Wisconsin. Employee Welfare Funds Division: Records, 1955-1987
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Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Employee Welfare Funds Division: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1955-1987

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Employee Welfare Funds Division
Call Number: Series 270; Series 1061-1066; Series 1732-1743; Series 2280

Quantity: 478.8 c.f. (416 archives boxes and 324 record center cartons); plus additions of 1.4 c.f.

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
See the catalog entries for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers documenting the activities of the Employee Welfare Funds Division of the Wisconsin Insurance Dept.. Included are annual reports, correspondence with fund trustees, lists of officers and trustees of specific funds, reports, records documenting policy development, files documenting special investigations, and records documenting legislation related to the Employee Welfare Funds Law. Also included are the records of the Employee Welfare Plans Advisory Council and the Advisory Committee of Consulting Actuaries.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

The appendix lists temporary six-digit identifier numbers for boxes in Series 270 sent to the State Records Center. Users should include these numbers when requesting boxes.



Language: English

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Biography/History

Chapter 552, Laws of 1957, created chapter 211 of the statutes relating to the supervision of employee welfare funds. In a declaration of policy, the law stated that

... employe welfare funds are of great benefit to employes and their families and that their growth should be encouraged; that the establishment and management of such funds vitally affect the well-being of millions of people and are in the public interest; and that such funds should be supervised by the state to the extent necessary to protect the rights of employes and their families . . . . (section 211.01, Wisconsin Statutes)

Employee welfare funds which received payments of more than 2,000 dollars per year or which provided payments for benefits under plans covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin were required to register with the Commissioner of Insurance and to describe their organization, operations, and affairs (section 211.03). The commissioner was authorized to examine the operations of employee welfare funds as often as necessary but at least once every five years; and he was empowered to appoint an examiner who would report back to him. Examination reports could not be made public until a copy had been given to the employee welfare fund, which would bear expenses for the examination (sections 211.04-211.07). Trustees of every fund were required to file an annual statement on or before June 1, giving the names and addresses of the trustees; number of persons covered; fiscal year; and type of plan used, showing the benefits provided, method of determining eligibility for benefits, copy of the plan or collective bargaining agreement under which the plan was established and operated, source of financing and identity of the organization through which benefits were provided, and employee booklet describing the plan (section 211.08). The commissioner was authorized to request special statements or reports as needed, and trustees of every fund were also required to file an annual report showing the condition of the fund on December 31 (sections 211.09-211.10). Sections 211.11-211.13 concerned reports by insurance companies to trustees of funds, reports of employer contributions to employee welfare funds, and waivers of examinations of foreign (out of state) funds. Section 211.14 provided for compliance, enforcement, and penalties. Specifically, it assigned responsibility to fund trustees for money, property, and assets received, managed, or disbursed by them; prohibited an individual from serving as an employee of an employee welfare fund as well as an agent of a company providing insurance to the fund, which would be a conflict of interest; prohibited political contributions; provided penalties for embezzlement and other violations of the provisions of this chapter; and authorized court action by the attorney general in cases of wrongful or negligent fund depletion. Section 211.15 allowed the commissioner to seek an injunction restraining persons from doing acts in violation of this chapter which would cause irreparable injury to the interests of the people of the state or the beneficiaries of the fund. Section 211.16 authorized the commissioner to appoint an advisory council to advise him in carrying out his functions under chapter 211.

Chapter 2, Laws of 1959, repealed and recreated section 211.08, changing the filing date for annual statements. Section 211.10, as recreated, eliminated the requirement to file annual reports.

Chapter 225, Laws of 1961, further amended the statutes. Section 211.03 was amended to require registration from trustees of every fund, instead of just those receiving more than 2,000 dollars per year or covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin. Section 211.04 was amended to provide for examinations of funds at regular intervals. Section 211.05 was repealed and recreated to provide an alternate means of examination; in lieu of the commissioner appointing an examiner, trustees or sponsoring employers of funds could submit a report of an examination performed by certified public accountants. Section 211.08 was amended to require annual statements only from the trustees of funds covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin. Section 211.14(6) was created, authorizing the commissioner to impose a forfeiture of 5 dollars per day, not to exceed 500 dollars per default, upon funds which failed or refused to comply with the filing requirements of chapter 211.

Chapter 43, Laws of 1967, created section 211.07(2) of the statutes, allowing the commissioner to determine filing fees to be paid by every employee welfare fund registered under chapter 211. The fee was set at 25 dollars and, after June 30, 1972, raised to 40 dollars.

Chapter 309, Laws of 1967, amended section 211.04(l), clearly enabling the commissioner to examine the actuarial status of employee welfare funds. Prior to this, the authority to examine the actuarial status of funds was never directly authorized by law, although actuarial examinations had been conducted by the Employee Welfare Funds Division. Several amendments and renumbering changes were made in section 211.14 (the compliance, enforcement, and penalty section), clarifying the standards by which trustees of funds were expected to manage the fund's affairs. Section 211.14(1) was amended to include a statement that trustees were to invest funds and manage fund affairs using the judgment and care which men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs. Section 211.14(2) was renumbered section 211.14(2)(a) and section 211.14(2)(b) was created, requiring that trustees investing employee welfare fund monies in securities take adequate safeguards in purchasing them.

Chapter 276, Laws of 1969, section 533, repealed and recreated section 211.16 of the statutes, changing the name of the Employee Welfare Funds Advisory Council to the Employee Welfare Plans Advisory Council.

Chapter 337, Laws of 1969, section 84, repealed section 211.16 of the statutes, which had authorized the creation of the Employee Welfare Plans Advisory Council. Section 85 of the same law created chapter 601 of the statutes, revising and consolidating the insurance laws, which had been scattered throughout the statutes resulting in ambiguity, repetition, and inconsistency. The law suggested that the agency rely on administrative rule-making. More specifically, the newly created section 601.20 of the statutes empowered the commissioner to create advisory councils and committees under section 15.04(3) of the statutes. In a commentary, the law stated that the power to create advisory councils and committees existed in the absence of statute, but that enactment, while adding nothing to the legal powers of the commissioner, might encourage the use of advisory groups and endow them with more prestige and effectiveness. However, since it was felt that acceptance or use of such councils could not be forced upon a commissioner without diminishing his power and responsibility, the law made the appointment of such bodies possible without making it mandatory.

[The commissioner] could shape advisory bodies in terms of size, formality, frequency of meeting or any other variable, or he could dispense with them altogether . . . . The employee welfare plan advisory board (now council) [was] created by s. 211.16. [This section has] been dropped. While [this body performs] useful functions and should be continued, simplification of the statutes demands that such bodies be created in the same way as other advisory bodies, i.e. by rule, not by statute. Rules creating and governing [this council] should therefore be promulgated simultaneously with the enactment of this chapter, so [it] may continue [its] useful existence on an appropriate basis. (p. 337, Laws of 1969)

Section Ins. 8.10 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, effective August 1, 1970, continued the council, pursuant to sections 15.04(3) and 601.20 of the statutes. The rule made minor changes in the composition and administrative structure of the council and the frequency of its meetings, but the purposes of the council remained essentially the same.

The administration of employee welfare fund laws was affected by other sections of the Wisconsin Administrative Code as well. Of particular interest as it applies to the special investigations conducted by the Employee Welfare Funds Division (Series 1737) is section Ins. 8.01, effective September 1, 1960, clarifying the prohibition of the receipt of payments from funds by parties-in-interest, described in section 211.14(2), later (2)(a), of the statutes. This rule was not intended to prohibit trustees from investing fund monies in a certain way, but it prohibited them and other specified persons who would be in a position to influence the transactions of a fund (parties-in-interest) from using their positions to enrich themselves at the expense of the fund. Penalties were enforceable against the parties-in-interest, rather than against the fund. Other sections of chapter 8 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, relating to the Employee Welfare Funds Division, concerned the following: section Ins. 8.02, various portions effective in 1962, 1968, and 1971, definition of “trust fund or other fund;” section Ins. 8.03, effective August 1, 1962, definition of “employee benefits;” section Ins. 8.04, effective August 1, 1962, requirements of registration; section Ins. 8.05, effective August 1, 1962, cancellation of registration; section Ins. 8.06, effective August 1, 1962, requirements for filing annual statements and number of fund participants; section Ins. 8.07, effective August 1, 1962, definition of “persons employed in this state;” section Ins. 8.08, effective August 1, 1962, availability of information to fund participants; section Ins. 8.09, effective August 1, 1962, preservation of records; and section Ins. 8.10, effective August 1, 1970, previously mentioned, which created the Employee Welfare Plans Advisory Council.

