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The brief, every business morning.
BenefitsWire is an independent daily on the rulings, guidance, filings, and litigation that move retirement and health & welfare plans, read by the professionals who advise on them, in five minutes a morning.
BenefitsWire is made by people who follow this field closely. They read agency guidance, court dockets, and the practitioner press because the work depends on it.
We write for the audience we come from: ERISA attorneys, third-party administrators, actuaries, recordkeepers, consultants, and brokers. The test for every item is simple. Would a practitioner need to know this before a client call, a plan amendment, or a filing deadline? If yes, it belongs in the brief. If not, it stays out.
How it's made.
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We read the primary sources (agency releases, decisions, and the trade press) and select what matters. The selection is the work.
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What you can expect.
Two daily editions and a Friday weekly
Retirement Plans and Health & Welfare Plans arrive each business morning; Weekly Highlights gathers the week's most consequential developments into a single Friday read.
A structure built for triage
Expert Analysis leads each issue, followed by Regulatory Action and Guidance, ERISA Litigation, Plan Administration, Executive Compensation, Press Releases, Webinars, and Jobs, kept in the order practitioners read them.
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