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Contract Surety 03.21.2023

Financial Insights

  How’s your cash position? Pointing out “no cash flow” is never an option, financial professionals who work with contractors encourage increased attention to management decisions vis a vis cash flow. Of course doing so…
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Financial Insights
Contract Surety 03.20.2023

On The Move: Money and Projects

  Promised public dollars are becoming tangible in the form of projects across the country, and the flow of funds and builds in real time is anticipated to continue propelling construction opportunities. For example, the…
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On The Move: Money and Projects
ERISA 03.08.2023

Heightened Scrutiny: Retirement Plans

  Regulatory compliance for retirement plans requires vigilance with the policies and proceedings of both the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor. Experts observe that both have ratcheted up their scrutiny of retirement…
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Heightened Scrutiny: Retirement Plans
ERISA 03.08.2023

Tips for Plan Sponsors: Short On Time?

  Of course we are. It’s hard enough to run a business. Adding on a retirement plan is a wonderful and important thing to do, but comes with a whole host of serious fiduciary responsibilities….
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Tips for Plan Sponsors: Short On Time?
Court Bonds 03.08.2023

Executor and Beneficiary?

  Yes, it is possible to serve as an executor for a deceased loved one—and be a beneficiary of some of their assets too. In fact, quite commonly, the executor named when a will is…
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Executor and Beneficiary?
Court Bonds 03.08.2023

Estate Planning Optimized

Estate Planning Optimized We tend to equate estate planning with preparing for death and gifting assets to loved ones. In the face of both longer life spans and increased awareness (thanks COVID?) that anything can…
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Estate Planning Optimized
Contract Surety 03.05.2023

Help Wanted

  Even as inflation and the labor shortage has driven salaries throughout construction up, it remains difficult for builders to hire employees. Wages alone are proving insufficient to attract and retain workers. Here are the…
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Help Wanted
Contract Surety 03.05.2023

Homemade: Building Materials?

  Publicly funded building projects are where a lot of the action for contractors will continue to be over the next several years. With provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) calling for…
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Homemade: Building Materials?
Contract Surety 03.03.2023

Competing: Get Creative

  As public funding for infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing plants gets projects off the ground in regions across the country, construction experts say hiring and retaining workers could get harder. Since big projects are likely…
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Competing: Get Creative