A Symetra Life Insurance Co. disability policy covering an insurance agency owner was correctly deemed to be an employee ...

Top hat plans are not subject to ERISA’s fiduciary requirements, the 6th Circuit noted, meaning that American Electric did ...

Aronowitz will manage the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), which protects pension, health, and other benefits and enforces ERISA protections.

On January 17, 2025, the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that ...

A jury won’t hear an ERISA benefit interference claim from a former employee of a trade show company, after a federal judge likened such a move to the disfavored practice of including beans in Texas ...

The regulatory pendulum has been swinging toward deregulation since Donald Trump was inaugurated last month. On his first day in office, January ...

The Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), enacted in 1974, established critical protections for employee retirement benefits by imposing funding requirements, defining eligibility ...

In its letter to Congress, ERIC urged lawmakers to ‘preserve and protect’ ERISA, maintain tax incentives in health and ...

Now that 2025 is firmly underway, plan sponsors need to plan and prepare for the year ahead. There are crucial ...

A federal judge in Texas ruled that the 2022 ESG rule does not violate ERISA, reaffirming his initial decision made before ...

It has been over two years since SECURE 2.0 was enacted, and a recent report confirms it remains a top priority for plan sponsors. In fact, 82% of plan sponsors emphasize that reviewing provisions and ...

Ken Paxton's opinion puts Texas on a collision course with employer groups that say ERISA should shield the plans from the ...