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Here's a recent roundup of industry accomplishments. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned this week.
January 12 -
The majority (56%) of employers say they are likely to continue to offer employer-sponsored health insurance after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act largely goes into effect in 2014, according to a new survey conducted by GfK Custom Research North America.
January 11 -
In this election year some of your clients are liable to get caught up in the frenzy. Read in today's BeAdvised as Mercer's George Lane explains why you need to be the voice of reason amid the noise and serve as your clients fact checker.
January 11
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Last week's report on unemployment shows that the economy continues to gather steam - payrolls grew by 200,000 and the jobless rate ticked downward again, to 8.5%.
January 10 -
U.S. health care spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures published Monday.
January 10 -
The Obama administration defended its health care overhaul law before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, rejecting arguments by critics who warned that if the government can require people to have health insurance, it might next make them eat broccoli.
January 10 -
Do you remember when you started out in sales? What was your first week or month like? I remember like it was yesterday. I wasn't really sure what was going to happen or what I was really suppose to do. When the stock market opened at 9 a.m. I thought the phone was going to start ringing with people wanting to buy stocks. How wrong I was. I remember being really nervous, scared, unsure, and
January 10 -
The U.S. insurance industry saw a 3.3% increase over Novembers jobs figures, adding 3,300 jobs in December, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
January 9 -
Planners have been hearing about and preparing for the baby boom ever since the first 1946er became a client. Yet their single-minded focus on boomers may mean they've missed another demographic trend: the singles surge.
January 9 -
In the last four years, a new and highly effective service, Telemedicine, has evolved that can reduce medical claim costs by $70 per month per employee. Unlike wellness programs, where employers attempt to change the employees and their dependents lifestyle, the Telemedicine results start immediately and is quite simple. History of broker efforts to reduce claim costs
January 9
