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Generali Plans Expansion

April 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Italy's biggest insurer Generali plans to create a Europe-based asset management company focusing on life pension funds.
Compliance |

DoL Targets Portland Union Fund Trustees

April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department of Labor (DoL) officials are going after trustees of seven union pension and benefit funds with charges that they didn't prevent the...
Compliance |

Enron Suit Expands to Include Banks

April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Casting an ever-widening net in a bid to recoup the billions lost in the Enron debacle, lawyers have amended an October 2001 lawsuit...
Administration |

Mid-Size Plan Returns Shrink in 2001

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median returns for mid-size defined benefit pension funds in the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) Universe last year were lower than in 2000, according...
Administration |

Settlement Reached in Rent-A-Center Suits

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-running sex-discrimination battle with the nation's largest rent-to-own company has ended with an agreement by Rent-A-Center to pay more than 5,000 women...
Products |

CIGNA Unveils 529 Plan for 401(k) Clients

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies who have their retirement plans with CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services will also soon have a new option in saving...
Products |

mPower Opens Café to 403(b), 457 Issues

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - mPower has expanded its education/content to include participants of 403(b) and 457 defined contribution plans, which include teachers, medical workers, non-profit employees and...
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Bush Repeals OSHA Regs

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, President Bush signed a repeal of the new OSHA workplace safety regulations, noting they posed "overwhelming compliance challenges" for businesses.