The regulatory activity performed by the Commissioner of Insurance was terminated by the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-406), effective January 1, 1975, which superseded all state laws relating to employee benefit plans. In a declaration of policy, Congress stated that the pre-emption of state laws was necessary because of the rapid growth of employee welfare plans; the increasingly interstate operational scope and economic impact of their activities; the well-being of millions of employees and their dependents which was directly affected by these plans; the large volume of activities which were carried on by mails and instrumentalities of interstate commerce; the benefits of full disclosure and safeguards to employees and their families; and the inadequacy of then current minimum standards.

See the Agency History in the catalog.

Scope and Content Note

It was the practice of the Employee Welfare Funds Division to shift an entire fund file as it had accumulated when the fund fluctuated between over 25 and under 26 status or when it terminated operations or was reactivated. Because of this, the location within these series of an entire fund file, annual statements, or fund documents depends upon the most recent status of the fund. It should also be noted that certain records, for example annual statements and fund documents, which had each been filed separately in the early years of the division (and which are catalogued as separate series) were merged in later years into a comprehensive fund file, represented by Series 270 and Series 1732.

Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 20 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

Series 270 (Employee Welfare Fund Files for Over 26 Funds) is stored at the State Records Center.


Processing Information

Processed by Nancy Kaufer, 1977.


