Healthcare

EBP audits are designed to catch problems that administrators might not be aware of, yet audits themselves can lead to penalties, disqualifications or impacts on participants’ tax returns if they don’t adequately identify issues that should be addressed.

Commentary: Companies that step up sooner, rather than later, on paid parental leave will be better positioned to win the war for talent.

Commentary: As a broker offering these benefits to your employer groups, it is important to become proficient in voluntary benefits or choose to outsource this expertise.

Commentary: Stretching a match has strong appeal for companies that have identified a retirement benefit philosophy that prioritizes the ability of its employees to retire with the right replacement ratio.

As another insurer megamerger takes place, how will employer health plans fare with a shrinking field of providers?

Commentary: Communicating your benefits programs during OE is one of the most important things you’ll do all year, and it can be challenging even in the best of times. So how do you gracefully communicate bad news?

Michael Turpin, the former CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s Northeast region, shares his thoughts on the new landscape and the potential impact the deal could have on benefit brokers and the insurance industry.

What would you do differently if you could recreate your voluntary benefits program from scratch?

With just three major insurance companies, brokers must distinguish themselves from carriers, create additional approaches to serve clients and develop alternative risk approaches to health benefits, industry experts say.

After more than 50 votes in Congress and two attempts before the U.S. Supreme Court to mothball the ACA and public exchange marketplace, some Republicans now see the budget reconciliation process as yet another avenue for achieving this long-time goal.