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Target-date fund participants are more confident they’ll reach their retirement goals and have higher contribution rates than non-TDF user, survey finds.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awards $7 million more than last year to grantees in 34 states.

Commentary: This time of year, employers will see an increase in requests for time off, and they need to be mindful of the legal protection for employees who seek leave to attend to their children’s school-related activities.

Commentary: The company’s new tactic of comparing itself to brokerages across the country “goes beyond the line of ethical standards,” says HR Technology Advisors' Joe Markland.

Commentary: There are rampant and seemingly uncontrollable costs of sustaining life in a system which lacks any semblance of common sense.

Commentary: There are other much larger and offensive “holes” in the current disclosure that are more deceptive and allow more conflict of interest than DOL’s proposed BICE.

Notable gap exists between what employers are demanding and what brokers are supplying

A PBE's consumer-facing portal may be "the sexy piece," an Accenture exec says, but many clients are looking for help beyond open enrollment.

Employers cite cyber threats as a top risk to their company, creating an opportunity for benefit advisers to quell their fears with education and product knowledge.

Commentary: There is a new normal when it comes to underwriting offers in the employer-sponsored or group LTCI marketplace.