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 >
Ann Godsell, CEBS
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
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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 >
Anne Patterson
February 28, 2017
DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement
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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 >
Brenda Hofmann
February 21, 2017
Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement
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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 >
Justin Held, CEBS
February 2, 2017
Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensions, Retirementalternative investments
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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 >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
December 19, 2016
Employee Benefits, Pensions, Regulatory
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So . . . Why does a $190 billion, 103-year-old public pension fund especially need to watch its spelling and grammar on member communication materials? Because it represents 896,000 public… Read more >
Anne Patterson
November 22, 2016
Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Pensions, Public Plans, Retirement
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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 >
Julie Stich, CEBS
May 13, 2016
Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, RetirementMPRA, Multiemployer Pension Reform Act
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You already know you need to find and pay your lost or missing pension participants who’ve reached their Required Beginning Date (usually the April 1 following age 70½). But what do… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
April 27, 2016
Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement
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In the 2014 Employee Benefits Survey, respondents were asked about the most appreciated benefit offerings at their organization. Behind health care benefits, respondents stated that their employees most appreciated their… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
January 13, 2016
Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Pensions, Retirement
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State governments face fiscal challenges that bleed into every aspect of operation. Cost expenditures for state employees’ pension and retirement plans require evaluation and strategy. The International Foundation research team… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
December 22, 2015
Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, Pensions, Retirementpublic employee, state retirement system
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