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Instant Benefit Communication Challenge—Just Add Change

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

26 Sep 201726 Sep 2017

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” —Maya Angelou “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” —Alphonse Karr “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” —Benjamin Disraeli Not many people get excited […]

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Multiemployer Plans Filling Gaps With Professional Trustees

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

20 Sep 2017

In my research for International Foundation member requests, I noticed an uptick in questions about professional trustees and their fiduciary roles. Here’s an overview of a professional trustee’s role on a multiemployer plan board of trustees. Definition A professional trustee is a […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 6: The Plot Thickens

Staff

09 Jun 201706 Sep 2017

Catching up on the latest employee benefits updates—Are they are light read or a page turner? Looking back on the developments over the last month, you’ll likely go with the latter. Dive into the newest episode of the Talking Benefits podcast. This […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 5: Washington Strikes Again

Staff

04 May 201730 May 2017

It’s May 4th and, to some, it just means you’re one day closer to the weekend. But for Star Wars fans like Talking Benefits host, Julie Stich, add one little preposition to that date and it becomes an unofficial, international holiday. May […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 4: Benefits Curveballs

Staff

11 Apr 201730 May 2017

Spring is in the air. Birds singing, temperatures rising, baseball season in full swing . . . and a whole new crop of benefits developments have been popping up. International Foundation resident benefits gurus Julie, Kelli and Justin are back to talk […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 3: It’s Complicated

Staff

08 Mar 201709 Aug 2018

The past few weeks have delivered a few more hints on how benefit plans may be impacted by developments in Washington. Despite the fog, one thing is clear—Changing benefits-related laws and regulations is quite complicated. In this month’s Talking Benefits podcast episode, […]

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Report Highlights Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans Successes and Challenges

Staff

21 Feb 201721 Feb 2017

For the fourth year, the International Foundation and Horizon Actuarial Services have partnered together to release an annual report analyzing key trends in demographics, cash flows and investments for multiemployer defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Released today, this latest report Multiemployer […]

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Talking Benefits—Legislative Limbo

Staff

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 […]

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Central States Benefit Reduction Application Denied—Now What?

Julie Stich, CEBS

13 May 201618 May 2016

On May 6, 2016, the Treasury Department announced that it—along with the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—was rejecting the application the Central States Teamsters filed for benefit reductions (a.k.a. suspensions), as submitted in September 2015. In rejecting the […]

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ACA Cadillac Tax Insomniacs Unite

Julie Stich, CEBS

01 Oct 201517 Dec 2015

If you’re starting to lose sleep over the impending Cadillac tax, you’re not alone. Here at the International Foundation, we’ve been hearing our members discuss how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) excise tax will impact their health plans. We wanted to learn more, […]