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My crystal ball for the retirement plan business after COVID

The pandemic is over, at least for now. Assuming the Delta variant doesn’t increase infe...

There is a cost to technology and it’s cybercrimes

The beauty of being in the retirement plan business since 1998 is that I love what I do an...

Transamerica forks over another $5 million in another 401(k) lawsuit

If you’re a large plan sponsor, who also happens to offer your proprietary mutual funds ...

When the DOL is asking questions on cybersecurity, have the answers

A few years back, I was representing a plan sponsor under a Department of Labor (DOL) audi...

Be a nice family member, get your beneficiary forms in order

I hate death, I hate talking about death, the whole point of living is not dying. Yet, whe...

If it’s free, how much can it be?

Years ago, I started working and had a lot of free time (before marriage and kids). I saw ...

Put a process in place to find missing participants

More than 16 million accounts of $5,000 or less — $8.5 billion in the aggregate — were...

Hell hath no fury than a former employee scorned

I always say that the reason I don’t have employees is I was once an employee too. I was...

Beware of the audit of the audit and don’t pay for it

A plan with 100 or more participants requires an audit of a plan’s financial standing co...

Hire an ERISA attorney for an audit

Attorneys have a bad reputation and a lot of times, it’s warranted. I jokingly said I kn...