Alliance Benefit Group Makes Significant Investment in Employee Education

PEORIA, Ill., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Alliance Benefit Group (ABG), one of the nation's largest retirement plan providers, has partnered with the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA), a leading national organization for retirement professionals, to enhance employee education within its national network of 13 licensees. ABG has signed an enterprise education license with ASPPA to further expand the retirement plan knowledge base of its growing network of 1,000 employees by making topical webcasts and various industry resources available.

"Plan design, product offerings and fiduciary concerns are becoming increasingly complicated in today's retirement planning industry," said John G. Hopkins, IV, CPC, Executive Director of ABG. "Ever-changing legislation and regulations only compounds the complexity, making education paramount for our employees to best serve the needs of our growing client base. We are pleased to partner our educational efforts with ASPPA to deliver even greater resources for our network employees."

The ABG retirement education program includes access to over 30 ASPPA in-depth webcasts and will also provide continuing education credits to hundreds of credentialed employees in the ABG network as well as a series of webcasts covering the fundamental retirement plan knowledge critical for employees in the industry.

About Alliance Benefit Group, LLC Alliance Benefit Group, LLC is a national network of independently owned retirement plan consulting; investment advisory; health and welfare consulting; and benefits administration firms that operate as "Licensees" of Alliance Benefit Group, LLC. Collectively, Alliance Benefit Group is one of the largest retirement plan administrators in the country; providing administration services to over 13,000 plans representing more than $38 billion in assets and over one million participants. For more information, please visit www.abgnational.com .

About the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries ASPPA is a national organization of more than 8,500 retirement plan and benefits professionals that serves as the educator, voice, and advocate for the employer-based retirement system. ASPPA members are administrators, actuaries, advisors, attorneys, accountants, and other financial services professionals who provide consulting and administrative services for qualified retirement plans.

SOURCE Alliance Benefit Group