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Contract Surety 09.06.2024

Wearable Tech?

  In the scurry to better leverage technology in the construction business, don’t be too quick to rule out wearable technology. The options are growing for everything from AR Glasses and VR Headsets to Motion…
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Wearable Tech?
ERISA 09.05.2024

Forfeiture Claims: Copycats?

  Claims focused on “failed fiduciary process” related to the use of plan forfeitures  continue to bubble up. With the lawsuits winding through federal courts, it’s too early to know if they will trigger the…
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Forfeiture Claims: Copycats?
ERISA 09.05.2024

Celebrating ERISA At 50?

  When the Employee Retirement Income Security Act makes headlines, it’s usually something for plan sponsors to worry about, such as lawsuits, increased regulatory measures or cybersecurity concerns. But here’s celebratory ERISA news: the 50th…
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Celebrating ERISA At 50?
ERISA 08.29.2024

Beneficiary Designations: Essential Practices

  The fiduciary duties of retirement plan sponsors apply to both the interests of participants and beneficiaries. Accordingly, it is essential for plan sponsors to make sure the processes for designating, reviewing and updating beneficiaries…
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Beneficiary Designations: Essential Practices
ERISA 08.29.2024

Assessing New Products? 

  As plan sponsors across the country wander into the swirl of lifetime income options becoming available, ERISA experts remind them to stay focused on the essence of their fiduciary duties–prudence and loyalty–whenever assessing plan…
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Assessing New Products? 
Contract Surety 08.29.2024

Better Bids? Here’s How…

  Winning more profitable projects requires generating more and better leads, as well as determining the right builds to go after. Of course accurate estimates based on the most up-to-date intel and strong financial resources…
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Better Bids? Here’s How…
Contract Surety 08.29.2024

It Pays Off: Training

  Despite the pressure on hiring and getting new talent going fast, it’s best not to skimp on time and effort when it comes to onboarding and training. Indeed, careful attention to new employees is…
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It Pays Off: Training
Court Bonds 08.29.2024

Digital Assets: Inventory and Plan

  Dabbling in cryptocurrency more than your family knows? Tucked away emergency funds in a purely online bank? Most of us are incrementally accumulating more digital assets than we realize. Whether of actual or sentimental…
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Digital Assets: Inventory and Plan
Court Bonds 08.29.2024

Assets Not To Put In A Trust?

  Setting up a revocable trust is relatively easy, allows for flexibility and helps with a number of estate planning goals, including by-passing the public process of probate.  Nonetheless, there are several categories of assets…
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Assets Not To Put In A Trust?