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Employee Benefits And Pensions

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Senators push legislation to help micro-businesses offer retirement benefits

A new bipartisan bill proposes to expand tax credits for small businesses to start offering workplace pension plans.

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  • January 10, 2024

Private health insurance premiums to reach new record high this year

Costs surged in 2023 and are set to do the same in 2024, says new report.

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HSA Bank offers accounts to help plan participants with education costs

Tuition reimbursement accounts are designed to help workers pay for degrees and ongoing training.

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Help business owner clients protect their greatest asset: Their people

As more and more workers quit their jobs, advisers can help business clients understand the risks associated with losing talent.

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  • June 22, 2022

Retirement benefits key to attracting new hires: TIAA survey

For the more than 30% of employees who say they're considering a job switch, benefits programs are often a 'crucial factor.'

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  • August 25, 2021

More businesses plan to increase employee benefits

Telehealth was the benefit that the most firms plan to increase, while 60% of those surveyed currently offer financial wellness.

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  • February 11, 2021

OneDigital acquires property and casualty brokerage

HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management is based in St. Louis; OneDigital says deal will help it provide 'holistic suite of employee-centric solutions.'

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  • November 25, 2020

Gig workers could get stock under SEC proposal

Plan would allow drivers, people who deliver food and other gig workers to receive up to 15% of their compensation in shares

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  • September 24, 2020

Employers, workers want much more than 401(k)s from RPAs

Companies are five times as likely to say they feel responsible for workers' financial wellbeing than seven years ago, a survey found

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  • August 19, 2020

Here’s how COVID-19 could test the value of ESOPs

Employee ownership plans correlate with higher income and better retention, and companies with such plans are likely doing better than others right now, according to an ESOP group

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Goldman Sachs’ Ayco adds ‘marketplace’ for workplace clients

The firm is now providing access to investment management, insurance brokerage and other services

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  • June 30, 2020

401(k) trading didn’t hurt returns for participants in Q1: Report

Most people who shifted allocations in their retirement plans were more sophisticated investors, according to research published by NBER

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  • June 19, 2020

J.D. Power survey: 401(k) savers lack help from plan providers

Only 15% of participants in the survey said they received messages through mobile apps at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis

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  • April 14, 2020

Fidelity plans to hire 2,000 employees to bolster service

The financial services firm plans to add consultants and service representatives around the country

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  • April 13, 2020

New York State fines pension risk transfer insurer $45 million

The regulator says Athene Holding Ltd. sold insurance in the state without a license

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  • April 7, 2020

Cares Act student-loan relief has few takers

Workers can receive as much as $5,250 for debt repayment, tax free, from employers

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  • April 6, 2020

Tax group fights to stop California’s auto-IRA program

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association recently lost its case against CalSavers, and has appealed the decision

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  • March 26, 2020

Plan advisers may lose business as 401(k) sponsors struggle

As unemployment claims hit an all-time high, companies are considering ways to cut costs

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  • March 3, 2020

John Hancock sued over ‘self-dealing’ in 401(k) plan products

The financial services firm is the latest to be targeted for including proprietary products in its retirement plan

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  • April 25, 2019

Startup offers financing for employee stock purchase plans

Such plans, which enroll only about a third of eligible workers, offer the 'purest form' of arbitrage, according to startup's founder