Social Investing Can Fit In Pension Plans
By Jeffrey C. PetersenPension plan sponsors and their advisors are starting to take more notice of the socially responsible investment movement.Many sponsors and investment professionals wonder why any ...
October 07, 2001
Technology Slowly Easing Payroll Slot ShortageByBrokers who wanted to sell voluntary, employee-paid insurance at the worksite once had to wrestle with competitors for billing "slots" in an employers payroll system.Today, ...
October 07, 2001
Consider IRA Immediate Annuities For Required Minimum DistributionsConsider IRA Immediate Annuities For Required Minimum DistributionsBy The 2001 changes to the minimum distribution life expectancy payout percentages for Individual Retirement Accounts have come ...
October 07, 2001
VAs Will Survive The CUrrent Financial ClimateVAs Will Survive The Current Financial Climate During the past few weeks, we have received an increasing number of telephone calls from various financial reporters ...
October 07, 2001
EGTRRA Expands Deductibility For Sponsors Of ESOP PlansEGTRRA Expands Deductibility For Sponsors Of ESOP PlansByThe new Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act could leave some plan sponsors cold.Although EGTRRA increases the ...
October 07, 2001
Echoes From The PastThe date was Dec. 6, 1941 and I was stationed at an Army Air Corps facility at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. On that Saturday, ...
October 07, 2001
U.S. Workers in Foreign Lands Seek Security of Familiar BenefitsBenefits and compensation are the top concerns of employees contemplating assignments in foreign countries, according to a recent worldwide survey.As explained by Virginia Hollis, vice ...
October 07, 2001
Carve-Outs Slice Risk From Self-Funded Health PlansByRising health care costs have touched every aspect of business during the past five years.Thats why an increasing number of insurance brokers, benefits consultants and ...