ACC NCR: Benefit Plan Governance: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

With the barrage of issues facing in-house counsel on a day-to-day basis, responsibility for the operation and compliance of a company’s employee benefit plans can sometimes be an afterthought or viewed as being primarily the responsibility of service providers. However, federal law imposes strict requirements on the conduct of company employees who oversee service providers and benefit plan implementation and administration. The best way to ensure compliance with these requirements is to maintain a good governance structure that both facilitates a prudent process in making decisions regarding benefit plans and ensures that sufficient details of that process are documented.

As the plaintiffs’ bar and federal regulators expand their focus to health and welfare plans, while maintaining a strong focus on retirement plans, now is the time to review and, if necessary, improve your governance structures.  Join us as we share practical recommendations regarding governance of retirement and health and welfare plans, and success stories of implementation.

Presented by Dominic DeMatties and Katie Kohn, partners at Thompson Hine LLP, together with Susan Walker, ERISA and Benefits Counsel at Allstate

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.