For insurance companies, determining insurance rates is a important, though potentially tricky, matter. On the one hand, insurance companies need to charge rates that ensure they cover costs and reap some profit. On the other hand, there is also the importance of maintaining one’s customer base, and also complying with state law.
Michigan businesses: work with experienced legal counsel to meet fiduciary duties under ERISA
We’ve been looking in recent posts at the fiduciary duty retirement plan administrators owe employees with respect to monitoring appointed investment advisors for 401(k) plans. As we noted last time, the duty does not entail constant, direct monitoring of investment advisers, but enough attention to detail that the employer is able to take corrective action as necessary.