Abstract: A system and method for providing insurance protection against loss of contributions to tax favored defined contribution plans should an active employee/participant become disabled. The invention manages the administration of a disability insurance policy held inside the plan that continues contributions to the plan during a period of disability, where the coverage amount for each participant is determined by the level of contributions made by or for each participant.

Abstract: A computer-aided method of computing coverage benefit costs for a retirement plan having respective accounts for individuals, the method including the steps of converting input plan contribution data for at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan into corresponding input digital electrical signals, manipulating the input digital electrical signals in computing the coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts according to said retirement plan, and producing output at an output device. The output including the computed coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan. The method is suitable for IRS Sec. 401, 408, 457, in cases such as an IRA, ROTH IRA, individual social security accounts of whatever country may be at issue, and the like. Input plan contribution data can include data such as FICA tax, Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax data.

Abstract: A computer-aided method of computing coverage benefit costs for a retirement plan having respective accounts for individuals, the method including the steps of converting input plan contribution data for at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan into corresponding input digital electrical signals, manipulating the input digital electrical signals in computing the coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts according to said retirement plan, and producing output at an output device. The output including the computed coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan. The method is suitable for IRS Sec. 401, 408, 457, in cases such as an IRA, ROTH IRA, individual social security accounts of whatever country may be at issue, and the like. Input plan contribution data can include data such as FICA tax, Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax data.

Abstract: In the computer method variant of the invention, a computer system is programmed for adjusting participation in a pool, the method including the steps of: forming a pool to handle a monetary obligation over a period of time; storing, in a computer rules, for participation in the pool over the period of time; and using the computer to carry out the step of adjusting the participation periodically within the period of time and in accordance with the rules. In the method, the step of adjusting the participation can include changing membership in the pool, changing responsibility for the obligation respectively for a member of the pool, or both.

Abstract: A computer-aided method of computing coverage benefit costs for a retirement plan having respective accounts for individuals, the method including the steps of: converting input plan contribution data for at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan into corresponding input digital electrical signals; manipulating the input digital electrical signals in computing the coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts according to said retirement plan; and producing output at an output device, the output including the computed coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan. The method is suitable for such as IRS Sec. 401, 408, 457, in cases such as an IRA, ROTH IRA, individual social security accounts of whatever country may be at issue, and the like. Input plan contribution data can include data such as FICA tax, Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax data.

Abstract: An automated system for managing the assets and liabilities of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC) plans. This system uses information from money managers, insurance and annuity carriers, plan sponsors and plan participants to track and report the assets and liabilities of NQDC plans on a daily basis. NQDC plans have typically been defined benefit (DB) plans where funding, if any, occurred on a very informal basis. Due to previous systems limitations of insurance carriers, plan sponsors did not have on-line access to the value of their investments or the value of the liabilities of the plan. Furthermore, plan participants did not have on-line access to information about their plan. The present system, in addition to handling DB plans, also manages defined contribution (DC) plans, and allows participants to have immediate access to the value of their benefit.

Abstract: Device and method includes providing a digital electrical computer system receiving the input information at an input device, the input information including amounts of contribution for employees in a defined contribution plan; processing the input electrical signals from a first format such that for each of the employees, a respective coverage amount is computed by using the contributions to the defined contribution plan; processing the input electrical signals such that for each of the coverage amounts, a corresponding insurance premium is calculated; generating a billing statement at the printer from output electrical signals, the output electrical signals corresponding to billing statement data including the employees coverage amounts and the insurance premiums; and storing the billing statement data; recalling the stored billing statement data, and for each of the employees in the defined contribution plan terminated prior to an end of a year for the defined contribution plan, using the stored billing st

Abstract: An automated system for managing the assets and liabilities of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC) plans. This system uses information from money managers, insurance and annuity carriers, plan sponsors and plan participants to track and report the assets and liabilities of NQDC plans on a daily basis. The system interfaces with fund managers and insurance and annuity carriers via modem links and with plan sponsors and participants via modem, fax or automated voice response units. The system calculates the value of the liabilities of the plan, the value of the assets of the plan and produces a report comparing the status of each on a daily basis. The system reviews the balance and levels that the sponsor has provided and determines whether changes in asset allocation are required. If changes are required, the system either provides the relevant information to the plan sponsor or directly to the asset manager, whether it be a mutual fund, insurance policy, or annuity that needs adjustment.