Your Bond Might Not Be an ERISA Bond
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…
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2024 Year-End: Compliance Check
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…
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Multi-Factor Authentication, and Zero-Trust?
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…
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It’s Time: Get The Lead Out
As many of us across the country continue drinking water through “lead straws,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to speed up replacement of lead pipes via new regulations and a ten year…
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Evolutionary: ERISA
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…
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda?
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…
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Career Path: Ladder Vs Pogo Stick?
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….
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New Jersey-New York: Uh-Oh?
As states across the country grapple with how to ensure “infrastructure resiliency” in the face of climate change, decision making, project planning and regulatory debate is heating up in New Jersey and New York….
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Tag, You’re It?
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…
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