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Paul Baugher has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in its St. Louis office
Baugher joins Buck from Towers Perrin. His expertise covers the full range of retirement plan issues, including plan design, valuations, forecasting, and accounting standards.

AmeriHealth Mercy Teams with Health Career Professionals, LLC to Staff New Health Program
AmeriHealth Mercy, the nation's largest family of managed Medicaid plans has retained Franklin, Tennessee based Health Career Professionals, LLC to fill more than 50 open positions for the Indiana CareSelect Program, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

MassMutual Names Ian Sheridan and Eric Wietsma Corporate Vice Presidents
MassMutual Financial Group has promoted two key members of its Retirement Services Division's management team to corporate vice president: Ian Sheridan and Eric Weitsma.

Linda Ulrich has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in its Secaucus, N.J. office.
Ulrich joins Buck from MassMutual Financial Group, where she served as Director of Compensation for its U.S. Insurance Group.

FieldMedia, is pleased to announce the launch of their two newly redesigned websites
In partnership with HR.com, CDHC and Benefits and Compensations Solutions Publications move into a new interactive online environment.

FieldMedia, LLC to Launch New Web 2.0 Websites for the Benefits and Compensation Communities
FieldMedia, LLC to Launch New Web 2.0 Websites for the Benefits and Compensation and Consumer Directed Healthcare Communities In partnership with HR.com, CDHC and Benefits and Compensations Solutions Publications move into a new interactive online environment.

Thomas Burke has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in its Pittsburgh office.
Burke joins Buck after having worked as an independent consultant for several years. Prior to that, he served with Mercer Human Resource Consulting as a Principal. His expertise includes design and implementation of employee compensation, performance management, and recognition programs.

Standing Out: Benefits That Impact Recruitment
The number of Michigan organizations actively recruiting has increased over the last five years from 80.1 to 93.5 percent. In this competitive market, employers must look to a variety of benefits to stand out.

Buck Consultants to Provide Consulting and Actuarial Services to Nebraska Public Employees
Buck Consultants to Provide Consulting and Actuarial Services to Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System

MassMutual Teams with The Conservation Fund on Electronic Prospectus Delivery
In an effort to drive awareness of its electronic prospectus delivery option among retirement plan sponsors and participants, MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is collaborating with The Conservation Fund's Go Zero(SM) program to help address two of the world's most pressing environmental issues -- climate change and habitat loss.

42.8% of Corporations Offer Some Type of Consumer-Driven Health Care Option
New survey looks at employee benefits offered in several employment sectors.

More Retirees Relaunching Careers
Many retirees are returning to the workforce to overcome boredom and limited finances. Yet making a career comeback can be very problematic for those facing ageism and gaps in their work history. In their new book professional resume writers Louise Kursmark and Wendy Enelow help retirees address these issues and quickly return to work through savvy resume strategies that make the most of a retiree's experience and achievements.

Susan Minis has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in its New York City office.
Minis joins Buck from the New York City Comptroller’s Office, where she served as Director of Fixed Income and Rebalancing.

MassMutual to Host WebEx Session Regarding Advantages of Fiduciary Warranty for Advisors
MassMutual Retirement Services Division will present a free WebEx education session for retirement plan advisors and third-party administrators to share the terms, conditions and benefits of its Fiduciary Warranty. The third-party certification component of the MassMutual Smart Architecture(SM) Investment Program will be reviewed, followed by a discussion of how to qualify for the Fiduciary Warranty.

New Book Guides Practitioners Through Changing Retirement Landscape
Guide to Qualified Retirement Plans: How-to Series for the HR Professional, by Leonard Sanicola, CCP, CBP, GRP, CEBS, SPHR, provides benefits specialists and human resource professionals with a basic understanding of the different types of retirement programs, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Mark Strakowski has joined Buck Consultants
Mark Strakowski has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Cincinnati office.

Christopher Young has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in its New York office
Christopher Young has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in its New York office, where he will lead the Talent Management and Rewards Strategies practice in the metropolitan New York region.

Buck Consultants Survey: Health Care Costs Projected to Increase at Double-Digit Levels
Costs for the most popular types of health care coverage are projected to increase at double-digit rates through the remainder of 2007 and into 2008, according to a national survey of insurers and administrators.

John O'Donnell has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Atlanta office
O'Donnell joins Buck after serving as Director of Human Resources at Bloomin Apple, a casual dining franchise group. He also held senior corporate HR positions with several other companies.

Julie Egbert has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in the firm's San Francisco office
Egbert joins Buck from SAP America, Inc., where she served as Principal.

