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IMHO: “After” Thoughts

November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The morning after last week’s mid-term elections, a plan sponsor friend of mine called me up and asked me what...
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Agency FAQs on PPACA Implementation

November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last two months, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the "Agencies") have issued a...

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IMHO: Costs of Living Adjustment

November 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks back, the Social Security Administration announced that, for the second year in a row – but...

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IMHO: Interests 'Bearing'

October 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the Labor Department issued a proposal that would, by its reckoning, provide the first update to the definition of...
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IMHO: Paper “Trail”

October 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, the Department of Labor reissued its proposed regulation on participant fee disclosure. 

 

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IMHO: Scale Model

October 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I’ve long had an issue with weight scales, for the perhaps obvious reason that, these days, they frequently deliver a message I’d...
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A 2011 Plan Amendment Checklist

October 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We are often asked for a quick list of PPACA plan amendments that will be required for the upcoming plan year.  
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IMHO: Listening Post

September 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I recently found myself turning back to my notes from the PLANSPONSOR National Conference in June.

 

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IMHO: “Forever” More?

September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the Treasury Department and Department of Labor held two-days of joint hearings on the subject of retirement income.   

 

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What Notices Are Required by PPACA

September 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many of the insurance market reform provisions of PPACA are effective for plan years starting after September 23, 2010 (which is this week!). ...

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IMHO: Looking Class

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Today PLANSPONSOR opens nominations for our Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards.