Practice management

As with other components of the ACA, Congress may have overlooked that ERISA already has something to say about what employees can be charged as a contribution.

When it comes to having an engaged workforce, who your employees work with — rather than who they report to — is an increasingly important factor, according to a recent survey.

Contributing Editor Ed Bray looks ahead to 2014 and outlines 25 areas to watch. In part 1: Everything from analyzing health data to HIPAA compliance and beyond.

Lou Faiola takes relationships to a new level. From carriers to brokers to beneficiaries, his commitment to benefits is apparent to all whose lives he touches.

With the ACA requiring even more communications to employees, many employers might consider shifting to electronic means for all disclosure notices, but there are many rules here and employers and their advisers should be careful.

It’s been 70 years since benefits originated, and brokers would be wise to remember that innovation as inspiration to keep their businesses in the future.

Join a powerful network of brokers, agents and advisers Dec. 10-12 in Chicago for Workplace Benefits Transitions.

The Obama administration says much of the site is fixed but it’s not clear still how much of that is true.

A staple component of every independent brokerage and agency for marketing and service, this element changed dramatically for most brokers in 2013

President Barack Obama raised the stakes on his three-year-old health care overhaul Sunday, declaring that fixes to his administration’s troubled insurance exchange website make it ready to sign up 800,000 people a day.