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Mel Schlesinger on how insurance brokers should market themselves with the agent or agency at the front.

John Ludwig on how to help employees can increase their retirement savings including auto escalation and auto enrollment.

Craig Davidson on why advisers shouldn’t worry about health care reform changes and how small businesses may no longer need a broker.

Nelson Griswold on how most advisers have not committed to a plan to adapt to the coming Affordable Care Act change in the insurance business.

Jack Kwicien on how advisers must commit to a plan to adapt to coming change with insurance reform

StayWell Health Management and Towers Watson study takes multi-year look to understand the potential payoff of prevention and risk education.

Wendy Keneipp on when brokerages and consultants should consider renaming their company and how to do it

In the new world of "Obamacare," a.k.a. the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the birth of the insurance exchange is propelling us all the way back to the future.

I use LinkedIn. A lot. In fact, I suspect I'm connected to many of the readers of this magazine. I use it to stay on top of what colleagues are doing. Who is working for a new company. Who has gone out on their own. Who is posting something I'm interested in. I also post on LinkedIn a lot. Usually an article that I think has general appeal among my connections. Something on health reform, a new study on employee benefits, maybe the latest on digital health. The things I post usually come from various news feeds that I follow daily. And every post I make to LinkedIn also posts on my Twitter account.

Private disability insurance DI is more successful than public at getting people back to work, but millions remain uninsured so what lies ahead.