At The Podium

What every plan sponsor needs to know about benchmarking its provider(s) in 2010 including:

• Forces moving sponsors to benchmark their providers or conduct a search for a replacement provider—including the aftermath of market turmoil, Provider consolidation, the new Whitehouse initiatives, the Pension Protection Act’s DB funding requirement including FASB 158
• Recent Developments on the Legislative, Legal and Regulatory Fronts
• Fact and fiction regarding benchmark studies and provider searches
• Pros and cons of a single provider search for a total bundled provider versus separate searches for each plan
• Benchmarking fees, services, plan provisions, and the providers’ performance in comparison with marketplace and versus the needs of your plan participants
• Required preparation for a benchmark study/provider search
• Overview of the most common process used today
• Our results—including highlights from actual benchmark studies/searches completed in 2009
• Overview of efficiencies/cost savings resulting from bundling of plan services
• Fee Transparency What to expect
  This webcast is for plan sponsors only