PBGC
insures defined benefit plans offered by private - sector employers.
It also created the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to
insure defined benefit plans.
Not exact matches
PBGC does not
insure defined contribution
plans, which are retirement
plans that do not promise specific
benefit amounts, such as profit - sharing or 401 (k)
plans.
PBGC - The Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal government agency that insures private defined benefit
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal government agency that
insures private
defined benefitbenefit plans.
You can find out if your pension
plan is
insured by searching our list of
defined benefit pension
plans.
(1) A group health
plan,
defined as an employee welfare
benefit plan (as currently
defined in section 3 (1) of the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1002 (1)-RRB-, including
insured and self -
insured plans, to the extent that the
plan provides medical care (as
defined in section 2791 (a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg - 91 (a)(2)-RRB-, including items and services paid for as medical care, to employees or their dependents directly or through insurance or otherwise, that: