Tag: ERISA

The U.S. Labor Department filed a complaint against a Rochester, New York, investment adviser and plan administrator to recover losses suffered as result of alleged fiduciary breaches.

The surviving spouse of a fully vested participant in a FedEx pension plan claims she is being unlawfully denied a survivor annuity benefit owed to her by the...

A survey finds the majority of DC plan sponsors that offer company stock as an investment option have no plans to make changes to the offer, despite a...

In Amara v. CIGNA Corp., an appellate court has once again agreed that a change in plan terms is an appropriate remedy for plan misrepresentations.

A lawsuit claims fiduciaries to Avon Products defined contribution plan violated their duties to participants by...

A federal district court has found the defined benefit (DB) retirement plan of Advocate Health Care Network and its subsidiaries is not a “church plan” under the Employee...

A federal district court has denied Boeing’s request for summary judgment on the merits of Spano vs. The Boeing Company, a long-running excessive 401(k) fee case.

The new PBGC Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate has released her first annual report of issues.

The U.S. Department of Treasury maintains the view that its myRA program is not subject to the extensive reporting, disclosure, fiduciary duty or other requirements of ERISA. 

A new paper from TIAA-CREF outlines a process for evaluating the reasonableness of retirement plan fees.

A federal appellate court has sent a case back to a district court because the district court’s decision was made before a significant U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

A U.S. Congressman has introduced a bill to encourage small businesses to offer retirement plans for employees.

Several regulations and pieces of guidance issued in 2014 will have a lasting impact on retirement plans.

After 13 years and a number of court opinions, all granting relief in the plaintiff’s favor,...

Responding to a request for information from the DOL, most industry groups said they believe no further regulation is necessary to govern use of brokerage windows in retirement...

The Department of Labor wants to request new industry input and create focus groups about the...

With acronyms like ADP, ACP, NHCEs, and HCEs, the technicality of 401(k) plan nondiscrimination testing may seem overwhelming.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has commented about the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s request to obtain information about de-risking moves made by pension plans.

The Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) re-launched its online ERISA Fiduciary Training Program.