Adviser strategies

“The fire is on right now to say, ‘Why can’t I do that?’” says Marilyn Espinosa, vice president of employee benefits at HUB International.

These candidates have moved through the last year and a half with empathy, thoughtfulness and a dedication to innovation.

Ben Conner, CEO of Conner Insurance, knows that benefits is a relationship-based business.

Coverage that provides claimants with a lump-sum payment can help workers with expenses that may not be included in their traditional medical insurance.

The new platform allows employers and advisers to search for, rate and review service providers.

Agents, brokers, consultants and subcontractors will now be required to disclose their compensation to plan fiduciaries.

Employee Benefit News wants to highlight several standout individuals in benefits advising, HR, and technology.

In order for organizations to be successful in tapping into this segment of the population, benefit managers, brokers and advisers must take part. They must not only appear to be inclusive, they must actually be inclusive.

Just 23% of employees surveyed felt their employers were making a “significant effort” on financial wellness, and only 20% of employees expressed the same sentiment about retirement preparedness.

These lessons will stimulate your thinking and help your clients navigate 2021.

HealthEquity explains how the Consolidated Appropriations Act will affect plan participants in 2021.

We have extended our deadline. To nominate a Rising Star please fill out the online form by Feb. 5, 2021.

“With the shift to remote workforces, the pandemic has accelerated the need for insurance agencies to digitize their processes,” says Jason Liu, CEO of Zywave.

Everyone in a leadership role should think deeply about their management team. Do you have a philosophy when hiring and building a team?

A string of recent acquisitions are meant to help the insurance broker boost and strengthen its employee benefit, wealth management and retirement services.

When the pandemic hit, Benny award winner Bryan Aycock expanded his firm’s benefits programs and ramped up new initiatives to support Zynga employees.

In order to discern which health plans offer the best bang for member bucks, benefit advisers need to understand the economics of healthcare today.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, advisers continue to transition to new roles in the benefits space.

COVID-19 has forced changes in work behavior as employees adjust to a new reality. Here’s how the Advisers of the Year did it during a year of massive disruption.

“The difference in our whole office, as far as how it looks at voluntary benefits, has totally taken a complete turn,” says Kathy Passantino, area senior vice president at Gallagher, of her colleague Dana Simms.