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Fiduciary Liabilities: Are You Covered?

With lawsuits piling up against pension plan sponsors, individual fiduciaries would do well to protect themselves against financial risks, experts say.

November 19, 2009

If you are a fiduciary for your employer's retirement savings plan, you already know that life isn't getting any simpler. Lawsuits against plan fiduciaries are on the upswing, and some fiduciaries have been found personally liable for plan losses under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Read more...

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