Intro To The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Course Name

Intro To The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Contact Hours: 8 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)

Course Description

Established under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the PBGC provides an insurance program for defined benefit plans that the PBGC, under certain circumstances, will pay guaranteed benefits from a defined benefit plan that terminates without sufficient assets to pay participant benefits.

 

Our training program will help you understand these rules, and includes numerous tips, examples, and procedural recommendations that are interspersed with interactive Q and A sessions to help you learn quickly and easily. It`s "Bookmark" feature also lets you learn at your own pace, and gives you the ability to review previously completed material.

 

Learning Objectives

 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

 

Describe the purposes of the PBGC

List and describe the different types of plan terminations

Understand the reportable event requirements

Be familiar with the PBGC requirements applicable to multi-employer plans

Outcome

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

 

  • Describe the purposes of the PBGC

  • List and describe the different types of plan terminations

  • Understand the reportable event requirements

  • Be familiar with the PBGC requirements applicable to multi-employer plans

Assessment

Self-Assessment

Outline

  1. PBGC Premiums

  2. Plan Terminations

  3. Reportable Events

  4. Multi-employer Plans