Regulation

What happens if, during the course of the appeals process, the plan administrator comes across information that might impact the decision on appeal that makes the administrator want to grant the appeal?

The case raised the issue of whether a benefit plan administrator is entitled to full reimbursement for payments made to a plan participant injured in an accident where the participant sues and recovers damages from a third party.

In Thursday’s U.S. Senate HELP Committee hearing, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) found something to agree upon during a normally polarizing debate surrounding the ACA: their insurance careers.

MetLife poll reveals employers view voluntary legal plans as easy to handle and can improve employee satisfaction.

Because there can be various ways of assessing what constitutes a full-time employee eligible for coverage under the PPACA, the IRS has issued guidance in the form of several notices, as well as temporary regulations.

Under a new congressional plan, employers would be able to bring in an additional 20,000 low-skilled laborers a year, a number that would gradually rise to 75,000.

In what it calls the first ever wage analysis of U.S. Census data by metropolitan area, data from the National Partnership for Women & Families show the wage gap affects women in all 50 states and the 50 largest metropolitan centers.

A lawsuit between two local hospital systems has come to an end after the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling in favor of Mercy Medical Center, the system accusing Aultman Health Foundation of a corrupt insurance broker incentive program.

Remember to keep the “human” in human resources and take this advice if you want to keep your terminations clean, succinct and lawsuit-free.

A federal judge has ruled that the pension beneficiaries can sue the company as a group over its transfer of $8.5 billion in plan obligations to Prudential Insurance Co. of America.