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Employer-sponsored health insurance saw moderate growth this year, but according to experts, these increases may be temporary, and may slow up in 2012.

The Treasury Department and state regulators have insisted the enactment of Dodd-Frank effectively forces national banks to comply with more state consumer protection laws. So far, however, courts are not supporting such claims.

ConvergEx Group has launched a new division dedicated to the formation, performance and management of alternative mutual funds.

Certified financial planners said they are satisfied with their choice of careers and plan to keep the CFP designation for 19 years, according to a new survey by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.

PCRM, a Web-based compliance management system for insurance carriers and agencies/brokers from Rhoads Online, is designed to offer insurance licensing renewal alerts via Facebook and all mobile phone service providers.

Long-term mutual funds had inflows of $386 million for the week ended Sept. 21, the Investment Company Institute said.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services has reorganized into four industry-focused service teams serving: Taft-Hartley, technology, finance and professional services, and manufacturing, materials and retail. Each of these teams will have its own relationship managers, communications consultants, investment specialists and ERISA consultants.

Long-term mutual funds had inflows of $386 million for the week ended Sept. 21, the Investment Company Institute said.

Now that the Department of Labor is back at the drawing board trying to determine what should constitute a fiduciary under 1975 ERISA amendments, the industry wants to make at least one point clear: investors should have good choices, regardless of the business model their advisors use.

IBISWorld, the nation’s largest publisher of industry market research, estimates that revenue from the HR and Payroll Software industry will grow 2.2% annually to $3.2 billion in the five years to 2011. The industry has recently benefited from increased private investment in software and the need for businesses to cut costs as a result of the recession.