Contents List
Series 270
Part 1 (Series 270): Employee Welfare Fund Files for Over 26 Funds, 1957-1974
Physical Description: 265.0 c.f. (265 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, complaints, registration and annual statements, fund documents (profit sharing plans), and examination papers filed by trustees of active employee welfare funds (covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin). This is by far the largest of all the series of records from the Employee Welfare Funds Division. Although the series dates from 1957 to 1974, the bulk of the records dates from 1969 to 1973. Additional fund records consisting of correspondence and annual statements are filed alphabetically in boxes 263-265. Annual statements prior to 1969 are filed in Series 1062, and fund documents prior to 1963 are filed in Series 1064.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund.
Note: See the appendix listing temporary six-digit identifier numbers for boxes in Series 270 sent to the State Records Center. Users should include these numbers when requesting boxes.
Box   1
ACEP- ATWP
Box   2
ALWN and C-Ab
Box   3
Ab-Af
Box   4
Af-Aj
Box   5
Alb-All
Box   6
Allc-Alli
Box   7
Alli
Box   8
Alli-Alu
Box   9
Alw-Am
Box   10
AMA
Box   11
AMA-Ame
Box   12
Amer. Auto- American
Box   13
American- Amer. In.
Box   14
Amer. Med.-Amer. Mot.
Box   15
Amer. Mu.-Amo
Box   16
Amp-Art
Box   17
And-App. Me.
Box   18
App. Mi.-Aqua
Box   19
Arc-Arm
Box   20
Arm-Asa
Box   21
Ass.-Auto. M.
Box   22
Auto. T.-Badger Me.
Box   23
Badger Mu.-Baird
Box   24
Bake-Bakery
Box   25
Backery-Bank S.
Box   26
Bank T.-Bark
Box   27
Bart- Beloit C.
Box   28
Beloit I.-Bene
Box   29
Bens-Boe
Box   30
Boi-Bot
Box   31
Bow-Brick
Box   32
Brick.-Broa
Box   33
Brod-Buc
Box   34
Bucy-Bldg. H. and W.
Box   35
Bldg. Trader, Parts I and II
Box   36
Bldg. Trader-Burd
Box   37
Burg-But
Box   38
C-Carp
Box   39
Carp-Cat
Box   40
Cat-Cen. Sta.
Box   41
Cen. Sta.-Chamb
Box   42
Champ-Cher
Box   43
Chi-Chr
Box   44
Ci-Cl
Box   45
Cle-Co
Box   46
Col-Con
Box   47
Conn-Cons
Box   48
Consa-Const
Box   49
Const-Cont
Box   50
Conti-Contr
Box   51
Coo-Cor
Box   52
Cree-Cru
Box   53
Cu-Cur
Box   54
Cur-Da
Box   55
Dan-De
Box   56
Del-Di
Box   57
Div-Do
Box   58
Dom-Dr
Box   59
Du-Dur
Box   60
Dur-EA
Box   61
Eat-Ei
Box   62
El-Ell
Box   63
Elm-Er
Box   64
Erd-Ev
Box   65
Ex-F.P.B.C.
Box   66
F.W.D.-Fal
Box   67
Far-Fey
Box   68
Fil-First B.
Box   69
First F.- First N.
Box   70
First R.-First W.
Box   71
Fis-For
Box   72
For-Fox
Box   73
Fox-Fr
Box   74
Fri-Fu
Box   75
G.A.F.-Gal
Box   76
Gar-Ge
Box   77
Geh-Gen
Box   78
Gen. Ind.-Gen. Tel.
Box   79
Get-Gid
Box   80
Gid-Gin
Box   81
Gis-Glo
Box   82
Glo-God
Box   83
Gol-Gou
Box   84
Gou-Gran
Box   85
Grap-Gre
Box   86
Grea-Gred
Box   87
Gree-Green
Box   88
Greg-Gu
Box   89
Gug-Ham
Box   90
Hami-Han
Box   91
Hans-Hr
Box   92
Hart-Hei
Box   93
Heil-Hein
Box   94
Heis-Hew
Box   95
Hi-Ho
Box   96
Hol-Hot
Box   97
Hou-Hu
Box   98
Hur-Iga
Box   99
I.L.G.W.U.-I.T.T.
Box   100
I.T.U-I.D.
Box   101
Im-In
Box   102
Inl-Int
Box   103
Int. Ass.
Box   104
Int. Bor.-Int. Harv.
Box   105
Int. Long-Ir
Box   106
Ir-Ja
Box   107
Jac-Jer
Box   108
Jer-Jo
Box   109
Joc-Joh
Box   110
Joh-Joi
Box   111
Jon-Jou
Box   112
Ju-Ka
Box   113
Kay-Kel
Box   114
Kend-Keno
Box   115
Keno-Ki
Box   116
Kim. Cl. Re. I and II
Box   117
Kim. Cl. Re. III-Ko
Box   118
Koh-Kr
Box   119
Kre-Kup
Box   120
Kur-La. Cr.
Box   121
La. Cr.-Lad
Box   122
Lad. Tr.-Lad. L.
Box   123
Lad. M.-Lak
Box   124
Lake-Lake S.
Box   125
Lake So.-Lat.
Box   126
Lav-Lea
Box   127
Leac-Len
Box   128
Lev-Lin
Box   129
Line-Log
Box   130
Lon-MPM
Box   131
Macw-Mad. Ar. Con(I)
Box   132
Mad. Ar. Con(II)-Mad. Kip.
Box   133
Mad. News-Man
Box   134
Mani-Manu
Box   135
Manu-Mar
Box   136
Mari-Marq
Box   137
Mars-Mas
Box   138
Mass-Mau
Box   139
Max-McF
Box   140
McG-Me
Box   141
Mea-Med
Box   142
Medi-Men
Box   143
Mer-Met
Box   144
Metr-Mid. S.
Box   145
Mid. W.-Mil
Box   146
Mill-Milw
Box   147
Milw. Ar. Pr.-Milw. Ar. Re.
Box   148
Milw. Ar. Tr.(1)-Milw. Ar Tr.(2)
Box   149
Milw. Ath.-Milw. Br.
Box   150
Milw. Car.-Milw. Tom.
Box   151
Milw. Cou.-Milw. Dre.
Box   152
Milw. El.
Box   153
Milw. Eng.-Milw. Gra.
Box   154
Milw. Hot.-Milw. Mot.
Box   155
Milw. Pa.-Milw. Sau.
Box   156
Milw. She.-Milw. Sho.
Box   157
Milw. Si.-Milw. Va
Box   158
Milw. Vi.-Mir
Box   159
Mis-Mol
Box   160
Mold-Mor
Box   161
Mort-Mot
Box   162
Mou-Mur
Box   163
Mus-Nnp. S.
Box   164
Nn. Ret.- Nat. As. Sec.
Box   165
Nat. As. Sec.- Nat. Box.
Box   166
Nat. Cash.-Nat. L.P.
Box   167
Nat. O.-Neco
Box   168
Nee-Nel
Box   169
Nep-Nor
Box   170
Nor. L.-Nort. D.
Box   171
Nor. Eng.-Nor. St.
Box   172
Nor. St.-Nor. W. Eng
Box   173
Nor. W. Tel.-O. Elec.
Box   174
O. Ind.-Om
Box   175
Op-Os
Box   176
Osh-Ost. Pen.
Box   177
Ost. P/S-Ow
Box   178
P.P.G.-Pai. 337
Box   179
Pai. 802-Pap. Con.
Box   180
Pap. Ind.-Pav
Box   181
Pat-Pe
Box   182
Pel-Pep. Co.
Box   183
Pep-Petri
Box   184
Petro-Phil. Ed.
Box   185
Phil. Pet.-Pio
Box   186
Pir-Ple
Box   187
Plumb 31-Plumb 206
Box   188
Plumb 206-Plumb 395
Box   189
Plumb 445-Plus
Box   190
Poh-Pran
Box   191
Pra. Mut.-Prim
Box   192
Prin-Pur
Box   193
Qua-Rac. Bak.
Box   194
Rac. Con-Rac. St.
Box   195
Raw-Rec
Box   196
Reh-Rem
Box   197
Ren-Ret. Cl.
Box   198
Ret. Fur.-Rex. Emp.
Box   199
Rex. Ret.-Riv
Box   200
Rob-Ros
Box   201
Rot-Rway
Box   202
S.B. Man.-St. Ant.
Box   203
St. Col.-Sale
Box   204
Sals-Sch. Pen.
Box   205
Sch. Ret.-Schue
Box   206
Schub-Scol
Box   207
Scot-Sel
Box   208
Sem-Sheb. Fo.
Box   209
Sheb. Gl.-Shee. Met. 279
Box   210
Sheet Metal 216-Siu
Box   211
Simp-Smit. A.D.
Box   212
Smit. A.D.-Sn. On. 3
Box   213
Sn. On. 4-Sor
Box   214
Sou-Stai
Box   215
Stan-Star
Box   216
Stat-Stea
Box   217
Steh-Stol
Box   218
Stop-Sul
Box   219
Sun-Swee
Box   220
Swen-Tel
Box   221
Tel. Sub.-Tex
Box   222
The. Cl.-Thon
Box   223
Thor-Tit
Box   224
Tob-Tre
Box   225
Tri-Tut
Box   226
Twi-U.I.U. H and W
Box   227
U.I.U. Pem-U.S.M.C.
Box   228
Ull-Unir
Box   229
Unit-United Eup
Box   230
Unit. Fur.-U.S.S.
Box   231
United Tel.-Univ. Foun.
Box   232
Univ. P.-Up. Mid.
Box   233
Ur-Van. B.
Box   234
Van. D.-Vkl
Box   235
W.B.A.Y.-Wal. Mfg. P.
Box   236
Wal. Mfgs.-Wauk. F.
Box   237
Wauk. Ind.-Wauk. Med.
Box   238
Wauk. Met.-Web
Box   239
Wevs-Weh
Box   240
Wein-West. B. Co. Pen.
Box   241
West. Co. Sal.-West. P/S
Box   242
West Pub. Ret.- Westo
Box   243
West V.-Way
Box   244
Wey-Wid
Box   245
Win-Wis. A.(1)
Box   246
Wis. A.(2)-Wis. Bo.
Box   247
Wis. Br.-Wis. Chee.
Box   248
Wis. Chem.-Wis. El. Pw. Op.
Box   249
Wis. El. Pw.-Wis. Empl.
Box   250
Wis. Engr.-Wis. Fuel
Box   251
Wis. Gas-Wis. Glass
Box   252
Wis. Glassworks-Wis. Lag.
Box   253
Wis. Lau-Wis. Mas.
Box   254
Wis. Mi.-Wis. Pe.
Box   255
Wis. Por.-Wis. Pub. Ser.
Box   256
Wis. Ra.-Wis. Ri.
Box   257
Wis. Ro.-Wis. St. Bld.
Box   258
Wis. St. Car. P.-Wis. St. Car. W.
Box   259
Wis. Ste.-Wis. Wh.
Box   260
Wol-Wrig
Box   261
Writ-Youn
Box   262
Zer-Zwi
Box   263
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1975
Box   264
Miscellaneous annual statements, 1972-1974
Box   265
Miscellaneous annual statements, 1967-1974
Series 1061
Part 2 (Series 1061): Annual Reports of Employee Welfare Funds, 1957
Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Reports showing assets, including contributions due from employer and employee; liabilities; and unassigned fund account, filed under section 211.10 of the statutes. The requirement to file these reports was eliminated in 1959, but the archives holds reports for 1957 only.
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Series 1062
Part 3 (Series 1062): Annual Statements for Over 26 Funds, 1957-1968
Physical Description: 115.6 c.f. (289 archives boxes) 
Arrangement of the Materials: By year and thereunder alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note: Statements listing names and addresses of fund officers and trustees, total number of employees covered, number of employees working in Wisconsin, and a financial report of the fund, filed under section 211.08 of the statutes. Annual statements after 1968 were filed in Series 270.
