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Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.22.2019

Average Cyber Attack Cost Would Close 48% of Small Businesses

Over half of small to medium sized business executives recently declared that suffering a major data breach is more of a threat to their business than a flood, fire, strike, or physical break in to…
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Average Cyber Attack Cost Would Close 48% of Small Businesses
Contract Surety 07.22.2019

60% of Construction Being Done in 10 States

The United States is going through a construction boom, with more investment on the way due to looming necessary infrastructure upgrades. But the construction boom wealth is not being shared equally throughout the whole country….
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60% of Construction Being Done in 10 States
ERISA 07.20.2019

The Pension Professional Dashboard by Colonial Surety

Did you know that there is a way for a third party administrator to manage all of their clients’ ERISA fidelity bonding needs, view renewal history, limit adjustments and much more? And that it is…
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The Pension Professional Dashboard by Colonial Surety
ERISA 07.19.2019

What do the DOL and IRS Look for When Investigating Your Plan?

Investigation and audit from the U.S. Department of Labor and the IRS, respectively, are possibilities that all TPAs need to be prepared for and ready to handle. These investigations can lead to plan liability or…
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What do the DOL and IRS Look for When Investigating Your Plan?
ERISA 07.19.2019

Why Should you get the Bond Compliance Program?

Do you as a third-party administrator wish there was an easy way for you to be able to verify your client’s ERISA fidelity bond coverage when filing the Form 5500? Enter Colonial Surety’s Bond Compliance…
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Why Should you get the Bond Compliance Program?
ERISA 07.19.2019

Efficient Technology Can Level the Pension Professional Playing Field

How can you as a third party administrator or pension professional compete with the company that is able to take on thousands and thousands more plans than you? With innovative technology, you can match the…
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Efficient Technology Can Level the Pension Professional Playing Field
ERISA 07.19.2019

How Can TPAs Best Ensure That No ERISA Bond Mistakes Have Been Made?

As a pension professional, you probably manage hundreds or thousands of employee benefit plans. You have to make sure that all plans have the required ERISA fidelity bond, should they need it, and are bonded…
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How Can TPAs Best Ensure That No ERISA Bond Mistakes Have Been Made?
Court Bonds 07.17.2019

Trusts Can Benefit Special Needs Children in New Jersey

Most people are aware of trusts as devices that hold assets or funds for the benefit of children of wealthy people. But a trust in New Jersey can benefit a special needs child as well! Once…
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Trusts Can Benefit Special Needs Children in New Jersey
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.17.2019

Cyber Attackers Can Use Your Own Systems to Steal Your Data

It does not take a computer virus or public data mining for a cyber attacker to cause a data breach at your company. They can use your own systems against you to get what they…
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Cyber Attackers Can Use Your Own Systems to Steal Your Data