Social Security
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Digital Logs Increase In Importance
By Mark E. RuquetInsurers and other corporations need to develop systems to protect the authenticity of electronic documents, says a risk expert from Marsh Kroll Inc.[@@]If they ...
November 10, 2005
Aon Analyst Sees Wobbly Pension PictureThe total pension funding shortfall at big U.S. companies has been varying widely this year and could be much higher at the end of ...
November 09, 2005
House Panel OKs Pension BillThe U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 23-17 Wednesday to approve a major pension system reform bill.[@@]The bill, H.R. 2830, already has been ...
November 04, 2005
What If A Spy Wants Dental?The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seeking bids for its new voluntary dental and vision benefits program.[@@]The OPM is looking for insured dental ...
November 04, 2005
Agency To Redefine Disability Age CategoriesThe Social Security Administration hopes to cut $5.8 billion in public disability insurance benefit payments over the next 10 years by classifying people as ...
October 31, 2005
Industry Asks For Role In Updating Disability ProgramThe Social Security Administration is in the middle of a mammoth battle to streamline the notoriously slow, frustrating Social Security Disability Insurance claim determination ...
October 19, 2005
UnumProvident Settlement Affects Social Security Recovery ProcessThe state of California and UnumProvident have settled the state's accusations that the insurer violated state law in its long-term disability claims process.Without admitting ...
September 23, 2005
Employer Group Attacks PBGC Funding FiguresThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has overstated its deficit in ways that could cause problems for defined benefit plan sponsors and participants, according to ...