Federal Regulation
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EBSA Releases Wellness Program Compliance Checklist
By Staff WriterThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has come out with guidance aimed at sponsors of employer-sponsored health promotion and disease prevention initiatives.EBSA, an arm of the ...
February 15, 2008
NCOIL Leaders Continue To Fight Federal Regulation ProposalsTop officials at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators have drafted a resolution that would repeat NCOIL's opposition to the idea of creating a national ...
February 14, 2008
EBSA Releases Wellness Program Compliance ChecklistThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has come out with guidance aimed at sponsors of employer-sponsored health promotion and disease prevention initiatives.EBSA, an arm of the ...
February 13, 2008
HR Group Asks IRS For Automatic Enrollment ReliefThe Internal Revenue Service should give employers more help with complying with new retirement plan tax laws.Cara Woodson Welch, public policy director at WorldatWork, Washington, ...
February 13, 2008
Experts Explain New Nonprofit Plan RulesA unit of MetLife Inc. has published a paper discussing the steps schools and other nonprofit employers that sponsor 403(b) retirement plans need to take ...
February 12, 2008
Kanjorksi: Bond Insurer Mess Justifies OFC EffortThe current turmoil in the bond insurance industry shows that insurers may need the option of choosing to be regulated by a federal agency, a ...
February 12, 2008
Kanjorksi: Bond Insurer Mess Justifies OFC EffortThe current turmoil in the bond insurance industry shows that insurers may need the option of choosing to be regulated by a federal agency, a ...
February 07, 2008
SEC Approves Easing Of FINRA Sales Lit Review RulesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved an effort by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. to simplify reviews of some types of investment ...