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Maine HR Convention: Workshop C: What Every Plan Sponsor Needs to Know-Your Fiduciary Duties in 2023

May 10, 2023 at 1:00pm2:15pm
Samoset Resort

220 Warrenton St, Rockport, ME 04856

Join Verrill's Christopher S. Lockman at the 2023 Maine HR Convention where he will be presenting Workshop C: What Every Plan Sponsor Needs to Know-Your Fiduciary Duties in 2023. This workshop will review the changing fiduciary standards of ERISA including new cost transparency requirements for group health plans, new requirements to evaluate the “reasonableness” of fees charged by group health plan consultants and brokers, and an emerging “wave” of fiduciary litigation targeting health plan administration.

To learn more about this event and to register, please click here.

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