with Shell and Verizon both conducting large pension risk transfers in the last few...
Compliance | March 21st, 2024 Central States Pension Plan Negotiating $127M Repayment With DOJ With the PBGC director at a subcommittee hearing, House Republicans indicated the PBGC should lower premiums for its single-employer insurance...
Compliance | March 15th, 2024 DOL Says Central States Must Repay $127M SFA Overpayment Central States was granted $127 million that it was not entitled to because the PBGC counted over 3,000 deceased participants...
Administration | March 5th, 2024 PBGC Sues to Terminate NYC Nonprofit DB plan The Sheltering Arms organization shut down in 2023, and the PBGC seeks to become its defined benefit plan’s statutory trustee.
Compliance | February 29th, 2024 Central States Pension Received $127M from PBGC for Dead Participants According to the fund, an error occurred due to its lack of access to more comprehensive data on deaths.
Data and Research | February 22nd, 2024 Multiemployer Pension Funding Jumps 10 Points From 2022 to 2023 Improvement is primarily due to SFA grants and asset performance, Milliman finds.
Compliance | February 5th, 2024 Updated: PBGC Files Petition Seeking Documents California DB Plan Failed to Deliver The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has escalated legal proceedings against a pension plan sponsor that allegedly stopped paying insurance premiums,...
Compliance | January 26th, 2024 Local 1822 Pension Receives $16M in PBGC Assistance The construction pension fund was 30.25% funded at the end of 2022.
Compliance | January 19th, 2024 A Call for Feedback on Retirement Reporting Requirements Federal agencies are looking for comments on how to make overall improvements to the current disclosure and reporting system.
Compliance | January 4th, 2024 PBGC Looks to Fill Advisory Council Vacancy The PBGC is accepting nominations until February 16 for a member to represent the general public.
Benefits | December 29th, 2023 EBSA’s Lisa Gomez Talks DOL 2024 Agenda The Department of Labor keeps working to implement provisions of 2022’s SECURE 2.0 Act alongside further rules for retirement and...