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1957
Box   1
Abb - Art
Box   2
Asb - Cle
Box   3
Cle - ECS
Box   4
Ed.P. - God
Box   5
Gol - Ken
Box   6
Ken - Mid
Box   7
Mid - Nit
Box   8
Nor - Riv
Box   9
SSK - Sto
Box   10
Sto - Wes
Box   11
Wes - Zwi
1958
Box   12
Acg - And
Box   13
Ans - Bel
Box   14
Ben - Cha
Box   15
Cha - Con
Box   16
Con - Dro
Box   17
Dum - FOE
Box   18
For - Glo
Box   19
Geo - Hea
Box   20
Hei - Jos
Box   21
Jou - Lin
Box   22
Llo - Men
Box   23
Mer - Mil
Box   24
Mir - Nec
Box   25
Nel - Par
Box   26
Par - Rel
Box   27
Rem - She
Box   28
Sie - Tra
Box   29
Tre - Wes
Box   30
Wes - Zwi
1959
Box   31
ACG - App
Box   32
App - Buc
Box   33
Bui - Con
Box   34
Con - Dur
Box   35
Eag - FWW
Box   36
Gal - Har
Box   37
Har - JJN
Box   38
John - Las
Box   39
Lau - Mau
Box   40
May - Mod
Box   41
Mon - NRMC
Box   42
NTDMA - Qua
Box   43
Qua - Sec
Box   44
Sel - Thi
Box   45
Thi - Wei
Box   46
WDH - Zwi
1960
Box   47
ACEA - Amp
Box   48
Ana - Bea
Box   49
Bel - Civ
Box   50
Cla - Dow
Box   51
Dro - FPBC
Box   52
Fra - Glo
Box   53
Glo - Hon
Box   54
Hou - Jou
Box   55
Kan - Llo
Box   56
Loc - Men
Box   57
Mer - Mon
Box   58
Mon - Nor
Box   59
Nor - Plu
Box   60
Poi - San
Box   61
Sav - Ste
Box   62
Ste - Uni
Box   63
Uni - Wes
Box   64
Wey - Zwi
1961
Box   65
ACEA - Ame
Box   66
Ame - Bad
Box   67
Bad - Cen
Box   68
Cen - Con
Box   69
Con - Ear
Box   70
Eat - Fri
Box   71
Fri - Glo
Box   72
Glo - Hei
Box   73
Hei - Jac
Box   74
Jam - Lad
Box   75
Lad - Man
Box   76
Mar - Mil
Box   77
Mil - Mur
Box   78
Mur - Nor
Box   79
Nor - Pit
Box   80
Pit - Rod
Box   81
Rom - Sno
Box   82
Soc - Twi
Box   83
UIU - Web
Box   84
Weh - Wis
Box   85
Wis - Zwi
1962
Box   86
ACEA - Ame
Box   87
Ame - Bad
Box   88
Bak - Cat
Box   89
Cen - Con
Box   90
Coo - Ele
Box   91
Ell - Gar
Box   92
Gar - Gro
Box   93
GS - Int
Box   94
Int - Klu
Box   95
Koe - Luc
Box   96
Mac - Mer
Box   97
Met - Mil
Box   98
Min - Nei
Box   99
Nek - Pat
Box   100
Pel - Ray
Box   101
Rea - She
Box   102
She - Swi
Box   103
TC - Urb
Box   104
Val - Wis
Box   105
Wis - Zwi
1963
Box   106
ACEA - Ame
Box   107
Ame - Arm
Box   108
Arn - Ber
Box   109
Bey - Cha
Box   110
Che - Con
Box   111
Con - Dro
Box   112
Dul - Fir
Box   113
Fla - Gli
Box   114
Glo - Hei
Box   115
Hel - Iro
Box   116
Jac - Lad
Box   117
Lak - Mar
Box   118
Mar - Mil
Box   119
Mil - Mur
Box   120
Mus - Nit
Box   121
Nor - Par
Box   122
Pat - Rai
Box   123
Ral - Sch
Box   124
Sco - Sou
Box   125
Spe - Til
Box   126
Tim - War
Box   127
Wat - Wis
Box   128
Wis - Zwi
1964
Box   129
Abb - Ame
Box   130
Ame - Arc
Box   131
Ari - Ben
Box   132
Ber - Cat
Box   133
Cen - Con
Box   134
Con - Dos
Box   135
Dou - Fed
Box   136
Fee - Gem
Box   137
Gen - Gre
Box   138
Gre - Hum
Box   139
Hur - Joh
Box   140
Joi - Lac
Box   141
Lad - Mad
Box   142
Mag - Men
Box   143
Mer - Mil
Box   144
Mir - Nat
Box   145
Nat - Ort
Box   146
Osc - Pit
Box   147
Pla - Res
Box   148
Ret - Sel
Box   149
Sha - Sta
Box   150
Ste - Ull
Box   151
Uni - Web
Box   152
Weh - Wis
Box   153
Wis - Zwi
1965
Box   154
Abb - Ame
Box   155
Ame - Arc
Box   156
Ari - Bem
Box   157
Ben - Car
Box   158
Car - Cle
Box   159
Coc - Cra
Box   160
Cre - Dur
Box   161
Eag - Fir
Box   162
Fir - Gem
Box   163
Gen - Gra
Box   164
Gre - Hew
Box   165
Hig - Int
Box   166
Iro - Kim
Box   167
Kin - Luc
Box   168
Mac - Mee
Box   169
Men - Mil
Box   170
Mir - Nat
Box   171
Nat - Nun
Box   172
Oak - Pho
Box   173
Pie - Reg
Box   174
Rei - Sav
Box   175
SCA - Sna
Box   176
Soc - Too
Box   177
Tra - Vul
Box   178
Wag - Wey
Box   179
Whi - Wis
Box   180
Wis - Zwi
1966
Box   181
Abb - Ama
Box   182
Ama - Ame
Box   183
Ame - Bab
Box   184
Bae - Boe
Box   185
Boi - Cat
Box   186
Cen - Con
Box   187
Con - Cun
Box   188
Cur - Eat
Box   189
Eau - Fir
Box   190
Fir - Gen
Box   191
Gen - Gor
Box   192
Gra - Hei
Box   193
Hei - Imp
Box   194
Ind - Inv
Box   195
Iro - Ken
Box   196
Kim - Lad
Box   197
Lak - Mad
Box   198
Mag - Mea
Box   199
Med - Mil
Box   200
Mil - Mot
Box   201
Mou - Nat
Box   202
Nat - Nun
Box   203
Oak - Pea
Box   204
Pel - Pre
Box   205
Pro - Ret
Box   206
Rey - Seh
Box   207
Sco - Sor
Box   208
Sou - Thi
Box   209
Tho - Uni
Box   210
Uni - Wat
Box   211
Wau - Wey
Box   212
Whi - Wis
Box   213
Wis - Zwi
1967
Box   214
Abb - Ama
Box   215
Amb - Ame
Box   216
Ame - Ast
Box   217
Ata - Bay
Box   218
Bea - Buc
Box   219
Bui - Cha
Box   220
Chi - Con
Box   221
Con - Cun
Box   222
Cur - Dul
Box   223
Dum - Far
Box   224
Fau - For
Box   225
Fox - Gid
Box   226
Gil - Gri
Box   227
Gro - Her
Box   228
Hew - Ind
Box   229
Inl - Jer
Box   230
Jew - Kim
Box   231
Kir - Lak
Box   232
Lan - Mac
Box   233
Mad - Mas
Box   234
Mau - Mil
Box   235
Mil - Mob
Box   236
Mod - Nat
Box   237
Nat - Nee
Box   238
Nei - Nun
Box   239
Oak - Par
Box   240
Pat - Plu
Box   241
Plu - Rai
Box   242
Ral - Rus
Box   243
Rwa - Sel
Box   244
Sha - Spu
Box   245
Squ - Tex
Box   246
Thi - Uni
Box   247
Uni - Wau
Box   248
Web - Wis
Box   249
Wis - Wis
Box   250
Wis - Zwi
1968
Box   251
A - Alw
Box   252
Ama - Ame
Box   253
Ame - Ast
Box   254
Ata - Bel
Box   255
Bem - Bui
Box   256
Bun - Cha
Box   257
Che - Con
Box   258
Con - Cut
Box   259
D - Eat
Box   260
Eau - Fil
Box   261
Fin - Fun
Box   262
G - Glo
Box   263
Glo - Gre
Box   264
Gri - Hen
Box   265
Her - Itt
Box   266
Itu - Int
Box   267
Int - Joi
Box   268
Jou - Koe
Box   269
Koh - Lak
Box   270
Lan - Lut
Box   271
M - Mas
Box   272
Mas - Mid
Box   273
Mie - Mik
Box   274
Mil - Mut
Box   275
N - Nat
Box   276
Nat - Nor
Box   277
Nor - Pai
Box   278
Pan - Pla
Box   279
Pla - Qua
Box   280
R - Ros
Box   281
Rou - Sch
Box   282
Sco - Smi
Box   283
Sna - Stu
Box   284
Sty - Tre
Box   285
Tru - Uni
Box   286
Uni - Weh
Box   287
Wel - Wis
Box   288
Wis - Wis
Box   289
Wis - Zwi
Series 1063
Part 4 (Series 1063): List of Employee Welfare Funds, 1962-1963
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Addressograph list of all active employee welfare funds (over 26) regulated by the Division, compiled on November 23, 1962, and updated by annotations, pasteovers, and deletions through December 31, 1963. The list shows the name of employer, mailing address of the fund, and usually the name of the responsible officer of the fund.
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Series 1064
Part 5 (Series 1064): Fund Documents for Over 26 Funds, 1957-1962
Physical Description: 10.8 c.f. (27 archives boxes) 
Arrangement of the Materials: In chronological segments and thereunder alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note: Documents include welfare fund plans, trust agreements, trust indentures, contracts, and other instruments under which funds were administered, as well as collective bargaining agreements and employee booklets describing the plan, filed under section 211.03 of the statutes and section Ins. 8.04(2) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code by trustees of funds covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin. This is the same material that is filed under “plans” in Series 270.
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Box   1
Acc-All
Box   2
All-Ame
Box   3
Ame-Aos
Box   4
Arm-Bad
Box   5
Bad-Bui
Box   6
Bur-Chr
Box   7
CIT-Con
Box   8
Con
Box   9
Con-Dic
Box   10
Dow-Emm
Box   11
Fal-FRD
Box   12
Fri-Gen
Box   13
Gen-Hum
Box   14
Hum-Int
Box   15
Int-Jen
Box   16
Jew-Klu
Box   17
Koe-Lin
Box   18
Mad-Mil
Box   19
Mil
Box   20
Mil-Nat
Box   21
Nat-Ost
Box   22
Out-Plu
Box   23
Pre-Rur
Box   24
Sav-Sou
Box   25
Sta-Twi
Box   26
Uni-Wal
Box   27
Wau-Yel
Series 1065
Part 6 (Series 1065): Annual Statements for Under 26 Funds, 1957-1965
Physical Description: 14.4 c.f. (36 archives boxes) 
Arrangement of the Materials: By year and thereunder alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note

