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• Altigro Pension Services Makes TPA Acquisition

  FAIRFIELD, NJ, January 19, 2009 -- Altigro Pension Services, Inc. of Fairfield today announced it has acquired the third-party pension administration services of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) of Cranford. As part of the acquisition, Bernard McCauley will be joining Altigro as a senior pension administrator to better serve and expand Altigro's base of pension clients. He will be working closely with Vita Amadeo of HRH on the client files that are transferred to Altigro.

• Altigro Pension Adds Plans From Pro-Plans, Inc. of NJ

• Altigro Acquires Global Pension Services

  FAIRFIELD, NJ, January 29, 2009 -- Altigro Pension Services, Inc. of Fairfield, a family-owned business that has been designing and administering retirement plans for more than 35 years, today announced it has acquired the third-party administration division of Global Pension Services, LLC (GPS) of Cranford.

  "Both GPS and Altigro have established reputations for providing experienced third-party administration for qualified retirement plans," said Steven P. Greenbaum, president of Altigro Pension Services. "By joining forces, we will build upon that heritage, delivering an expanded range of innovative and enhanced services to our clients."

• Should They Stay or Should They Go?

  Sooner or later, every retirement plan will have to deal with participants who have terminated employment but still have balances in the plan. In most circumstances, the plan document provides guidance on how to proceed; however, there are a number of factors that can make the determination a little more complex than what it seems at first blush.

• The IRS is Back with Some Brand New Corrections

  When Mistakes Happen

  When we work with you as your third-party administrator, we commit to keeping your retirement plan compliant and error-free. And we take that commitment seriously. But as the saying goes, mistakes happen, even with the best intentions and cross-check systems in place. And there are more than a few challenges to keeping a retirement plan on the rails and moving forward. IRS compliance is one sure way to avoid running off the track. And, believe it or not, that often-feared agency has programs in place to help plan administrators make the corrections needed to keep things running smoothly.

• Down With DOMA

  Signed into law in 1996, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a small law that has caused big controversy.

  Introduction and Background

  DOMA is small in the sense that it consists of only three sentences, making it shorter to include the full text of the law here rather than attempting to explain it.