Obligated To Mitigate Risks
ERISA law experts continue to keep a close watch on how the Department of Labor’s 2021 cybersecurity guidance for employee retirement plans is playing out in audits and court rooms across the country. The…
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Optimism: Five Years Out?
What’s ahead for retirement plans? While there’s lots of worry about cybersecurity, plan leakage, and, the lingering impact of the current tsunami of ERISA litigation, industry experts see bright spots when looking ahead. More…
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Greenwashing?
False and exaggerated information about the environmental, social and governance (ESG) merits of investment options have gotten the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Plan sponsors: are you sure you know what’s…
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The Most Common Types of Cyberattacks Plaguing SMBs An How to Protect Against Them
w_cyba138_60 By Richard Clarke, Chief Insurance Officer, Colonial Surety The media landscape is dominated by headlines like this “Hackers Target Cryptocurrency Companies in HubSpot Data Breach” and this “Microsoft confirms it was breached by…
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Blame: How About The Plan Sponsor?
A rising market is no longer a sure bet—and that, of course, makes retirement plan participants uneasy. It’s human nature to look for someone to blame for losses. When retirement is not secure, who’s…
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Market Volatility and Retirement Plans
Market Volatility and Retirement Plans Market volatility makes everyone nervous. Retirement industry executives suggest that now is a great time for plan sponsors to double down on efforts to communicate and share educational information with…
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Weak Controls: Threat Actors Welcome
Security leaders are advising businesses to tighten up basic cybersecurity practices and protocols, observing that malicious actors are exploiting fundamentally weak controls to break into businesses and wreak havoc with data and accounts. Welcoming…
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Cybersecurity: Deer In The Headlights?
Even if the magnitude and omnipresence of cyber threats has had you and your small business frozen like a deer in the headlights, you can get up to speed with expert advice and practical…
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Cybersecurity and Hybrid Workplaces?
Much about leaving the pandemic behind remains unclear, but new certainties are taking hold in workplaces. With survey data showing that as many as 82% of business leaders are embracing the new norm of…
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