Statements list names and addresses of fund officers and trustees, total number of employees covered, number of employees working in Wisconsin, and a financial report of the funds, filed under section 211.08 of the statutes by trustees of funds covering less than 26 employees working in Wisconsin.

Under chapter 225, Laws of 1961, only funds covering 26 or more employees had to submit an annual statement. Even though the trustees were no longer required by law to report, they sometimes did, either because they simply wished to continue, or because the number of employees covered fluctuated above or below 26. When the number of employees covered dropped below 26, the accumulation of annual statements was shifted to the under 26 file although some of the statements will show that the fund covered 26 or more employees. Statements for prior years might be filed in Series 1062.
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1957
Box   1
Acc-Cud
Box   2
Dah-Geh
Box   3
Gen-Kr
Box   4
LaC-Per
Box   5
Pet-Swa
Box   6
Tay-Zie
1958
Box   7
Acc-Ben
Box   8
Ber-Cud
Box   9
Dah-Fir
Box   10
Fir-HBa
Box   11
Hea-Kru
Box   12
LaC-Nat
Box   13
Nat-Ric
Box   14
Ric-Tho
Box   15
Tho-Zie
1959
Box   16
Acc-Bli
Box   17
Bou-Dun
Box   18
Eau-Gle
Box   19
Gle-Kir
Box   20
KJP-Min
Box   21
MMo-Qua
Box   22
Rah-Swa
Box   23
Tac-Wis
Box   24
Wit-Zin
Box   24
1960-1962
Note: This small portion overlaps by date with the contents of Boxes 25-36.
1960-1965
Box   25
Ac-Bl
Box   26
Bo-Cr
Box   27
Cr-F.C.
Box   28
F.C.-Go
Box   29
Go-Ja
Box   30
Ke-Lu
Box   31
Lu-Na
Box   32
Na-Pe
Box   33
Pe-SA
Box   34
Sa-Th
Box   35
Th-Wi
Box   36
Wi-Zi
Series 1066
Part 7 (Series 1066): Fund Documents for Under 26 Funds, 1957-1961
Physical Description: 15.4 c.f. (38 archives boxes) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note: Documents include welfare fund plans, trust agreements, trust indentures, contracts, and other instruments under which funds were administered, as well as collective bargaining agreements and employee booklets describing the plan, filed by trustees of funds covering less than 26 employees working in Wisconsin but receiving payments of more than 2,000 dollars per year, under section 211.03 of the statutes and section Ins. 8.04(2) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
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Box   1
A-Am
Box   2
Am-Ar
Box   3
Ar-Ba
Box   4
Ba-Bn
Box   5
Bo-Ce
Box   6
Ch-Cl
Box   7
Cl-Cr
Box   8
Cr-Ed
Box   9
Ed-Fa
Box   10
Fa-Fo
Box   11
Fo-Ga
Box   12
Ga-Gl
Box   13
Gl-Gy
Box   14
H and O-Hi
Box   15
Hi-In
Box   16
In-J.J.
Box   17
Jo-Ke
Box   18
Ki-La
Box   19
La-L.T.
Box   20
Lu-Ma
Box   21
Ma-Mi
Box   22
Mi-Na
Box   23
Na-No
Box   24
No-O.H.
Box   25
Ol-Pa
Box   26
Pa-Pi
Box   27
Pl-Ra
Box   28
Ra-Ro
Box   29
Ro-Sc
Box   30
Sc-Si
Box   31
Si-Sp
Box   32
Sp-St
Box   33
St-Th
Box   34
To-Un
Box   35
Ut-Wa
Box   36
W.C.-Wh
Box   37
W.H.-Wi
Box   38
Wi-Zi
Series 1732
Part 8 (Series 1732): Under 26 Employee Welfare Fund Files, 1957-1974
Physical Description: 11.0 c.f. (11 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, annual statements, fund documents (profit sharing plans), and examination papers filed by trustees of employee welfare funds covering less than 26 employees working in Wisconsin.

When a fund's status fell below 26 employees, the entire file was moved from the active file (Series 270) to this series; consequently occasional annual statements will show that at one time the fund covered 26 or more employees. Registration statements for under 26 funds are filed separately in Series 1733.
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Box   1
A-Be
Box   2
Bo-Com
Box   3
Con-Food
Box   4
Fox-Gr
Box   5
Gu-Jan
Box   6
Jay-L
Box   7
M
Box   8
N-P
Box   9
R-S
Box   10
T-War
Box   11
Wau-Z
Series 1733
Part 9 (Series 1733): Registration Statements for Under 26 Funds, 1957-1974
Physical Description: 10.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 10 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note

Shows name of fund and address of principal office; name and address of person to whom reporting forms should be mailed; effective date of plan; date fund accounting year ends; name and address of trustees; identity of contributors to fund; number of participants; names of insurance companies and types of benefits offered; names of insurance, investment, or actuarial consultants; and information regarding internal administrative functions of fund.

After 1961, every employee welfare fund covering one or more employees working in Wisconsin was required to register; prior to this, only funds which received payments of more than 2,000 dollars per year or which provided payments for benefits under plans covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin were required to register. Any under 26 registrations dating from 1957 to 1961 were filed by funds receiving payments in excess of 2,000 dollars per year. Registrations for over 26 funds are filed in Series 270.
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Box   1
A-Beyer
Box   2
Bi-Coyne
Box   3
Cra-Fox
Box   4
Fra-Hon
Box   5
Hop-Lan
Box   6
Lar-Mey
Box   7
Mic-Pad
Box   8
Peer-Scho
Box   9
Schr-Tri-state
Box   10
Tru-Wis. S
Box   11
Wis. S-Z
Series 1734
Part 10 (Series 1734): Examination Reports, 1958-1974
Physical Description: 7.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 6 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: By year, thereunder first by exams constructed by appointed examiners, then by exams conducted by CPA's. Within these two groups exams are alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note

Examination reports authorized by section 211.04 of the statutes including certificate of publication, notification from the commissioner to the participants that the fund is being operated in a manner consistent with the welfare of the participants financial statements, and other related material.

Examinations were conducted by persons appointed by the commissioner, or, alternately, by certified public accountants employed by the trustees or sponsoring employer of a fund. Although the power to conduct CPA exams was not specifically granted until 1961, the series includes CPA exams back to 1958.
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Box   1
1958-1961
1962
Box   1
Office Exams
Box   2
CPA Exams
Box   2
1963-1964
Box   3
1965-1967
Box   4
1968-1970
1971
Box   4
Office Exams
CPA Exams
Box   4
A-B
Box   5
C-Z
Box   5
1972
1973
Office Exams
Box   5
A-Milw
Box   6
Milw-Z
Box   6
CPA Exams
1974
Box   6
Office Exams
CPA Exams
Box   6
A-E
Box   7
E-L
Box   8
L-Wi
Box   9
Wi-Z
Series 1735
Part 11 (Series 1735): Terminated Fund Files, 1958-1974
Physical Description: 25.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 25 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund.
Scope and Content Note

Registration and annual statements; fund documents (profit sharing plans); correspondence; and examination papers, including a copy of the final examination report, correspondence, certificate of publication, and related documents; filed under provisions of chapter 211 of the statutes by trustees of funds which later terminated.

When a fund terminated, the entire file was shifted from the active (over 26) file (Series 270) or the under 26 file (Series 1732) to this series. The fund terminated after the last year for which reports were filed.
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Box   1
A-Am
Box   2
Am-Ap
Box   3
As-Bai
Box   4
Bak-Bes
Box   5
Bio-Chi
Box   6
Cl-Cud
Box   7
Cud-Bou
Box   8
Dun-Er
Box   9
Ev-Fox
Box   10
Fox-Gil
Box   11
Gil-Hi
Box   12
Hod-Joh
Box   13
Jon-Kro
Box   14
L-Maa
Box   15
Mad-Mil
Box   16
Mil-Nat
Box   17
Nat-Oc
Box   18
Oli-Phi
Box   19
Pie-Plu
Box   20
Pra-Rep
Box   21
Rep-She
Box   22
She-Ste
Box   23
Ste-Uni
Box   24
Uni-Wis. Al
Box   25
Wis. An-Wis. Wi
Box   26
Wom-Z
Series 1736
Part 12 (Series 1736): Records of the Employee Welfare Plans Advisory Council, 1957-1973
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note

Minutes and proceedings, correspondence, reports, and forms.

Authorized in 1957, the council consisted of seven members: two representatives of management, two representatives of employees, and three representatives of the general public from the fields of banking, economics, and insurance. Although the council was charged to meet at least once each year and at such times as it deemed necessary or the commissioner requested, it did not meet in 1961-1963, 1965, or 1968. Chapter 337, Laws of 1969, repealed the statute which created the council and recommended that it be continued under the commissioner's rule-making authority. Section Ins. 8.10 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, discussed at the council meeting of April 14, 1970, continued the council. The council as recreated consisted of the commissioner or his designee plus eight other members having competence in the field of employee welfare funds: two representatives of management, two representatives of employees, and four representatives of the general public. Terms of office were set at two years, and the council was charged to meet at least twice each year when called by the commissioner and at such other times when requested by the commissioner or two or more members.
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Series 1737
Part 13 (Series 1737): Special Investigation Files, 1958-1975
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by name of fund or person investigated.
Scope and Content Note

Correspondence; copies of transcripts of court proceedings, hearings before the Commissioner of Insurance, and other legal documents; and occasional registration statements, examination and actuarial reports, and annual statements; relating to investigations of funds or persons, usually involving alleged violations of section 211.14 of the statutes. Special investigations were made into the following funds or persons:

--Association Life Insurance Company, an investigation, 1965-1966, of multi-employer trust programs operated by the Association Life Insurance Company, concluding in a judgment that conflicts of interest existed between the management company, the trustee, and the insurance company and that corrections would have to be made. (In Box 1)

--Barbers, Beauticians, and Allied Industries Pension Fund, an investigation, 1970-1973, of a fund suspected of being actuarially unsound, in which the Commissioner of Insurance and the Attorney General's office appeared as amicus curiae in an action in federal court in Indianapolis resulting in termination of the fund and distribution of the fund assets. (In Box 1-2)

--Dietz Electric Company, a fund depletion investigation, 1973-1975, involving party-in-interest investments, resulting in court action in the Dane County Circuit Court. The fund was terminated, and fund assets were distributed to the participants. (In Box 2)

--H.H. Evon-Red Dot, an investigation, 1973-1975, concerning the closing of the Red Dot potato chip plants in Madison and Rhinelander which had been acquired by the H.H. Evon Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the problems arising in the termination of the retirement fund and distribution of its assets. (In Box 2)

