Employee Benefit Adviser - August 2018

Atul Gawande receives high praise from industry professionals; however determining who will support his plans remains a mystery.

To provide real cost savings for their employer clients, next-generation benefits advisers are casting off the health insurance carriers and abandoning the traditional way of procuring healthcare.

To motivate their teams, brokers need a rallying cry that evokes shared goals and a larger vision.

To stand out in a tight market, advisers need to transcend their clients’ expectations. The best way to do this is by becoming a human-capital consultant.

Adviser Kimberly Eckelbarger shows clients how to increase earnings by right-sizing their health plans.

Franklin Templeton’s Drew Carrington sounds off on why plan sponsor reluctance to try something new is problematic for employees.

Employees who say they are not financially fit may be more prone to making poor retirement planning choices. But employers have the opportunity to step in and make a difference, experts say.

Amazon, JPMC and Berkshire Hathaway and other large employers have put the healthcare industry on notice but what does this mean for employee benefit advisers?

The recent moves by Amazon, Walmart and other large employers to manage their employees' healthcare has numerous implications. Here our panel of experts considers the most likely outcomes.

From founding paid leave platforms and healthcare management apps to creating a virtual personal benefits assistant, these 20 visionaries are disrupting the benefits industry.

Connecting employer clients with unusual or onsite offerings along the nontraditional benefits path serve as a differentiator and burnish client relations.