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Commentary: It will be the single most critical contributor to agency success, says columnist Wendy Keneipp.

The popularity of voluntary benefit offerings continued to grow this year as employers seek solutions for employees strapped by rising healthcare costs and, especially this year, increased financial burdens.

Broker-dealers are waiting to see whether the Department of Labor softens its stance on the best-interest standard in proposed fiduciary rules. If so, then it could quell industry threats to cut loose their smallest brokerage retirement client accounts.

Commentary: More and more, brokers realize that helping prospects and clients with their employee handbook is a great value-added service.

Commentary: To help keep stress at bay and make the most of holiday family time, ACI Specialty Benefits’ Erin Krehbiel shares some all-time favorite “holiday hacks.”

Towers Watson & Co. won shareholder approval for an $8.9 billion merger with Willis Group Holdings Plc after negotiating better terms with the insurance broker.

2015 was a busy year in retirement: Collective investment trusts are gaining traction, plan sponsors are mulling what it means to be a fiduciary and Americans are starting to address their lack of savings.

Commentary: While most individuals enrolled in a COBRA plan are keenly aware of the notoriously high expense, most companies don’t realize how much COBRA enrollees actually cost them.

Regulatory clarifications about wellness incentives lifted a “big cloud” of confusion for employers this year, while new technologies have increased engagement and opportunity. Here's what happened this year in wellness, and what to expect in 2016.

Commentary: The IRS expanded permitted election change events, and employers who wish to add these rules must amend their cafeteria plans by the last day of the plan year in which the elections are first allowed, provided the amendment is retroactively effective.