--E.R. Flint and Company Employees' Stock Bonus Trust, a fund depletion investigation, 1967-1969, of a retirement fund operated by a floor covering company in Milwaukee which closed its operations because of financial difficulties, resulting in hearings before the Commissioner of Insurance to determine the facts and the responsibilities of the trustees. The file contains original copies of annual statements, correspondence, and examination reports, 1961-1965, which were used in the investigation. (In Box 2)

--Pension Management, Inc. and H.R. Buckman, a conflict of interest investigation, 1970-1974, concerning H.R. Buckman, an employee of the trustees of Pension Management, Inc. as well as an agent for the insurance purchased by the trustees, settled by a circuit court decision in Dane County holding that Mr. Buckman was not in violation of section 211.14(2)(a) of the statutes. (In Box 2)

--Teamsters Local 158 Health and Welfare Fund, an investigation of fund mismanagement, 1958-1959, 1964, resulting in exploratory hearings held in Milwaukee in 1958-1959 and culminating in a fugitive warrant issued in 1964 for one of the union and fund officials. The final disposition of the case is not clear from the file. (In Box 2)

--Russell M. Tolley, a conflict of interest investigation begun in 1959 concerning Russell Tolley, an employee of the trustees of a health and welfare fund in Milwaukee as well as an agent for the insurance purchased by the trustees. In 1961, Tolley, then a resident of Indiana, applied for a non-resident life insurance agent's license, which the commissioner refused to grant. Tolley filed a petition for a public hearing on the matter, which he withdrew in 1962. (In Box 2)

--Union Vacation Stamp and Nostamp Plans, an investigation, 1959-1962, to determine whether union vacation plans were subject to the Employee Welfare Funds Division's jurisdiction as welfare funds. Vacation stamp plans required the employer to buy stamps from a bank or a union and put them in his employees' stamp book, which then would be redeemed for vacation days. The stamp plans decreased in popularity as time went on, so this question became academic. (In Box 2)
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Series 1738
Part 14 (Series 1738): Administrative File, 1957-1974
Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, reports, and drafts concerning the development of procedures, forms, and policy; and files on state and federal legislation affecting the administration of the Employee Welfare Funds Law.
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Series: Development of Procedures, Forms, and Policy
Box   1
Folder   1
Examination Program for Fully-Insured Pension Funds, 1960-1963, 1972-1973
Box   1
Folder   2
Examination Program Performed by CPAs , [1960-1972]
Box   1
Folder   3
Examination Program for Insurance Plus Auxiliary Funds Plans, [1964-1973]
Box   1
Folder   4
Examination Program for Deposit Administration Pension Funds, [1961-1973]
Box   1
Folder   5
Correspondence Regarding Deposit Administration Contracts Subject to Wisconsin Law, 1957-1958, 1968
Box   1
Folder   6
Examination Program for Profit Sharing Funds, [1958-1974]
Box   2
Folder   6
Policy Regarding Dual Compensation of Insurance Agents, 1960, 1967-1968
Box   2
Folder   7
Registration Statement Form, 1958
Box   1
Folder   7
Policy Regarding Applicability of Chapter 211, Wisconsin Statutes, to National Banks, 1958-1959, 1972
Series: Legislation
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Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   8
Chapter 552, Laws of 1957, Enacting the Wisconsin Employee Welfare Fund Law, 1957
Box   1
Folder   9
Chapter 2, Laws of 1959, Eliminating the Filing of the Annual Report, 1959
Box   1
Folder   10
Chapter 225, Laws of 1961, General Revision of the Law, 1961
Box   1
Folder   11
Chapter 263, Laws of 1961, Establishing Fines for Non-Contributing Employers, 1961
Box   1
Folder   12
Bill 77, S. 1961 (indefinetly postponed in committee) regarding Exemption from Supervision of Funds held by Corporate Trustees, 1961
Box   1
Folder   13
Chapter 43 (Section 178m), Laws of 1967, Establishing a 25 Dollar Filing Fee for Annual Statements - Fee Raised to 40 dollars after June 30, 1972, 1967
Box   1
Folder   14
Chapter 309, Laws of 1967, Prohibiting Investment of Fund Moneys in “Party-in-Interest” Securities or Properties Unless the Price is Reasonable and Security Adequate, and Providing Penalties, 1967
Box   1
Folder   15
Chapter 276, Laws of 1969, (Bill 355, S.) Repealing Section 211.02 (4) of the Statutes and Repealing and Recreating Section 211.16; Chapter 337, Laws of 1969, Repealing Section 211.16 as affected by Chapter 276, Laws of 1969, 1969
Box   1
Folder   16
Proposed Revision of Employee Welfare Funds Legislation, Repealing Chapter 211 of the statutes and Creating Chapters 641 and 642, 1970 (Never introduced?), 1970
Federal
Box   1
Folder   17
H.R. 17046, S. 3421, 1968, Pension Benefit Security Act, Establishing Minimum Standards for Vesting and Funding of Private Pension Plans, 1968
Box   2
Folder   1
H.R. 5741, 1968, consindered with H.R. 17046 and S. 3421, 1968
Box   2
Folder   2
H.R. 2080, H.R. 6204, 1969, Pension Benefit Security Act, 1969
Box   2
Folder   3
H.R. 10, 1969, Federal Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act, 1969
Series: Miscellaneous
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Box   2
Folder   4
Correspondence Regarding Funds which were Subject to Chapter 211, Wisconsin Statutes, 1963, 1967, 1972
Box   2
Folder   5
Correspondence with the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1968, 1973
Box   2
Folder   6
Oversize - Policy Regarding Dual Compensation of Insurance Agents, 1960, 1967-1968
Box   2
Folder   7
Oversize - Registration Statement Form, 1958
1990/189
Part 14A (1990/189): Additions to Administrative File, 1957-1987
Physical Description: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) 
Arrangement of the Materials: By subject.
Scope and Content Note: Administrative files, 1957-1987, including correspondence, reports, and articles relating to the administration of the Employee Welfare Funds Law. This includes explanations of the new Federal Pension Law (1974 - 1975), statutes affecting Employee Trust Funds, retirement plans, and findings of the Retirement Research Committee.
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Box   1
Folder   1
Auditing
Box   1
Folder   2
Actuary - Definition of, 1971
Box   1
Folder   3
Bulletins and News Releases - Federal Labor Dept. - New Law, 1974
Box   1
Folder   4
Chapter 641
Box   1
Folder   5
Fiduciaries
Box   1
Folder   6
Government Plans - Under 26
Box   1
Folder   7
U26 - Exempt from Federal Law
Box   1
Folder   8
Examination Reports
Box   1
Folder   9
Explanations of New Federal Pension Law (non-official), 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   10
Insurance
Box   1
Folder   11
Letters sent, 1978
Box   1
Folder   12
Statutes Affecting Employee Trust Funds
Box   1
Folder   13-14
Employee Welfare Funds
Box   1
Folder   15
Forms
Box   1
Folder   16
Registration Statements
Box   1
Folder   17
Studies
Box   1
Folder   18
ERISA
Box   1
Folder   19
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Interpretation, 1976
Box   1
Folder   20
Multiple Employer Trusts, 1977
Box   1
Folder   21
Articles
Box   1
Folder   22
Retirement System
Box   1
Folder   23
Madison Bus Company Pension Trust
Box   1
Folder   24
Archdiocese Cemeteries of Milwaukee Pension Plan
Box   1
Folder   25
State Historical Society
Box   1
Folder   26
Archdiocese of La Crosse Retirement Plan
Box   2
Folder   1-3
City of Milwaukee Retirement Plan
Box   2
Folder   4
Retirement Research Committee
Box   2
Folder   5
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems and the Retirement Research Committee
Box   2
Folder   6
Reporting Requirements
Box   2
Folder   7
“Truit Program” - welfare (Heritage Trust)
Series 1739
Part 15 (Series 1739): General Correspondence, 1957-1976
Physical Description: 2.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 2 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: In chronological segments and thereunder alphabetical by fund name.
Scope and Content Note: General correspondence, correspondence relating to funds covering less than 26 employees working in Wisconsin, complaints, and suspense (pending) files. Some of the suspense files had been closed and filed as completed, while others were still pending at the time the Employee Welfare Funds Division was preempted by the federal act. The Commissioner of Insurance continued to receive correspondence, dating from 1975 to 1976, after the Division was preempted; however, the bulk of the series, dating from 1957 to 1974, consists of correspondence received while the Division was functioning under chapter 211.
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1957-1974
Box   1
A - Min
Box   2
Mit - Wis. S
Box   3
Wis. S - Z
Box   4
1975-1976
Series 1740
Part 16 (Series 1740): Records of the Advisory Committee of Consulting Actuaries, 1960- 1964, 1968-1973
Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, memos, drafts, and forms.

