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Other Matters That Matter – Part 2

by B. Furgala | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog

In this installment of Other Matters That Matter, we’ll take a quick look at two different but very important developments on the regulatory horizon.

SECURE Act Takes Aim at the Retirement Savings Gap

by B. Furgala | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog

Many studies have shown that Americans are not saving enough for retirement. A surprising number of employees still do not even have access to a 401(k) savings plan.

PenChecks and Cyber Security: We’ve Got Your Back

by PenChecks Trust | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog

At PenChecks Trust™ we’re in the business of providing solutions to the retirement plan industry. Most of those solutions involve payment processing services and the care and administration of missing participant assets.

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Protect Your Business With A Cyberattack Incident Response Plan

A cyberattack on your business is like a serious auto accident. It only happens to someone else – until it happens to you. Fortunately, several initiatives can help prevent or significantly reduce your organization’s chance of becoming a cyberattack victim.

Retirement’s Future

I’ve spent my entire career working with retirement plans, beginning with an internship my senior year of college. Looking back over that period of time, it’s remarkable how much has changed.

Culture Drives Top Workplace for PenChecks

For the second year in a row PenChecks Trust® has been recognized as a Top Workplace in the San Diego UnionTribune’s annual “Top Workplaces” survey. We are proud to receive this award…

Avoiding Improper Retirement Plan Distributions: The DOL and the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

One of the challenges of administering a retirement plan is the timely and proper payment of distributions to plan participants. This responsibility occurs in more than one context, and can have a number of “facts and circumstances” variations.

Why You Need Cyber Security Insurance and How to Get It

In recent months, the topic of Cyber Security insurance has crept to the top of the charts for the Department of Labor’s (DOL) ERISA Advisory Council (EAC). Each year, the EAC picks topics it deems crucial to the administration of ERISA.

PenChecks, Inc. Hires New Director of Retirement Services Strategy

PenChecks Trust®, a recognized leader in outsourced retirement plan distribution solutions, is pleased to announce Brian Furgala as their new Senior Director of Retirement Services Strategy.

Economic Group Pension Services (EGPS)

Company Situation:EGPS assists plan sponsors and TPAs with plan terminations, including processing more than 1,000 terminated participant distributions each year. Some of the terminations involve large numbers of participant distributions, others are small plans....

Normandeau Associates, Inc.

Company Situation:An environmental consulting firm headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire, Normandeau Associates became an ESOP company in 2000 and has been 100% employee owned since 2012. With 250 participants in the ESOP, the company struggled to process the annual...

Blue Ridge ESOP Associates

Company Situation:As the largest independent ESOP and 401(k) third-party administration and recordkeeping firm, Blue Ridge works with ESOP and 401(k) plans ranging in size from 10 to over 30,000 employees. Although their services include distribution services, Blue...

Sentinel Group

Company Situation:When missing terminated plan participants fail to claim their retirement accounts, plan sponsors retain fiduciary responsibility for the assets and must continue paying plan administration expenses for those former employees until they claim their...