Legal

From about January 1988 to December 2013, the four primary defendants helped hundreds of applicants falsely claim disabilities in order to collect disability payments in addition to public pensions, according to the Manhattan District Attorneys office.

Retirement plan sponsors should update their plan documents to protect the money of "lost" participants from state escheatment laws.

The deal would freeze pensions starting in 2016, a term that Ray Conner, who heads Boeings commercial airplane unit, had said was non-negotiable.

The payments are due Oct. 15, the same deadline for paying variable rate premiums.

Advisors can expect a promise from the SEC of more advisor exams this year.

The plan violates the Illinois constitutions guarantee that benefits of any state pension or retirement system shall not be diminished or impaired, according to a complaint filed yesterday in state court in Springfield, Illinois.