The Advisory Committee of Consulting Actuaries was established in 1960 to assist the Employee Welfare Funds Division in developing a program for actuarial review of pension funds. The committee consisted of three members who represented consulting actuary firms which served pension funds covered under chapter 211. Their work culminated that year in the development of an actuarial report form used in obtaining actuarial data for fund examinations. There was no further committee activity until 1968.

With the enactment of chapter 309, Laws of 1967, the commissioner received the clear authority to examine the actuarial status of employee welfare funds. Prompted by this legislation, the committee was re-established in 1968 to develop actuarial funding standards so the commissioner could report to participants in a fund if their plan was being funded in accordance with the standard and to develop a reporting form which was consistent with actuarial terminology and which clearly established the responsibility of the consulting actuary signing the form. The re-established committee consisted of five members. By the end of 1968, the Employee Welfare Funds Division concluded that the idea of developing a standard should be abandoned and that it should attempt, instead, merely to report the actuarial status of a plan to the fund participants.
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Series 1741
Part 17 (Series 1741): No Fund Files, 1957-1967
Physical Description: 3.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 3 record center cartons) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by fund name.
Scope and Content Note

Registration statements, correspondence, annual statements, fund documents (profit sharing plans), annual reports, and related documented. of programs not subject to regulation by the Employee Welfare Funds Division.

The bulk of the files date from the division's early years of operation, 1957-1959, and consist primarily of correspondence detailing why the fund is not subject to the Division's jurisdiction.
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Box   1
A-Ea
Box   2
Ec-Lak
Box   3
Lar-Sh
Box   4
Si-Wh
Box   5
Wh-Z
Series 1742
Part 18 (Series 1742): Indexes, 1957-1974
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note

New registrations of funds covering 26 or more employees working in Wisconsin, 1957-1974, arranged by year, showing fund name, location (Wisconsin or foreign), and type of benefits offered by fund.

New registrations of funds covering less than 26 employees working in Wisconsin, 1962-1973, arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by fund name, showing fund name, location (Wisconsin or foreign), and, occasionally, type of benefits offered by fund.

Terminated funds, 1961-1970, arranged alphabetically by fund name and there- under chronologically by year of termination, giving name of fund and date of termination.

Record of changes of fund status, 1968-1974, arranged chronologically, listing employee welfare fund terminations, fluctuations above or below 26 employees working in Wisconsin, mergers, reactivations, or other changes of status. Entries show date, name of fund, and change of status.
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Series 1743
Part 19 (Series 1743): Subject File, 1955-1975
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (3 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, forms, samples of employee welfare fund laws from other states and Canada, legislation, reports, speeches, and files from the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on Employee Protection in Business Closings, which considered Assembly Bill 594, 1975, Requiring Notice of Termination of Group Hospital, Surgical or Medical Expense Insurance. This series contains some correspondence from the commissioner to the commissioners of insurance from other states which pre-dates the enactment of Wisconsin's employee welfare fund law. See container list.
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Box   1
Folder   1
Church Pension Laws , [1957-1964]
Box   3
Folder   1
Early Files, prior to the enactment of Chapter 211 of the statutes, 1955, 1957
Employee Welfare Fund Laws
Box   3
Folder   2
California - Disclosure Law of 1971
Box   1
Folder   2
Connecticut, 1957, 1973-1974
Box   1
Folder   3
Idaho, 1971, 1974
Box   1
Folder   4
Massachusetts, 1964-1965, 1973-1974
Box   1
Folder   5
New York, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1965
Box   3
Folder   3
Washington, 1963, 1964
Box   1
Folder   6
Canada, 1967, 1971
Box   1
Folder   7
Forfeiture Order Samples under Section 211.14(6) of the Statutes
Joint Legislative Council - Special Committee on Employee Protection in Business Closings
Box   1
Folder   8
Minutes, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   9
1974 June-August
Box   1
Folder   10
1974 September-1975 April
Legislation
Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   11
A.B. 358, 1973
Box   1
Folder   12
A.B. 1179, 1973
Box   1
Folder   13
S.B. 225, 1973
Box   1
Folder   14
S.B. 229, 1973
Federal
Box   1
Folder   15
H.R. 10, 1968-1969
Box   1
Folder   16
Miscellaneous Information, 1959, 1964
Box   2
Folder   1
National Banks, Subject to Chapter 211 of the Statutes, 1957-1958
Reports
Box   2
Folder   2
Annual Reports of the Employee Welfare Funds Division, 1973-1974
Box   2
Folder   3
Vesting Provisions in Registered Wisconsin Pension Plans, by Robert Schoeplein, 1964
Speeches
Box   2
Folder   4
Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin, 1972
Box   2
Folder   5
Wisconsin AFL-CIO Building Trades Conference, 1967
Box   2
Folder   6
Wisconsin AFL-CIO Building Trades Conference, 1969
Box   3
Folder   4
Wisconsin Retirement Plan Professionals, Ltd., 1969
Box   2
Folder   7
Miscellaneous, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961
Series 2280
Part 20 (Series 2280): Employee Welfare Funds, 1959-1974
Physical Description: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) 
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content Note: Files containing records documenting the efforts of the agency to change employee welfare fund laws, regulations, and procedures. Included is substantial correspondence with the insurance industry, members of Congress, and state legislators; written plans and drafts of proposed legislation for the state and federal government; and the minutes and correspondence of subcommittees of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), a national organization to promote discussion among state insurance commissioners and to assist them in developing regulatory legislation.
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Box   1
Folder   1
Administration Fiduciary Standard Proposal HR. 12337, 1972
Box   1
Folder   2
Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, Inc. conference, 1973 May 23
Box   1
Folder   3
Billings after 1974 June 30
Box   1
Folder   4
Conference committee correspondence with Wisconsin congressmen, 1974
Congress
Box   1
Folder   5
Action reports, 1974
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Correspondence, 1970-1972
Box   1
Folder   8
Federal legislation, 1971
House of Representatives
Legislation and correspondence
Box   1
Folder   9
1972
Box   2
Folder   1
1973
Ways and Means Committee
Box   2
Folder   2
Deliberations, 1973 October 22
Statements
Box   2
Folder   3
1973 September 28
Box   2
Folder   4
1973 May 23
Senate
Box   2
Folder   5-6
Legislation and correspondence, 1972-1973
Box   2
Folder   7
Parred Pension Bill action, 1973 September
Box   2
Folder   8
Subcommittee appearance and presentation, 1972 June 23
Dent Committee
Box   2
Folder   9
Draft statements, 1973 March 29
Box   2
Folder   10
Statement, 1970 June 14
Box   2
Folder   11
Employee Welfare and Pensions Regulation Plan inquiries for other states, 1973
Box   2
Folder   12
Federal Pension legislation articles, 1974
Box   2
Folder   13
Federal Pension Task Force correspondence, 1975
Insurance rules
Box   3
Folder   1
8.01, Defining party in interest transactions, 1960
Box   3
Folder   2
8.02 to 8.09- General definitions of law correspondence, 1962
Box   3
Folder   3
8.02 (4),(5), and (6) correspondence, 1968
Box   3
Folder   4
8.02 amendment- Def. of Fund and D.A. Contracts, 1970
Box   3
Folder   5
8.05- Development of Advisory Council on Employee Welfare Plans, 1970
Box   3
Folder   6
Rulings never completed, 1960-1972
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
B-5 Subcommittee (Unfair Trade Practices Act)
Box   3
Folder   7-8
Correspondence, 1973-1974
Meeting minutes
Box   3
Folder   9
1973 December 5
Box   3
Folder   10
1974 June 4
Box   3
Folder   11
1974 December 2
B-6 Subcommittee (Regulation of Employee Pension and Welfare Plans)
Box   3
Folder   12
Development of model bill, 1973
Box   3
Folder   13
Model bill proposed draft, 1975 April 27
B-8 Advisory Committee (Insurance Advertising and Regulation Guidelines)
Box   4
Folder   1-4
Regulation on Employee Pension and Welfare Plans Subcommittee, minutes, 1969-1972
Box   4
Folder   5
Membership correspondence, 1971-1972
Meeting minutes
Box   4
Folder   6
1971 December 1
Box   4
Folder   7
1972 June 12
Box   4
Folder   8
1972 July 26
Box   4
Folder   9
1972 October 11
Box   4
Folder   10
1972 December 4
Box   4
Folder   11
Model bill, 1973 February 23
Box   5
Folder   1
Regulation of employee pension welfare plans, 1971-1972
Box   5
Folder   2
B-10 (Regulation of Employee Pension and Welfare Plans) meeting minutes, New York City, 1971 June 16
Box   5
Folder   3
Committee material, 1975
Box   5
Folder   4
Employee welfare funds correspondence, 1967
Box   5
Folder   5
Employee welfare legislation correspondence, 1967
Box   5
Folder   6
Meeting materials, 1976 December
Box   5
Folder   7
Model bill development, 1956-1958
Box   6
Folder   1
Model bill inquiries, 1973
Box   6
Folder   2
Report of Committee on Blanks, 1967 March 13-15
Box   6
Folder   3
Resolutions and letters to WI Congressmen, 1974 January 23
Box   6
Folder   4-5
Uniform annual statement development, 1959-1960
Box   6
Folder   6
Uniform Exam Program, 1959-1960
Box   6
Folder   7
Uniform forms, Department of Labor-proposed revisions, 1964
Box   7
Folder   1
Pension plans, 1965-1971
Box   7
Folder   2-3
Problem and discrepancy report background data, 1972 January 12
Box   7
Folder   4
Thomson, Vernon, secretary contacts, 1973-1974
U.S. Labor Dept.
Box   7
Folder   5
Commissioner contacts, 1971
Box   7
Folder   6
Staff correspondence, 1974
Box   7
Folder   7
Washington meeting, 1973 January 11
Box   7
Folder   8
U.S. Officials and Congressmen correspondence, 1973 June-1973 December
Box   7
Folder   9
Williams, Senator correspondence, 1973 February 23
Box   7
Folder   10
Wisconsin Congressmen correspondence, 1973
Appendix: State Records Center Identifier Numbers

