Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Latest ERIC Executive Report is Here!

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has published the latest edition of its ERIC Executive Report for members and trial members.

This edition includes:

RETIREMENT SECURITY

  • Single Employer PBGC Premiums Included in Ryan-Murray Budget Deal
  • IRS Issues Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief for Certain Closed DB Plans
  • ERIC and Other Trade Groups Write to Treasury on Retroactive Effect Issues in Windsor Decision
  • IRS Releases 2013 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements
  • IRS Guidance Addresses In-Plan Rollovers to Designated Roth Accounts in Retirement Plans
  • IRS Updates Weighted Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates (Notice 2013-85)
  • Agencies Release Advance Copies of 2013 Form 5500 Annual Report
  • DOL Semiannual Regulatory Updates Includes Item on Brokerage Windows
  • Robin Diamonte Appointed to Advisory Committee to the PBGC
  • PBGC Updates Table for Early Retirement Benefits for 2014 Distress and Involuntary Terminations
  • GAO Report Recommends Agencies Improve Private Pension Disclosure Process


LEGAL

  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Plan Terms Govern Statute of Limitations
  • U.S. Supreme Court to Hear 401(k) ESOP Presumption of Prudence Case; ERIC Considering Filing Brief
  • ERIC Files Amicus Brief in United States v. Quality Stores before U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear ERISA Case Involving Determination of Class


HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

  • IRS Guidance Addresses Application of Windsor Decision on Cafeteria Plans and HSAs
  • Covington & Burling Summarizes Treasury Final Regulations on Additional Medicare Tax and Investment Income Tax
  • Buck Consultants Survey Finds Employees More Active in Managing Health after Enrolling in HSA

To read the latest ERIC Executive Report, click here.

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