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Proposed Interest Rate Assumptions for Determining Employer Withdrawal Liability (Part Two)

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

14 Mar 202314 Mar 2023

A new rule proposed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) would increase the certainty of withdrawal liability determinations for multiemployer benefit plans and likely help prevent withdrawal liability disputes from going to arbitration and litigation, PBGC officials say. The proposed permissible […]

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What to Know About Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

02 Mar 202310 Mar 2023

Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) have traditionally been used for medical cost sharing purposes to help employees with copays, coinsurance and deductibles. On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued a final rule creating a […]

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Legal and Legislative Reporter: Court Denies Insurance Company’s Motion to Remand AD&D Benefits Claim

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08 Feb 202310 Mar 2023

Every month, the International Foundation releases the Legal and Legislative Reporter, a compilation of new employee benefits-related case summaries. Below is a summary we thought you’d be interested in. Content provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. The U.S. District Court for the […]

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Legal and Legislative Reporter: Fiduciary Duties Breached

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10 Jan 202310 Mar 2023

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Legal & Legislative Reporter: Distribution of 401(k) Benefits to Ex-Husband

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18 Nov 202218 Nov 2022

Court affirms judgment in favor of the defendant employer related to the award of 401(k) benefits to a former employee’s ex-husband.

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Retirement Board Abused Its Discretion in Disability Benefits Denial

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25 Aug 202222 Sep 2022

By Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Every month, the International Foundation releases the Legal and Legislative Reporter, a compilation of new employee benefits-related case summaries. Below is a summary we thought you’d be interested in: The U.S. District Court for the Northern […]

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Know Your Plan Custodian: What Does a Benefits Plan Custodian Do?

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

24 May 202120 May 2021

As the safekeeper of plan assets, custodians are among the service providers that multiemployer benefit plan trustees have a fiduciary duty to monitor. Yet plan custodians are not discussed as often as other service providers—especially those referred to as the A-Team: the […]

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Happy Birthday, ERISA!

Anne Patterson

30 Aug 201918 Apr 2024

On September 2, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) will celebrate 45 years (That’s a lot of candles to put on one cake!) since being signed into law in 1974. I can’t promise cake, but let’s take a walk down memory […]

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3 Types of Fiduciaries You Must Know

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

11 Feb 201904 Nov 2019

I recently provided information to some International Foundation members who asked about the different types of fiduciaries, and you might be wondering too. Retirement plan fiduciaries manage the plan and its assets. The same five standards of conduct apply to all fiduciaries: […]

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Talking Benefits—Legislative Limbo

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10 Feb 201710 Feb 2017

Naturally, we love to talk benefits here at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. So when a couple of our resident benefits gurus started presenting a monthly benefits update for staff, the word got out. Each month, the audience (a.k.a. staffers […]