Healthcare

Adviser Jeff Fox is weaning his clients off of preferred provider networks in favor of self-insuring and contracting directly with a top-flight health system.

The benefits management platform and services provider says the new offering will help employees feel more aligned with the company’s success.

The fast food chain will award $14.5 million in scholarships to more than 5,700 workers during the 2018-19 academic year.

Franklin Templeton’s Drew Carrington sounds off on why plan sponsor reluctance to try something new is problematic for employees.

Federal Express is the latest large company to purchase an annuity for its current retirees in an effort to keep the plan solvent.

A decade-long review of disability claims from carrier Unum reflects effects of aging workforce, early intervention.

Plan sponsors can help find retirement accounts with the help of “auto-locate,” a technology that creates links between record-keeping systems and establishes a virtual database of all employee records.

The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.

Federal Express is the latest large company to purchase an annuity for its current retirees in an effort to keep the plan solvent.

The insurer’s 25% reduction in painkiller scripts nearly a year ahead of schedule sets new tone for managing national epidemic, catches large brokerage’s attention.