The appendix lists temporary six-digit identifier numbers for boxes in Series 270 (Employee Welfare Fund Files for Over 26 Funds) sent to the State Records Center. Users should include these numbers when requesting these boxes.

  • Box 1: 850890
  • Box 2: 850891
  • Box 3: 850892
  • Box 4: 850893
  • Box 5: 850894
  • Box 6: 850895
  • Box 7: 850896
  • Box 8: 850897
  • Box 9: 850898
  • Box 10: 850899
  • Box 11: 850900
  • Box 12: 850901
  • Box 13: 850902
  • Box 14: 850903
  • Box 15: 850904
  • Box 16: 850905
  • Box 17: 850906
  • Box 18: 850907
  • Box 19: 850908
  • Box 20: 850909
  • Box 21: 850910
  • Box 22: 850911
  • Box 23: 850912
  • Box 24: 850913
  • Box 25: 850914
  • Box 26: 850915
  • Box 27: 850916
  • Box 28: 850917
  • Box 29: 850918
  • Box 30: 850919
  • Box 31: 850920
  • Box 32: 850921
  • Box 33: 850922
  • Box 34: 850923
  • Box 35: 850924
  • Box 36: 850925
  • Box 37: 850926
  • Box 38: 850927
  • Box 39: 850928
  • Box 40: 850929
  • Box 41: 850930
  • Box 42: 850931
  • Box 43: 850932
  • Box 44: 850933
  • Box 45: 850934
  • Box 46: 850935
  • Box 47: 850936
  • Box 48: 850937
  • Box 49: 854109
  • Box 50: 850938
  • Box 51: 850939
  • Box 52: 850940
  • Box 53: 850941
  • Box 54: 850942
  • Box 55: 850943
  • Box 56: 850944
  • Box 57: 850945
  • Box 58: 850946
  • Box 59: 850947
  • Box 60: 850948
  • Box 61: 850949
  • Box 62: 850950
  • Box 63: 850951
  • Box 64: 850952
  • Box 65: 850953
  • Box 66: 850954
  • Box 67: 850955
  • Box 68: 850956
  • Box 69: 850957
  • Box 70: 850958
  • Box 71: 850959
  • Box 72: 850960
  • Box 73: 850961
  • Box 74: 850962
  • Box 75: 850963
  • Box 76: 850964
  • Box 77: 850965
  • Box 78: 850966
  • Box 79: 850967
  • Box 80: 850968
  • Box 81: 850969
  • Box 82: 850970
  • Box 83: 850971
  • Box 84: 850972
  • Box 85: 850973
  • Box 86: 850974
  • Box 87: 850975
  • Box 88: 850976
  • Box 89: 850977
  • Box 90: 850978
  • Box 91: 850979
  • Box 92: 850980
  • Box 93: 850981
  • Box 94: 850982
  • Box 95: 850983
  • Box 96: 850984
  • Box 97: 850985
  • Box 98: 850986
  • Box 98: 850987
  • Box 100: 850988
  • Box 101: 850989
  • Box 102: 850990
  • Box 103: 850991
  • Box 104: 850992
  • Box 105: 850993
  • Box 106: 850994
  • Box 107: 850995
  • Box 108: 850996
  • Box 109: 850997
  • Box 110: 850998
  • Box 111: 850999
  • Box 112: 851000
  • Box 113: 851001
  • Box 114: 851002
  • Box 115: 851003
  • Box 116: 851004
  • Box 117: 851005
  • Box 118: 851006
  • Box 119: 851007
  • Box 120: 851008
  • Box 121: 851009
  • Box 122: 851010
  • Box 123: 851011
  • Box 124: 851012
  • Box 125: 851013
  • Box 126: 851014
  • Box 127: 851015
  • Box 128: 851016
  • Box 129: 851017
  • Box 130: 851018
  • Box 131: 851019
  • Box 132: 851020
  • Box 133: 851021
  • Box 134: 851022
  • Box 135: 851023
  • Box 136: 851024
  • Box 137: 851025
  • Box 138: 851026
  • Box 139: 851027
  • Box 140: 851028
  • Box 141: 851029
  • Box 142: 851030
  • Box 143: 851031
  • Box 144: 851032
  • Box 145: 851033
  • Box 146: 851034
  • Box 147: 851035
  • Box 148: 851036
  • Box 149: 851037
  • Box 150: 851038
  • Box 151: 851039
  • Box 152: 851040
  • Box 153: 851041
  • Box 154: 851042
  • Box 155: 851043
  • Box 156: 851044
  • Box 157: 851045
  • Box 158: 851046
  • Box 159: 851047
  • Box 160: 851048
  • Box 161: 851049
  • Box 162: 851050
  • Box 163: 851051
  • Box 164: 851052
  • Box 165: 851053
  • Box 166: 851054
  • Box 167: 851055
  • Box 168: 851056
  • Box 169: 851057
  • Box 170: 851058
  • Box 171: 851059
  • Box 172: 851060
  • Box 173: 851061
  • Box 174: 851062
  • Box 175: 851063
  • Box 176: 851064
  • Box 177: 851065
  • Box 178: 851066
  • Box 179: 851067
  • Box 180: 851068
  • Box 181: 851069
  • Box 182: 851070
  • Box 183: 851071
  • Box 184: 851072
  • Box 185: 851073
  • Box 186: 851074
  • Box 187: 851075
  • Box 188: 851076
  • Box 189: 851077
  • Box 190: 851078
  • Box 191: 851079
  • Box 192: 851080
  • Box 193: 851081
  • Box 194: 851082
  • Box 195: 851083
  • Box 196: 851084
  • Box 197: 851085
  • Box 198: 851086
  • Box 199: 851087
  • Box 200: 851088
  • Box 201: 851089
  • Box 202: 851090
  • Box 203: 851091
  • Box 204: 851092
  • Box 205: 851093
  • Box 206: 851094
  • Box 207: 851095
  • Box 208: 851096
  • Box 209: 851097
  • Box 210: 851098
  • Box 211: 851099
  • Box 212: 851100
  • Box 213: 851101
  • Box 214: 851102
  • Box 215: 851103
  • Box 216: 851104
  • Box 217: 851105
  • Box 218: 851106
  • Box 219: 851107
  • Box 220: 851108
  • Box 221: 851109
  • Box 222: 851110
  • Box 223: 851111
  • Box 224: 851112
  • Box 225: 851113
  • Box 226: 851114
  • Box 227: 851115
  • Box 228: 851116
  • Box 229: 851117
  • Box 230: 851118
  • Box 231: 851119
  • Box 232: 851120
  • Box 233: 851121
  • Box 234: 851122
  • Box 235: 851123
  • Box 236: 851124
  • Box 237: 851125
  • Box 238: 851126
  • Box 239: 851127
  • Box 240: 851128
  • Box 241: 851129
  • Box 242: 851130
  • Box 243: 851131
  • Box 244: 851132
  • Box 245: 851133
  • Box 246: 851134
  • Box 247: 851135
  • Box 248: 851136
  • Box 249: 851137
  • Box 250: 851138
  • Box 251: 851139
  • Box 252: 851140
  • Box 253: 851141
  • Box 254: 851142
  • Box 255: 851143
  • Box 256: 851144
  • Box 257: 851145
  • Box 258: 851146
  • Box 259: 851147
  • Box 260: 851148
  • Box 261: 851149
  • Box 262: 851150
  • Box 263: 854106
  • Box 264: 854107
  • Box 265: 854108