How ERISA Litigators Strengthen Plan Compliance and Risk Management: One-on-One with Jeb Gerth
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Trends in Recordkeeper Consolidation and Due Diligence
Long-Term Part-Time Employee Eligibility Rules Now in Effect — Troutman Pepper Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - What the J&J Case Means for Plan Administrators
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Understanding Fees in Retirement Planning
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Top-Hat Plans — Special Edition Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Auto-Portability: A New Way to Keep Retirement Savings Growing
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - IRS 2024 Health Plan Affordability Threshold May Put Some at Risk
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Partial Plan Terminations
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Plan Administrators’ 2022 Year-End Checklist
5 Key Takeaways | Establishing Tax Qualified Retirement Plans
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Helping Employers Address the Gender Gap in Retirement Savings
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Millennials, Boomers and Retirement Planning
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - What Constitutes Plan Assets Under ERISA?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Back to the Future: SECURE Act and SECURE Act 2.0
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Payroll Integration for Plan Sponsors
IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - INTRODUCING THE MALTA FREEZE
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART IV
If you’re a plan provider—advisor, TPA, recordkeeper, or pooled plan provider—you’ve probably heard the advice a million times: “Create content to stay top of mind with plan sponsors.” But what kind of content actually works?...more
Growing up, I was a pessimist. I don’t why, but I let any little thing get to me and I realized that being negative, scares people away. That’s why I recommend when dealing with potential clients, don’t harp on the...more
A report by Cerulli on the future of the retirement plan business had a startling number. The report showed estimates that the 10 largest recordkeepers will represent more than 75% of record kept 401(k) assets by year-end...more
If you have a great product, but lousy distribution, you’re not going to do well. Yet the same thing is on the flip side if you have great distribution, but a lousy product. Whether it’s a multiple employer plan, a great...more
When I started my law practice, I started to look at what the competition was doing and I decided to do things differently. Other ERISA attorneys charge by the hour, they charge for every phone call, and I just didn’t want to...more
....One More Thing For Plan Providers, Some points to ponder. When Steve Jobs would lead an Apple press conference, he would always end it with "one more thing," which was an important announcement of a new Apple product....more
At home, I have Verizon FIOS for TV and the Internet and that was after having my cable provider, Optimum for about 13 years. A few months back, I was enticed to re-sign with Optimum and their new Altice converter box/router....more
As a plan provider, it makes sense to create an ancillary line of business if it’s a natural carryover of the existing line of business....more
For 9 years working for third-party administrators (TPAs), I never worked a day without Richard Laurita being the salesman for the TPA. Richard is going to be gone 12 years in March and the most important lesson that he ever...more
I have a lot of opinions and I’m not afraid to express them. One of the things that get me upset with businesses and organizations is unmet expectations. Whether it was my law school or some legal staffing agency when I was...more
I always believe that the retirement plan business is a relationship-driven business. It’s also a small world of industry where providers know providers nationwide. This belief has certainly helped my law firm practice grow...more
As A Plan Provider, How You Can Deal With Clients. It's not always fun. Almost 25 years later, Clerks is an independent movie classic. Shot for $27,000, it looks like it. Yet despite the black and white (they couldn't...more
The Help Plan Providers Need And What They Don't. Avoid the people who want to sell you everything. When you're in business as a retirement plan provider, you will see that there is a surge of humanity that wants to...more
Many years ago, I was an associate at a law firm that worked with a third party administration (TPA) firm. One of the owners of the TPA was also the attorney who was my boss. During my single days, I had plenty of time and I...more
I was in college and a political friend guaranteed that if we formed a political party to take over the student government, we all would win. We lost because we didn’t know the lengths our opponents would take to beat us...more
Advice For 401(k) Plan Providers On Hosting Events. Just two cents on my experience. One of the most important marketing tools that a plan provider can use to some success is the use of events to make connections to...more
I always believe that regardless of whether it’s business or in regular day-to-day life, that you can’t be everything for everybody. Being honest with that is only half the battle....more
I live in an unincorporated village on the south shore of Nassau County and the elected Board of Education has this problem that doesn’t want to talk about and it’s called nepotism. Three out of the seven members have a child...more
I believe in the idea of redemption, that people who make mistakes can atone for them. Maybe that explains why Return of the Jedi is my favorite Star Wars films because Darth Vader was redeemed and brought balance to the...more
When I first started out, I worked as an attorney affiliated with a third party administration (TPA). The problem with this TPA that it had 4 main partners and two other employees who had small ownership interests; it was a...more
What makes a good retirement plan financial advisor? Well it takes an attention to detail, an understanding of what the role entails, and a dedication to the plan sponsor client. In addition, what I find is the way a good...more
A friend of mine who is a financial advisor asked me about a third party administration (TPA) firm that is actually about a village over from where I live in Long Island. My friend has this prospect with a defined benefit...more