Employee Benefits Security Administration
This document contains a notice of exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This exemption permits the reinsurance of risks and the receipt of a premium by MSK Employee Benefits IC (MSK EB or the Captive), a captive insurance and reinsurance subsidiary that is wholly-owned by MSKCC, in connection with a single premium group insurance contract sold by an unrelated fronting insurer (the Fronting Insurer or the Fronter) to provide pension annuities to participants and beneficiaries in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Pension Plan (the Plan). The relief provided in the exemption will only be available if the conditions in Section III are met in conformance with the definitions in Section I.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Employee Benefits Security Administration [Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2025-02; Exemption Application No. D-12073] AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice of exemption. SUMMARY: This document contains a notice of exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This exemption permits the reinsurance of risks and the receipt of a premium by MSK Employee Benefits IC (MSK EB or the Captive), a captive insurance and reinsurance subsidiary that is wholly-owned by MSKCC, in connection with a single premium group insurance contract sold by an unrelated fronting insurer (the Fronting Insurer or the Fronter) to provide pension annuities to participants and beneficiaries in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Pension Plan (the Plan). The relief provided in the exemption will only be available if the conditions in Section III are met in conformance with the definitions in Section I. DATES: The exemption will be in effect on January 15, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joseph Brennan of the Department at (202) 693-8456. (This is not a toll-free number.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Applicant submitted an exemption application requesting an individual exemption pursuant to ERISA section 408(a) in accordance with the Department's exemption procedure…
Citation: 90 FR 3947
