Identify all of your company’s retirement plan fiduciaries

Identify all of your company’s retirement plan fiduciariesYour company probably offers its employees a retirement plan. If so, can you identify all of your plan fiduciaries? From a risk management perspective, it’s critical for business owners to know who has fiduciary status — and the associated liability. Here are some common, though in some cases overlooked, plan fiduciaries:

New HRA offers small employers an attractive, tax-advantaged health care option

New HRA offers small employers an attractive, tax-advantaged health care optionIn December, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act. The long and complex bill covers a broad range of health care topics, but of particular interest to some businesses should be the Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) provision. Specifically, qualified small employers can now use HRAs to reimburse employees who purchase individual insurance coverage, rather than providing employees with costly group health plans.