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… Read more >
September 20, 2017 Employee Benefits, Multiemployer 0 Read more >
Multiemployer health plans operate under a continuous series of cash flows. To the extent that income exceeds expenses, the financial status of a plan is expected to improve. Conversely, to… Read more >
August 10, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer 2 Read more >
A new report released today by the International Foundation and Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC, The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape: A Ten-Year Look (2005-2014), provides a first-ever comprehensive look at multiemployer… Read more >
June 27, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
June 9, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Multiemployer, Paid Leave, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
May 4, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Multiemployer, Paid Leave, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
April 11, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Opioid Abuse, Paid Leave, Pensions, Prescription Drugs, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
March 8, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
February 21, 2017 Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
February 10, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Compliance, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
May 13, 2016 Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >