In April, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) released a policy statement titled “Requests to Review Multiemployer Plan Alternative Terms and Conditions to Satisfy Withdrawal Liability.” I’ll share my takeaways… Read more >
April 16, 2018 Employee Benefits, MPRA, PBGC, Pensions 0 Read more >
Employee benefits professionals scoured the House Republicans’ proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with some trepidation after its release on November 2, 2017. While many were relieved to find no… Read more >
November 9, 2017 401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Pensions, Regulatory 0 Read more >
“I’ll be back.” More and more retirees are uttering the line Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous and deciding to return to work. For pension plan administrators, this plot twist can create… Read more >
October 24, 2017 Canada, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
The International Foundation has been closely monitoring the significant provincial and federal funding changes for pension plans over the last few years. Target benefit plan legislation in British Columbia and Alberta,… Read more >
June 7, 2017 Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Investments, Legislative, Pensions, Retirement 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 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac Tax, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) 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 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Opioid Abuse, Paid Leave, Pensions, Prescription Drugs, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Does your benefit appeal process feel like it’s on cruise control? It might be time for a tune up. In light of an increase in participant litigation and heightened DOL… Read more >
February 28, 2017 DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 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 (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
Benefit plan trustees have been giving increased attention to alternative asset classes. Before investing in these classes, it is important define what alternative investments are, identify the most prevalent types… Read more >
February 2, 2017 Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
The U.S. Department of Labor is actively investigating large defined benefit plans to make sure they are searching for and paying missing pension participants who’ve reached their required beginning date…. Read more >
December 19, 2016 Employee Benefits, Pensions, Regulatory 0 Read more >