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Contract Surety 01.24.2024

Really Big Builds

  Red tape. Years of stop-go. Money. More money. Plans. More plans. Commitments. Back-outs. These are the challenges the biggest of big civil projects around the country face. Finally, some are seeing the actual light…
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Really Big Builds
ERISA 01.17.2024

Reducing PBGC Plan Premiums?

  All employer sponsored defined benefit plans pay insurance, with premiums set by Congress to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which is an agency of the U.S. Government. Read on for insights about how PBGC…
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Reducing PBGC Plan Premiums?
ERISA 01.17.2024

Plan Outcomes vs Business As Usual

  Set it and forget it is not a best practice for retirement plan sponsors. If it’s been a while since you have given the plan some real attention, chances are strong that much has…
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Plan Outcomes vs Business As Usual
Court Bonds 01.17.2024

Executor or Administrator?

  The name given to the person charged with settling the affairs of the deceased depends on the circumstances involved. When a will is made, typically an executor is designated to carry it out. When…
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Executor or Administrator?
Court Bonds 01.17.2024

Estate Administration and The Family Home?

  Intentions for the family home to be given equally to adult children are common in estate planning. Typically, this ultimately means the home must be sold, so that assets can be divided. Along the…
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Estate Administration and The Family Home?
Contract Surety 01.17.2024

Well Equipped? 

  Capitalizing on the unprecedented flow of public funds into infrastructure work around the country, while faced with a severe shortage of labor and continued supply chain disruptions, requires contractors to be more agile than…
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Well Equipped? 
Contract Surety 01.17.2024

Always In: Common Sense

  Trends and their nifty sounding catch phrases have a way of sucking us in and spinning us around. Business will instantly be better if we adapt just this one magic strategy, right? Of course…
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Always In: Common Sense
ERISA 01.12.2024

DOL: See You In Court

  The U.S. Department of Labor got off to a running start this year, bringing allegations of fiduciary breaches against two different plan sponsors in federal court in Maryland. It’s worth taking notice that these…
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DOL: See You In Court
ERISA 01.12.2024

A Win for Plan Sponsors?

  It’s been two decades since a torrent of lawsuits began alleging that fiduciary failures were resulting in high fees for participants, and attorneys say the copycat claims are unlikely to stop anytime soon. There…
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A Win for Plan Sponsors?