Journals By Industry - Retiree Health Plans

Revenue, Earnings Improve Year-Over-Year 4Q 2011 Highlights * Loss from continuing operations of $193 million, or $0.18 per share; excluding special items, loss from continuing operations of $34 million, or $0.03 per share...

* Quarterly revenue of $371 million, up 27% * Organic revenue growth of 9.4%, as adjusted, for the quarter * Adjusted EBITDA of $119 million, or 32.1% of revenue for the quarter *...

Pension Index Tracks Impact of Stock Markets and Interest Rates on Financial Health of Defined Benefit Pension Plans TORONTO -- Defined benefit (DB) pension plans - those that promise a guaranteed level of...

TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVENUE PROCEDURE? ............................................. 200 .01 Purpose of revenue procedure ................................................................................ 200 .02 Organization of revenue procedure ............................................................................ 200 SECTION 2. WHAT CHANGES...

The 2011 class of CFO of the Year winners and finalists achieved their greatest accomplishments in the past few years, when the economic challenges were the highest. They found creative avenues to bolster...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings for the following series of St. Louis County, Missouri bonds: --$26.1 million general obligation (GO) refunding bonds, series 1998 at 'AAA'; --$14.75 million Lambert...

Health insurers continue to implement and respond to numerous aspects of the federal health reform law. At the same time, they also seek to gain more control over the cost and quality of...

The West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency on Dec. 13 unanimously passed a plan that changes insurance plans for state workers and retirees. The agency presented a plan earlier this fall for public...

WASHINGTON -- Today, Citizens Against Government Waste slammed Congress for once again meddling in the United States Postal Service's (USPS) management decisions and delaying the closures of 3,700 post offices and 250 mail...

NEW YORK -- In its mission to simplify the complex payment process that plagues the prescription drug claims industry, Truveris, Inc. announced today it has added Jan Berger, former Chief Clinical Officer at...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to Frederick, Maryland's general obligation (GO) bonds: --$21 million GO general improvements refunding bonds, series 2011 'AA+'; --$2.5 million GO airport refunding bonds, series...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of 'AA-' to the following revenue bonds of the City of Tampa, Florida (the city): --$19.405 million taxable non-ad valorem revenue bonds, series 2011....

Paying Off Debt Surges Into Top Three Financial Resolutions BOSTON -- An annual study1 from Fidelity Investments([R]), the leader in helping Americans save for retirement2, finds that nearly half (46 percent) of those...

The U.S. Postal Service has hired Evercore Partners, which aided General Motors Corp. in its bankruptcy, to advise the Postal Service on its restructuring. The cash-strapped government agency was tight-lipped about the rationale...

The battle is on to raise taxes in New York. The political drumbeat to reinstate the millionaire's tax, which has been given a big boost by Occupy Wall Street's attacks on the rich,...

Detroit needs new way to handle legacy costs Watching Detroit and Lansing's political give-and-take is like watching Kabuki theater - stylized and somewhat bizarre. Gov. Snyder's announced intent to begin a state-ordered financial...

This two-part article covers significant developments in late 2010 and 2011 in employee benefits, including executive compensation, health and welfare benefits, qualified plans, and employment taxes. Part I, in the November 2011 issue,...

ABSTRACT Although annuities are a theoretically appealing way to manage longevity risk, in the real world relatively few consumers purchase them at retirement. To counteract the possibility of retirees outliving their assets, Singapore's...

Trends Several of the foremost employee benefits trends of 2011 are likely to remain significant in 2012. Here are a few of them, according to authoritative surveys and the views of experts and...