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Bowing to pressure from members of Congress, industry groups, and the public, the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) said Monday it would repropose its controversial rule amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

As big finance lobbies hard for its own interests, who will defend the IRA investor?

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee teamed with insurance agent groups Tuesday to attack U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) efforts to apply a uniform fiduciary standard to investment product sales.

Employee benefit plans want the right to waive a proposed rule that would require swap counterparties to give benefit plans extra scrutiny and advice.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) an employer group is asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make administration of the new comparative effectiveness research fee as simple as possible.

Each plan participant and beneficiary must receive a copy of the Summary Plan Description and a statement of ERISA rights. These documents must be provided within how many days after a person becomes a participant or receives benefits?

Insurance agenthalf doctor, half lawyer

In light of the subsidies coming to an end, the Department of Labor updated Tuesday its COBRA ARRA Web page with six FAQs