Date Description
12/17/2008Looking Ahead: New Programs, New Possibilities
Managing Director John Airola reviews several free programs to help participants in the Employee Benefit Trust practice wellness.

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12/17/2008From the President: A Vote of Confidence
President and CEO Michael Quirk FSC congratulates Catholic organizations on their collaboration and trust building.

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12/17/2008A Vote of Confidence: Having a Self-Insured Medical Plan for a Religious Community
This article by Fr. Fran Dyer contains an interview with Fr. Eugene Dutkiewicz about the Jesuit Health Trust.

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12/17/2008A Report from the Sisters of Mercy: New York, Pennsylvania, Pacific West Community Inc.
This article by Michael Vollmer contains a case study of the reconfiguration of several Sisters of Mercy communities and how the Risk Pooling Trust helped to reduce the cost of risk.

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12/17/2008To Freeze or to Merge? That is the Question for your Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Jim Ceplecha, Managing Director of Retirement Planning Services, shows the advantages of merging a defined benefit pension plan.

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06/25/2008Defined Pension Benefit Increases
Jim Ceplecha describes the recent increase approved by the Pension Board.

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06/25/2008New 403(b) Regulations for 2009
Jim Ceplecha outlines the upcoming changes required by federal law for all 403(b) savings plans.

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06/25/2008Premium Holiday for Employee Benefit Trust
John Airola talks about the free month of contributions approved for the Employee Benefit Trust.

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06/25/2008From the President
Listen to Brother Michael Quirk's inaugural podcast as President/CEO of Christian Brothers Services.

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06/25/2008Are Reconfiguring Catholic Religious Institutes Really Covered?
Michael Vollmer describes a critical condition that treasurers need to know.

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06/25/2008Are Red Flags Waving in Your Direction?
Roger Duffield explains the risk factors that face many Catholic organizations.

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05/18/2007Simplifying Retirement Savings
For Some Saving and Investing for Retirement is Like Geometry

There are new easier funds to invest in. These Target Funds automatically adjust to your needs be choosing a planned retirement date.

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05/18/2007From the President - The Rest of the Story
Brother William Walz talks about using electronic EOBs to check your benefit plan payments.

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05/18/200740th Anniversary - Religious Medical Trust
An outline of the 40-year history and progress of the Relgious Comprehensive Trust.

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05/18/2007Vision Services Plan Overview
An overview of the Vision Service Plan, showing how participants of the Employee Benefit Trust can save money on their vision care.

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04/04/2007Protect Your Personal Informationthe secure message center
This podcast describes our new FREE feature available for plan members. Emailing confidential data is not very secure, protect your data by using our secure message center instead.

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