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  Escalating lawsuits and costly settlements are driving up the price of critical insurance coverages for retirement plan sponsors and other fiduciaries. Nonetheless, ERISA law experts stress the importance of securing both fiduciary and cyber…
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ERISA law experts remind us that the Department of Labor has robust investigatory resources dedicated to the pursuit and curtailment of fiduciary breaches and prohibited transaction rules. Amidst major enforcement priorities and projects, compliance basics…
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School Building Trends As office buildings evolve with a focus on well-being, flexibility and collaborative possibilities, educators and school builders across the country are concluding that traditional school buildings need a massive re-think too. Here…
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  With bridges throughout the country reminding us they are in desperate need of attention, drivers crossing between Tampa and St. Petersburg on the existing Howard Frankland Bridge have front row seats to the adjacent…
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  Remember 2019? Way back then, the SECURE Act mandated retirement plans to provide lifetime income projections to help participants understand their savings. What’s expected now?  How is the retirement industry gearing up—and how’s it…
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Investment Choices: Up To Participants? No! The fiduciary responsibilities of retirement plan sponsors don’t stop with offering varied investment options and hoping participants get good results. Fiduciaries must exercise prudence with the options offered—and continuously…
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  With more estate planning techniques and insights becoming more widely available, it’s more possible then ever to look out for your family, though it’s estimated that two out of three Americans still have not…
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  Ordinarily, probate court proceedings focus on standard tasks essential to settling the affairs of someone who has died, such as paying off debts and taxes and then distributing the assets based on a will,…
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  This is one of those questions that it’s even hard for Google to answer. Why? It depends! The public process of paying the debts and distributing the assets of the deceased, known as probate,…
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