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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Maximizing Your Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefits (from Lockton Companies)
I generally don’t post advertising or marketing materials on The Benefit Blog. However, I think this Lockton release describing the benefits of working with a qualified broker to maximize wage fringe benefits is a great informative guideline. If your broker … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Benefits, Health & Welfare, Retirement
Tagged fringe wage benefits
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Compromise Still Guarantees Contraceptive Coverage (from Lockton Companies)
Seeking to curtail the political uproar over birth control and religious liberty, President Obama announced today a compromise on the requirement that non-grandfathered health insurance plans offered by religiously-affiliated institutions offer free birth control to female employees beginning (for most plans) in 2014. Continue reading
Is your plan “Out of Compliance” with tax code? (from Lockton Companies)
Federal law requires that employers within the same “controlled group” of businesses be treated as a single employer for many employee benefit purposes, including discrimination testing. Many executives—particularly those of small, closely held employers—don’t know their employers are members of a controlled group. A distant holding company, venture capitalist, or group of individuals or trusts might own the employer, leaving the executives wholly unaware about who else nests in the corporate tree. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Health & Welfare, Voluntary Benefits
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Fiduciary risk: an overview and tips for mitigation
Lockton associates Steve Kjar and Jessica Skinner were featured in the February issue of Benefits Magazine, a periodical published by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Their article, Best Practices in Fiduciary Risk Mitigation, can be found in its … Continue reading
