Other Publications of Interest

Surveys

• Second report of results from the Healthy Campus Survey (As a reminder, the first report is also available online.)
• 2009 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey

Compliance-Related Publications

• February 27, 2009 Compliance Alert, "COBRA Subsidy Now Reflected in Quarterly Federal Tax Return Form for Employers"
• February 18, 2009 Compliance Alert, "Stimulus Law Includes a Temporary Increase in the Income-Tax Exclusion for Transportation Benefits"
• February 2009 Bulletin, "The Stimulus Law’s Temporary Subsidy for COBRA Premiums"
• February 2009 Bulletin, "CHIP Reauthorization Requires Fast Action by Group Health Plans"
• February 2009 Bulletin, "2009 Assessments Under the New York State Health Care Reform Act"
• January 2009 Bulletin, "Employer Duties under Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting"
• January 2009 Bulletin, "Connecticut Licenses Same-Gender Marriages"
• January 2009 Bulletin, "DOL Issues Welcome Guidance on ERISA Fidelity Bonding Requirements"
• December 30, 2008 Capital Checkup, "Guidance on Massachusetts Minimum Creditable Coverage Certification"
• December 24, 2008 Capital Checkup, "New Mental Health Parity Law Amended to Clarify Effective Date for Collectively Bargained Plans"
• November 25, 2008 Capital Checkup, "Agencies Publish Final Rules on Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act"
• November 2008 Spotlight, "Preparing to Disclose Fees to Defined Contribution Plan Participants who Self-Direct Investments in their Accounts"
• November 2008 Bulletin, "Final Massachusetts Minimum Creditable Coverage Regulations"
• November 2008 Bulletin, "IRS Guidance on Health FSA Distributions to Reservists"
• November 2008 Spotlight, "Implications of the Current Market Conditions for DB Plans and Possible Options for Dealing with the Challenges they Present"
• October 29, 2008 Capital Checkup, "Agencies Request Comments on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008"
• October 27, 2008 Compliance Alert, "New Transit Benefit for Bicyclists"

Reporting & Disclosure Calendar for Benefit Plans

As a reminder, Sibson’s 2009 Reporting & Disclosure Calendar for Benefit Plans is available online as an interactive version and an easy-to-print, multiple-page PDF version. A printed poster-size version of this publication can also be requested.

Investment-Related Publications

The following publication from Segal Advisors, the SEC-registered investment consulting affiliate of The Segal Company, the parent of Sibson Consulting, may also be of interest:

• Synopsis, a Review of Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial Market Conditions
• Synopsis, a Review of Mid-Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial Market Conditions
• Synopsis, a Review of Third Quarter 2008 Financial Market Conditions