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Last week I had the good fortune of attending and speaking in New York at a two day conference of HR managers from the Engineering and Consulting industry. These firms convene annually to learn how other firms deal with their issues i.e. sharing best practices. The topics, for this meeting, included navigating the regulatory environment, M&A activity, integrating employees and cultures when completing an acquisition, managing benefit costs while maintaining a quality benefit portfolio, hiring the
May 30
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One of the most difficult hires for any agency to make is to hire a new producer that will produce on par with your most successful producers. While I’m not suggesting giving up on that effort, I would encourage you to make sure you are reviewing your current production team and constantly rehiring the successful producers you already have. Huh?! - Well, not necessarily in the literal sense
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The annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends, which tracks major trends and attitudes on the subject of employee benefits, was recently released and it has a good news/bad news message for employers. EBA contributor Ron Leopold shares five ways progressive employers stand out in the benefits arena.
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One broker looks at how his company walks the talk with wellness programs and says how that can work for all your clients.
May 10 -
An effective dialysis management program optimizes the way kidney dialysis is paid for and how treatment is provided. Read as Sam Fleet explains in today's BeAdvised how insurance brokers can help companies capture these savings by bringing them together with innovative benefit managers.
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In December, I blogged about how voluntary benefits can help employers increase employees’ comfort level with CDHPs. For example, studies have shown that employees are generally uneasy about high out-of-pocket medical cost exposure. They appreciate having voluntary programs such as accident, cancer or critical illness Insurance to help supplement their CDHP coverage in the event of high dollar, unexpected claims.
May 1 -
As a sales leader, its critical for brokers to understand how to help their team realize their potential and become the most effective salesperson. Kevin Trokey explains why brokers should commit to all four steps to become one of the most valuable resources in their organization.
April 26 -
Employers and brokers should step back and look at the benefit products that are being used and ask: If we were designing these plans in 2012, what would they look like? Today, we use dental plans designed over 50 years ago, and vision plans designed over 25 years ago. Both of these predate HRAs, HSAs, and FSAs. All plans from all insurers are almost identical: Same design Mostly insured Multiple rules on frequency, procedures, age, and limits PPO networks
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Employee engagement is the goal of just about every wellness and health management program. You need to engage employees to be more active, eat better, get more sleep. You get the idea. So why is engaging employees so hard? Maybe its because we havent really thought about it from the perspective of the employee the end-user of the wellness initiative. According to research from a partnership of Aon Hewitt and The Futures Company, most
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The final ruling for the insurance exchange portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is out. The 644-page rule mandates that all 50 states must be ready with an exchange by October 2013. So far, there are only about 20 states making measurable progress toward the deadline, says Bob Laszewiski of Health Policy Strategy Associates, LLC. Most conservative states 29 states have Republican governors are sitting on the sidelines waiting to
April 16