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		<title><![CDATA[Allstate expands benefit plan.(Employee Benefits)(American Heritage Life Insurance Co.)(Brief article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allstate Workplace Division, the marketing name for American  Heritage Life Insurance Co., has added optional enhancements to its  limited-benefit AHL minimedical policy. An expanded wellness benefit  provides for any services delivered by a physician o  Allstate Workplace Division, the marketing name for American  Heritage Life...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Defined Benefit Plans At A Crossroads]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate America's defined benefit retirement plans are at a crossroads. Announcements of plan terminations in connection with bankruptcies are increasing, as are benefit freezes by financially healthy plans. While today 34% of Americans over age 65 are drawing a lifetime income from a defined benefit plan, the next generation of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prudential Introduces New Pru Analyzer Client Reports Aimed at Helping Drive Key Benefits Decisions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Nov_6/ai_n27434210]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. -- Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance business announced today the introduction of Pru Analyzer, its new analytical reports, which provide an enhanced level of detailed analysis - above standard claim experience data - designed to help employers understand the factors driving their benefit plan costs. These dynamic,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prudential Launches Enhanced Online Solutions Aimed at Streamlining Workflow and Improving Service for Benefit Plan Sponsors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Sept_26/ai_n27387227]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology delivers a high quality experience for life and disability insurance claims administration]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prudential Unveils Results of Benefit Plan Sponsor Perspectives on Trends in Benefits Web Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_August_7/ai_n27334652]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Report provides both employer and employee perspective on role of web technology]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A fair deal.(sponsors of defined benefit plan at the Urban Institute )(Editorial)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A senior fellow at the Urban Institute wants to give defined  benefit plan sponsors another worry - and added cost.    C. Eugene Steuerle in a public policy commentary recently published  by the institute contends pension plans "perhaps  inadverten  A senior fellow at the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peek into the crystal ball; Some lively and divergent opinions on the makeup of tomorrow's retirement plans highlight the annual CFA Institute conference.(management of pension funds)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Jay Cooper    NEW YORK - Retirement plans will always be with us. What they will  look like in the future is another question.    Three experts addressed the CFA Institute's annual conference  in New York and came up with markedly different answ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[4 announce contributions to defined benefit plans.(Boeing Co.)(BP PLC)(AK Steel Corp.)(Continental Airlines Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Co., Chicago, contributed $509 million to its pension plans  in the first quarter and expects to contribute another $500 million in  2008 and $500 million in 2009, the company reported. It doesn't  expect to make any other pension contributions t  Boeing Co., Chicago, contributed $509...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Money managers join in jettisoning DB plans; Fidelity only latest firm to make move to defined contribution or cash balance plan.(Pension Funds)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Jenna Gottlieb and Jay Cooper    Fidelity Investments is not the only money manager ditching its  defined benefit plan.    Citigroup Inc., New York, announced in November that it will freeze  benefit accruals in its $10 billion cash balance plan  Byline: Jenna...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[San Diego fund sues Amaranth.(At Deadline)(San Diego County Employees Retirement Association files securities fraud suit against Amaranth Advisors L.L.C.)(Fidelity Investments to terminate defined benefit plan)(House Committee on Financial Services approv]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Diego fund sues Amaranth    San Diego County Employees Retirement Association filed a federal  securities fraud suit against Amaranth Advisors, three of its officers  and its former natural gas trader. The lawsuit, filed March 29 in U.S.  District C  San Diego fund sues...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DB plans keep up inexorable march toward retirement.(Washington)(defined benefit plans)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Doug Halonen    WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve board's recently released  report on the flow of the nation's financial assets provides new  evidence that defined benefit plans are in their golden years while the  defined contribution system is  Byline: Doug Halonen  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Canada to freeze DB plan, launch new DC plan.(Pension Funds)(defined contribution plans)(Brief article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Angela Marion Lee    TORONTO - Sears Canada Inc. will freeze its defined benefit plan  and introduce a defined contribution plan next year.    The change, which will take effect July 1, 2008, is expected to  save Sears Canada up to C$25 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Welfare benefit plan claims Safeway stocker unjustly collected]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcus Archibald, a Safeway shelf-stocker, won more than $1 million in Las Vegas lottery game shows while away from work in 2003 and 2004.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Defined benefit system gets a welcome boost.(Opinions)(Viewpoint essay)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHILE THREE LARGE employers taking similar actions hardly  constitute a trend, we think the decision of those organizations to stay  in the defined benefit plan system is significant.    SunTrust Banks Inc. is converting its traditional pension plan to   WHILE THREE LARGE employers taking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Canada to phase out retiree health care benefits; Shakeup includes design changes to pension plan.(News)(defined contribution plans services)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ    TORONTO-Sears Canada Inc.'s decision to eliminate retiree  health care benefits is unlikely to start a trend among Canadian  employers.    Sears Canada also plans to introduce a defined contribution pension  plan and cease emp  Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News briefs.(US Virgin Islands and Federal Employees Retirement System jointly acquire Innovative Communications Networks)(California's State Teachers' Retirement System solves its case with Time Warner Inc.)(Allied Holdings Inc. goes bankrupt)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200702/ai_n20435902]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Developed markets top emerging in January's indexes    NEW YORK - The S&P/Citigroup Developed Markets equity index  rose 1.2% in January, while the S&P/Citigroup Emerging Market equity  index fell 0.11%, according to a Standard & Poor's news  Developed markets top emerging in January's indexes ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurer shows support for defined benefit plan; Phoenix Cos. tweaks plan, bucks trend of DB phase outs.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: JERRY GEISEL    HARTFORD, Conn.-Bucking a recent trend, a major life insurer and  annuity provider is revamping its defined benefit pension plan rather  than phasing it out.    Effective July 1, Hartford, Conn.-based Phoenix Cos. Inc. is  conver  Byline: JERRY GEISEL...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Divining the future of DB plans; P&I and Oxford University join forces for industry survey.(defined benefit)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200701/ai_n20435808]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Beatrix Payne    OXFORD, England - Pensions & Investments and Oxford University  have launched a groundbreaking survey on the future of defined benefit  plans around the world.    P&I readers can give their views on the following issues,  Byline: Beatrix Payne ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big names join defined benefit exodus; Changes, phaseouts attempt to reduce volatility in costs.(Alcoa Inc., General Motors Corp., IBM Corp., NCR Corp., Unisys Corp. and WellPoint Inc. )]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200612/ai_n20165450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Jerry Geisel    The phasing out of defined benefit pension plans is not a new  story.    Indeed, over the past 25 years, employers have been moving away  from the plans-with their contribution and cost volatility-in favor of  defined contributio  Byline:...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who killed DB plans? All the usual suspects.(defined benefit plans)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Douglas A. Love    From asset managers to consultants, from plans sponsors to  regulators, every major institution and professional practice  surrounding defined benefit pension plans unintentionally has been an  enabler of their impending demis  Byline: Douglas A. Love    From asset...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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