Voluntary Benefits

Executives are also talking about what uncertainty is doing to large employers' benefits purchasing behavior.

A Principal executive maintains that some rivals are offering first-year prices that appear to be unsustainable.

More employers are holding the monthly premiums down by setting deductibles at $700,000 or higher.

The law "overtly discriminates against plaintiffs as out-of-state companies," a federal judge ruled.

Funding streams are a lot more turbulent than they were even a year ago.

ERISA may run the more visible day-to-day aspects such as claims, appeals, and fiduciary procedure, but the tax code sets the conditions for the whole arrangement to qualify as a tax shelter to begin with.