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  There’s no such thing as merely sitting in on meetings when it comes to the high standards of ERISA. Each member of a retirement plan committee can be held personally responsible–financially–for errors and oversights….
Read Moreabout 401k Committee Member Vs Bump On The Log?

The ERISA Act requires that every person who handles employee benefit plan assets or funds as well as any plan fiduciary be bonded with an ERISA fidelity bond. Those bonded must be bonded for at…
Read Moreabout Your Bond Might Not Be an ERISA Bond

Changes in the law make the home stretch of the year an important time for retirement plan sponsors to be diligent about ensuring adherence to regulations. It’s wise, for example, to check in on operational…
Read Moreabout 2024 Year-End: Compliance Check

  While continuous training and multi-factor authentication helps, some experts predict that “zero-trust” is what it will ultimately take to protect money and information in the face of ever trickier cyber attacks created by generative…
Read Moreabout Multi-Factor Authentication, and Zero-Trust?

  With ERISA headed into its next 50 years, robust compliance with the high standards it continues to set is a high priority for retirement plan sponsors. Regulatory investigations, class action lawsuits, and courtroom precedence…
Read Moreabout Evolutionary: ERISA

  If only we followed through on everything, what would life be like? It’s hard to know, but this much is sure: business owners who never get around to cybersecurity insurance will regret it the…
Read Moreabout Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda?

  Protected by ERISA, which is now fifty years old, company sponsored retirement plans came of age when employees aimed to work up the ladder within a business, and retire securely, after a good climb….
Read Moreabout Career Path: Ladder Vs Pogo Stick?

  Every business owner wants to make money while running a thriving company. Innovation? Sure, that too. Unfortunately, as risk management experts point out, cyber criminals have similar goals: making as much money as possible…
Read Moreabout Tag, You’re It?

  Clarity in plan documents regarding the use of forfeitures has proven to be a solid defense for plan sponsors, as lawsuits alleging that it is a misuse to pay future employer contributions from forfeitures…
Read Moreabout Allegations Dismissed: Defense!