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If you work at home, it’s vital to separate time and space between home and work. In other words, set boundaries.

Commentary: Top lessons from retail that brokers and consultants can leverage to engage employees in benefits selection and produce a positive experience with benefits shopping.

Republicans were trying to dismantle the ACA’s risk corridor premium stabilization program as recently as this week but several factors, possibly including the insurance industry itself, took them off course.

Commentary: When it comes to qualified domestic relations orders, plan sponsors and their financial professional partners need to ensure they have a robust and detailed process that can actually work, says The Principal’s Aaron Friedman.

Commentary: If the hard part of the job is prospecting, and the easy part is selling to qualified, interested prospective clients, what can you do to make prospecting easier and more productive? Jack Kwicien explains.

Commentary: Innovative technology is eliminating payroll deduction as the method of choice for collecting voluntary benefits premium, sounding the death knell for payroll deduction, says Nelson Griswold.

Commentary: There are murky new ACA liabilities for your benefit agency. Craig Davidson shares how these potential liabilities lie with insurance protection coverage that you may need.

Selecting the right partner requires focused consideration of the attributes of the ideal partnering relationship. Jack Kwicien shares the strengths and opportunity areas of your business that will determine who the ideal candidate will be.

Are you just one more agent with the same products and the same approach who is trying to win business by having a longer list of promised services? Or are you viewed by prospects and clients as an expert in benefits? Columnist Mel Schlesinger shares how to achieve thought leader status.

This is the time of year when most companies with calendar year plans start reviewing their discrimination test to see if they passed or if they have to refund any contributions to the highly compensated employee group. Columnist John Ludwig shares best practices for keeping your clients in compliance.