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Contract Surety 07.15.2019

San Francisco’s First Modular Hotel Opens

San Francisco opened its first modularly built hotel, the Home2 Suites by Hilton. The total construction time for the hotel was 16 months, with construction finished in less than a year after the modular units arrived…
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San Francisco’s First Modular Hotel Opens
Court Bonds 07.15.2019

Estate Executors vs. Trustees

A deceased person’s estate may have an executor and a trustee, but the two of them serve different purposes even if they can often be appointed at the same time. What are the differences between the two…
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Estate Executors vs. Trustees
Court Bonds 07.15.2019

Surety Bonds Ensure that Estates are Managed Honestly

Estate administrators and executors have a lot of duties in managing estates. They are accountable to all who have claims on a deceased person’s assets. They have to pay claims filed against the estate with estate assets….
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Surety Bonds Ensure that Estates are Managed Honestly
Court Bonds 07.15.2019

Set Up Trusts to Ensure Finances Are Used How You Would Like

Setting up a last will and testament directs where and to whom your money goes, but it does not detail how exactly your assets are to be used overall. Estate executors may then determine what…
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Set Up Trusts to Ensure Finances Are Used How You Would Like
Court Bonds 07.13.2019

New Jersey Estate Executor Requirements

State of New Jersey statutes do not lay out particular requirements in order to be named an estate executor in the State of New Jersey. Essentially, it just has to be an adult. The court will then…
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New Jersey Estate Executor Requirements
License & Permit Bonds 07.12.2019

Michigan Notary Public Bonds

In order to become a notary public in the State of Michigan, you must obtain a $10,000 surety bond and file it with the clerk of the county in which you are seeking to be…
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Michigan Notary Public Bonds
ERISA 07.12.2019

Failed Pension Investments Can Lead to Fiduciary Liability

Pension plan fiduciaries such as plan sponsors have to worry about a lot of different scenarios that could result in a fiduciary duty breach and liability. One of the most dangerous scenarios that fiduciaries have…
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Failed Pension Investments Can Lead to Fiduciary Liability
ERISA 07.12.2019

Non-diversified Investments Lead to Fiduciary Liability

As a plan sponsor, you may think one investment you have will work wonders for the plan funds you are in charge of. But what if it does not? What if it fails? Then you…
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Non-diversified Investments Lead to Fiduciary Liability
ERISA 07.12.2019

Slightly higher 401(k) Fees Make Plan Sponsors Liable

Paying 1% higher fees than the average rate for someone to administer a 401(k) plan does not sound like it would cause too many problems. But paying fees even 1% higher than average in 401(k)…
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Slightly higher 401(k) Fees Make Plan Sponsors Liable