Benefits

Meeting Notes from October 2020 Multiemployer Plans Committee Meeting with Treasury, Labor, and PBGC

Notes from October 9, 2020 Multiemployer Plans Committee meeting with officials of the Departments of the Treasury and Labor and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on applications by plans in…

Comment / Letter

Committee/Subcommittee Comments to HHS, DOL, and the Treasury on the No Surprises Act

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Active Benefits Subcommittee comments to the Departments of Health & Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury…

Issue Brief

Council Releases Issue Brief on Security of Pension Plan Benefits

The Pension Practice Council published an issue brief considering mechanisms in place to help guarantee payment of pension plan participants’ earned benefits.

Comment / Letter

Committee/Subcommittee Comments to Treasury, DOL, and HHS, on Insurance and Health Plan Coverage of COVID-19 Testing

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Active Benefits Subcommittee submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of…

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Active Benefits Subcommittee Submitted Comments to Treasury, DOL, and HHS, on Insurance and Health Plan Coverage of COVID-19 Testing

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Active Benefits Subcommittee submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health…

Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to Department of Labor on Pension Benefit Statements and Lifetime Income Illustrations

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee comment letter to Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration on an interim final regulation with request for comments regarding pension benefit…

Issue Brief

Issue Brief on Presumptive Benefits after COVID-19 in Workers’ Compensation

e brief from the Workers’ Compensation Committee rdiscussing the recent actions of state governments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to expand their presumption laws to include additional…

Issue Brief on Presumptive Benefits after COVID-19 in Workers’ Compensation

Issue brief from the Workers’ Compensation Committee rdiscussing the recent actions of state governments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to expand their presumption laws to include additional…

Issue Brief

Issue Brief on Streamlining of Retirement Income Planning

Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief considering potential ways to optimize portability and personal management of retirement assets, income, and benefits.  

Pension Committee Releases Variable Annuity Practice Note

Practice note prepared by Pension Committee addressing current and emerging practices for measuring obligations of defined benefit pension plans, with respect to variable annuity benefits.