Buck Consultants to Provide Consulting and Actuarial Services to Wyoming Retirement System
Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world's leading human resource and benefits consulting firms, today announced that it has been selected by the Wyoming Retirement System to continue providing retirement plan services for its defined benefit pension plans.

MassMutual Retirement Services Continues Aggressive Expansion of its Third Party Distribution Sales
Hugh O'Toole Joins MassMutual as Corporate Vice President, Northeast Division Sales Manager and Nonprofit Market Leader

Pension Funds Had Banner Year, Watson Wyatt's Pension Risk Index Finds
Outlook Strong Despite Recent Events

Vikram Singh has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, N.J. office
Singh joins Buck from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as Senior Consultant. His expertise includes consulting on prescription drug benefits, pharmacy benefit management, health care cost containment strategies, vendor selection, and Medicare Part D issues.

Vikram Singh has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, N.J. office
Singh joins Buck from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as Senior Consultant. His expertise includes consulting on prescription drug benefits, pharmacy benefit management, health care cost containment strategies, vendor selection, and Medicare Part D issues.

Buck Consultants Finds Executive Retirement Plans Alive and Well After Final IRS Rules
An overwhelming majority of employers have no intention of terminating their nonqualified executive retirement plans as a result of final Internal Revenue Code rules governing these arrangements.

When it comes to keeping employees happy and productive, nothing tops flexible work arrangements
When it comes to keeping employees happy and productive, nothing tops flexible work arrangements, according to a new poll by LifeCare®, Inc., provider of comprehensive specialty care services and a longtime leader in the work/life industry.

AARP and Jackstreet Media Offer Mature Workers Fast Answers to Top Employment Questions
Radio program for jobseekers age 50 and over expanded.

Larry Langer has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in the firm's Chicago office
Langer joins Buck from Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, where he headed its Chicago office. In addition to his consulting and client management expertise, Langer's experience includes responsibility for financial results, staff development, execution of business strategy, and new business.

MassMutual Demonstrates Commitment to Advisors with New Elite Advisor Program
MassMutual Demonstrates Commitment to Retirement Advisors with New Elite Advisor Program

MassMutual to Acquire The First Mercantile Trust Company From SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Agreement will expand MassMutual's Retirement Services business; An 'important strategic step forward'

Education Level and Marital Status Among Factors Influencing 401(k) Investing
Education Level And Marital Status Among Factors Influencing 401(k)Investing, Watson Wyatt Finds

Employers Enhancing 401(k)s To Compensate for Retirement Plan Changes
Employers Enhancing 401(k)s To Compensate for Retirement Plan Changes,Watson Wyatt FindsHybrid Plans Are Increasingly Attractive Alternative

Pension Protection Act Updates to Benefits Compliance Book
With basic employment safeguards to communicate to senior management, this reader-friendly summary of federal laws by WorldatWork is essential when it comes to compliance in employee benefit plan design, maintenance and operation.

MORE COMPANIES, WORKERS ADOPT CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH PLANS
Nearly Half of Employers Now Have CDHPs, Watson Wyatt/National Business Group on Health Survey Finds

SOCIAL MEDIA: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION
Watson Wyatt Experts Say Social Media Can Benefit Employers;Guidelines for Use, Change Management the Key

Suzanne Johnson Joins Buck Consultants as Director
Suzanne Johnson has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, NJ office.

Chantel Sheaks Joins Buck Consultants as Principal
Chantel Sheaks has joined Buck Consultants as Principal of Government Affairs in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

ExpertPlan Brings On 12 New Private Label Partners in Q1 '08
ExpertPlan started 2008 with tremendous growth, signing 12 new private label partners despite a challenging first quarter within both the financial and retirement plan markets. The new partners represent certified public accountants, financial services firms, and third party administrators nationwide.

Mercer urges changes to FASB disclosure proposal for retirement plan assets
Mercer today urged the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to modify its proposed expansion of employers’ disclosures of pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets. In a comment letter sent to the FASB, Mercer expressed concern that certain aspects of the new disclosure standards could be too costly to employers and that implementation by year-end 2008, as called for in the FASB proposal, will be a struggle for plan sponsors – particularly those with multiple plans and geographies. Mercer called for a one-year extension of the effective date of new disclosures under the proposal.

MassMutual Names Hugh O'Toole Head of Sales and Distribution for RSD
MassMutual Names Hugh O'Toole Head of Sales and Distribution for Retirement Services Division

MassMutual Hosts 2-Day Conference in Support of Its TPA Alliance
MassMutual's Retirement Services Division hosted its 2008 TPA Conference at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., May 14 - 16.

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