Webinar: Inherited IRAs: Rules Update & Thorough Policy Review
July 28, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Inherited IRAs have special rules.
Recent law changes have ushered in an unprecedented number of revisions to the rules governing distributions from inherited IRAs. What support services are mandatory? What support services are optional, and what are the pros and cons of offering such services? Learn the ins and outs in this fact-filled program.
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Distinguish mandatory IRA provider requirements from optional “value add” provider services
- Explain the pros and cons of offering “value add” services for inherited IRA owners
- Identify areas in your inherited IRA policies and procedures which expose your institution to unnecessary risk
- Streamline your process for handling IRA owner deaths
- Clearly delineate roles and responsibilities to IRA beneficiaries
WEBINAR DETAILS
With the recent release of the final RMD regulations, now is the time for IRA providers to conduct a thorough review of their policies and procedures surrounding inherited IRAs. In this webinar, Ben Norquist, founder and CEO of Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions, will address inherited IRA industry best practices that will help IRA providers increase both operational efficiency and the quality of member service, while simultaneously decreasing their exposure to costly compliance errors.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session is directed toward individuals who make decisions concerning policies and procedures surrounding IRA owners’ deaths and the staff tasked with implementing them.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- IRA beneficiary (and successor beneficiary) requirements job aid
- Inherited IRA industry best practices checklist
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
Speaker: Ben Norquist, Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions, LLC
Ben Norquist is the cofounder, president, and CEO of Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions. After receiving a bachelor’s in 1987 from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, Ben started at Universal Pensions, Inc. (UPI), a nationally recognized consulting and training firm in Minnesota.
Over the next 15 years, he led several highly successful business units within UPI, including their consulting hotline. While at UPI, Ben received the certified pension consultant (CPC) designation from the American Society of Pension Actuaries and played a key role in creating the industry’s first IRA-specific designation program (the American Bankers Association’s Certified IRA Services Professional (CISP) program).
Ben and his wife, Jennifer, subsequently cofounded Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions, LLC, in 2004. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has been interviewed by numerous prestigious financial publications.