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  Issuing required notices and filing reports—within the mandated timeframes—are among the ongoing duties of plan sponsors. Tardiness and other oversights are damaging, with consequences ranging from lawsuits on behalf of participants, to regulatory audits,…
Read Moreabout ERISA Penalties: Adjusted for Inflation

  As the investment options offered to retirement plan participants continue to undergo intense examination in the face of a swell of lawsuits, experts encourage plan sponsors to consider “layering.” Effective layering on investment menus…
Read Moreabout Managing The Investment Menu: Layering

  Most plan sponsors outsource retirement plan operations and administration to service providers, making it tempting to believe that cybersecurity is the responsibility of third parties too. Not so fast, say experts, including accountants. Here…
Read Moreabout Plan Sponsors and Cybersecurity?

  Employee dishonesty bonds are an important component of risk management plans for many types of businesses. Sometimes referred to as fidelity bonds, employee dishonesty bonds, just as the name implies, protect businesses from dishonest…
Read Moreabout Employee Dishonesty Bonds Explained

  Among the many questions that retirement plan sponsors and their service providers confront is what to do when given a power of attorney (POA) for a plan participant. Indeed, designating a POA is an…
Read Moreabout Retirement Plans: Power of Attorney?

Plan sponsors across the country are leaning in to employee interest in better understanding their retirement finances and plan options. Efforts to provide increased financial education and access to advisors are underway. Curbing financial jargon…
Read Moreabout What Did You Say?

  Escalating lawsuits and costly settlements are driving up the price of critical insurance coverages for retirement plan sponsors and other fiduciaries. Nonetheless, ERISA law experts stress the importance of securing both fiduciary and cyber…
Read Moreabout Affordable Fiduciary and Cyber Liability Insurance?

ERISA law experts remind us that the Department of Labor has robust investigatory resources dedicated to the pursuit and curtailment of fiduciary breaches and prohibited transaction rules. Amidst major enforcement priorities and projects, compliance basics…
Read Moreabout Retirement Plans: Active Enforcement?

  Remember 2019? Way back then, the SECURE Act mandated retirement plans to provide lifetime income projections to help participants understand their savings. What’s expected now?  How is the retirement industry gearing up—and how’s it…
Read Moreabout Income Projections: On Track?