Monthly Archives: February 2012

Maximizing Your Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefits (from Lockton Companies)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

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 →

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Compromise Still Guarantees Contraceptive Coverage (from Lockton Companies)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

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 →

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Is your plan “Out of Compliance” with tax code? (from Lockton Companies)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

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 →

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Fiduciary risk: an overview and tips for mitigation

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

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 →

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