Offshore funding from a European perspective

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There are several instances when offshore funding of pension plans by European employers are appropriate. These include providing pension benefits for expatriate or mobile employees, personnel in offshore locations, and employees in countries with underdeveloped taxation and regulatory regimes. Offshore funding involves the use of such investment vehicles as trust funds, captive insurers and commercial insurers' contracts. Attitudes to offshore funding in Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and the UK are discussed.

Pension Funds & Benefit Plans, Pension Funds, Compensation and benefits, International business enterprises, Multinational corporations

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Insolvency guarantees for pension liabilities

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Corporate acquisitions, mergers and insolvencies affect pension benefits of employees, making insurance for pension liabilities necessary. Different forms of pension liability insurance are in effect worldwide and those of Finland, Sweden, Germany, US, Japan and the UK are described. The funding of pension liabilities in these countries are also discussed. In the US, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp offers two insurance programs for defined benefit plans. These are the single-employer and multi-employer plans.

Insurance carriers, not elsewhere classified, Services, International aspects, United States. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Pension plan termination insurance

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Social security in Europe: the only certainty is change

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Many European countries are seeking to arrest escalating social security costs to meet the EU's Maastricht requirements for a single currency. These nations, which include Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and France, are transferring a large share of the benefit liability from governments to private corporations. Hence, employers are forced to find ways to reduce overhead costs to provide social security benefits to their employees.

Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Social Security, Planning, Social policy

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