A recent court ruling that upends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) denial of a firm’s application for special financial assistance (SFA) program funds could cost taxpayers, says the ...

Companies have taken a greater interest and role in ensuring a secure and dignified retirement for their employees, but a recent study suggests that they’re nonetheless overestimating participants’ ...

Established in 1997 as the Educator’s Award, the award was renamed in 2023 in memoriam of Thomas J. Finnegan III, the first President of the American Retirement Association (ARA), who also served as ...

The Old-Age and Survivor’s Insurance (OASI) fund is projected to become insolvent in 2033, says the Social Security trustee report, released on June 18. At that time, it will pay out around 77% of the ...

Now, as co-chair of the Thrive Mentorship Committee, I am passionate about fostering mentorship within the TPA community and giving everyone the opportunity to participate — whether it is to grow ...

Cybersecurity isn’t just an IT issue—it’s the most overlooked business risk you think someone else is handling, until it’s too late. Cybersecurity is often a buzzword, a punchline, a cost center ...

Thinking about changing software systems is a question that inevitably surfaces for any business aiming to grow, adapt or simply run more efficiently. For third-party administrators (TPAs) managing ...

Here are three of what I consider the most impactful takeaways that resonated throughout the event. Engaging employees in their retirement plans remains one of the industry’s biggest challenges.

Retroactive amendments to Defined Benefit (DB) plans have long been a point of contention in the retirement plan landscape. These amendments, which involve altering plan provisions for prior years, ...

The draft tax portion of the Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released late on June 16 does not contain any provisions that would ...

Will independent contractors have expanded access to retirement benefits? Maybe so, as the Trump Administration and the Republican-led Congress have leaned into expanding independent contractor status ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Republican members of Congress highlighted common interest agreements (CIAs) and independent contractors as key policy priorities during a Department of Labor ...