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- Losses spur lawsuits; Plan losses blamed on trustees' ties to investment firm.(Capital Consultants)
- PORTLAND, Ore.-Fidelity bonds and fiduciary liability insurance will respond to most of the losses sustained by numerous union pension plans related to their involvement with investment adviser Capital Consultants L.L.C. Such coverage will also pa PORTLAND, Ore.-Fidelity bonds and fiduciary liability insurance ...
- Research articles 2001-04-30
- Products & Services; UnitedHealth offers early retiree option.(News)(product introduction of Ascentis Corp. )
- MINNEAPOLIS-UnitedHealth Group is offering a new health plan option for large employers' early retirees. The Pre-Funded Retirement Plan from Uniprise, a division of UnitedHealth Group, which administers the program, is designed to offer early reti MINNEAPOLIS-UnitedHealth Group is offering a new health plan...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- New pension rules ease fiduciary liability. (Department of Labor) (Points & Viewpoints) (Column)
- After the Executive Life debacle--and several others that followed soon after--an understandable panic set in among many holders of private pension plans. Particularly affected were those whose fixed income annuities were invested in guaranteed inves After the Executive Life debacle--and several others that followed soon...
- Research articles 1992-12-07
- AEGIS filing argues Chapter 11 plan limits WorldCom D&O cover.(News)
- Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc.'s proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan is raising a new round of arguments in the company's longstanding legal feud with its excess directors and officers liability insurers. One of those insurer Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD ...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- PIA fiduciary cover offers IRS protection. (Professional Indemnity Agency, Internal Revenue Service)
- Professional Indemnity Agency has introduced a new fiduciary liability policy that covers the costs associated with IRS-leveled fines for violations of pension plan requirements and the expenses associated with adjudicative proceedings and the manag Professional Indemnity Agency has introduced a new fiduciary liability policy...
- Research articles 1997-09-29
- Pension trustees, CNA breached ERISA: DOL. (Department of Labor)
- Pension Trustees, CNA Breached ERISA: DOL WASHINGTON--The trustees of a pension plan violated ERISA by buying a fiduciary liability insurance policy from CNA which provided $1 million in coverage for $970,000, according to a civil complaint filed byPension Trustees, CNA Breached ERISA: DOL ...
- Research articles 1989-11-13
- Regulators to study fees, sort out fiduciary liability.(Conference Call)
- Byline: Sara Hansard WASHINGTON - To determine if fees charged to clients are reasonable, regulators intend to follow the asset trail. A brokerage firm that sells a client an investment with a front-end load that will...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
- Do You Need Fiduciary Liability Insurance?
- When a small tool-and-die company that offered its employees Long-Term Disability LTD and life insurance plans failed to notify the life insurance company that premium payments would be suspended for an employee out on LTD, the life insurance was terminated. When the employee died and the life insurance company denied...
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance the New D&O?
- Fiduciary liability insurance covers pension fund trustees and retirement plan sponsors' directors and officers for claims asserting violations of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA. Monitoring the fiduciary liability insurance market is like watching a rerun of a bad movie. In the wake of the corporate...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- The Fable Of Fiduciary Liability And 404(c) Plan Design
- ERISA provisions on fiduciary liability can be very confusing. This article looks at the blurred lines surrounding plan design and fiduciary liability-or are they blurred? It discusses about plan design is a settlor function, not a fiduciary function. In other words, plan design is left to the employer as the...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- Fiduciary liability shield questioned.
- Court says employers must exercise more care on investment options PHILADELPHIA - Employers may have less protection from fiduciary liability for employee investment decisions than many think, a federal appeals court decision suggests. The decision - Court says employers must exercise more care on investment options...
- Research articles 1996-01-22
- Minimizing the Risk of Fiduciary Liability in a Declining Investment Market—Enron and other Points of Particular Note
- The largest accumulation of capital in the world is invested through employee benefit plans, and little if anything in the known universe--let alone anything on Wall Street--has ever successfully defied the old adage that what goes up must come down. In the wake of the Enron debacle, each day's news...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Enron aftermath: DC providers may get a break on limits of fiduciary liability.(News)
- Byline: Arleen Jacobius Houston - The Labor Department may be softening its position on the fiduciary liability of defined contribution plan providers. Noticeably absent as a defendant in the Labor Department's late June suit against Enron Corp. and more than 20 company...
- Research articles 2003-07-07
- The Top Five 401(k) Fiduciary Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them
- This paper informs fiduciaries of five common fiduciary pitfalls. Overcoming these hurdles can make the difference between an effective plan that improves employee results, morale, and productivity and an ineffective and liability-ridden plan. The best companies are taking action to improve their plans, thereby reducing fiduciary liability and increasing the...
- White papers 2009-05-14
- Enron recordkeeper not named in suit; DOL sees no liability for directed trustee.(News)(Northern Trust Co. )
- Byline: ARLEEN JACOBIUS Houston-The Labor Department may be softening its position on the fiduciary liability of defined contribution plan providers. Noticeably absent as a defendant in the Labor Department's June suit against Houston-based Enro Byline: ARLEEN JACOBIUS Houston-The...
- Research articles 2003-07-14
- Products & Services; Philadelphia offers liability coverages.(News)(Cairnstone Re markets SmartFlex debit card)
- BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Philadelphia Insurance Cos. is offering a new liability coverage for private companies. Under the Private Company Protection Plus product written by the Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based company, policyholders can purchase limits of up to $10 million each for directors and officers liability, employment...
- Research articles 2003-09-29
- Hartford offers new excess policy to fill coverage gaps.(Property/Casualty)(Hartford Financial Services Group Inc)(Brief Article)
- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a new excess insurance policy that fits over directors & officers liability, fiduciary liability, employment practice ... Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a new excess insurance policy that fits over directors & officers liability, fiduciary liability,...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Retirement Plan Governance: What's a Fiduciary to Do?
- Are retirement plan fiduciaries safe if they are well intentioned? Regrettably, no. Amidst intensified scrutiny of retirement plan governance, there are pitfalls and liability risks even for the most well intentioned fiduciaries. Enron and WorldCom headlines have created a mistaken but understandable impression that only blatant or intentional fraud can...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Late News.(various briefs)
- Insurers seek to rescind Qwest coverage Insurers for Qwest Communications International Inc. are seeking to rescind the telecommunications company's $600 million in directors and officers liability and fiduciary liability coverage and want an arbi Insurers seek to rescind Qwest coverage ...
- Research articles 2002-11-11
- Employers get safe harbor for small pension rollovers.(News)
- Byline: JERRY GEISEL WASHINGTON-Employers taking advantage of a proposed Labor Department safe harbor would be shielded from fiduciary liability when they transfer terminating employees' small pension distributions to individual retirement account Byline: JERRY GEISEL WASHINGTON-Employers taking advantage of a proposed...
- Research articles 2004-03-08
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