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Changes that would make it easier to get waivers have the potential to create chaos for companies that operate in more than one region.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the individual market, intermittent workers will increasingly look to their place of employment for quality, payroll-deducted group benefits.

Last week’s executive order may unleash a chaotic landscape where employers, employees and advisers don’t understand the new rules.

In a new book, private exchange pioneer Alan Cohen touts advantages of choice in the employer-sponsored healthcare market.

Voluntary benefit consultancy foregoes “one size, fits most” plans to target specific workers and their needs, such as buying a new home.

Costs are increasingly transparent and plan sponsors want more for their buck.

Increased engagement coupled with changing needs and an easier path to legal action put the onus on plan sponsors to ensure they can defend their strategy and investment choices.

Companies have consistently rejected the idea of terminating their health plans and sending employees to buy their own coverage, but attitudes may be shifting.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.

Employers began leveraging data to personalize social interactions six years ago. Now, it’s seeped into corporate life and drives HR offerings.