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IRA Releases Pension Contribution Limitations

RS Announces Pension Plan Limitations for 2012 The IRS has issued news release IR-2011-103, which announces cost-of-living adjustments to pension plan limitations and other items for 2012. On October 20, 2011, the IRS issued news release IR-2011-103 announcing cost-of-living adjustments to dollar limitations for pension plans. Items addressed for 2012 include: Elective deferrals The annual [...]

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DB Plans Funded with Life Insurance-Continued

Heck it is raining so I might as well keep ranting for a while. Getting back to DB Plans, I was commenting on other issues of fully insured plans. What about the death benefit? You cannot roll a life insurance contract to a IRA. So with that in mind you could just terminate the policy, [...]

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DB Plans Funded with Life Insurance-Beware!

Recently I received an e-mail from a physician requesting information about a defined benefit plan. On top of all that he mentioned the plan would be fully funded with a life insurance and fixed annuity policy. His question was, “what is my take on a fully funded DB Plan with life and annuity insurance?” My [...]

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