15 top stories of 2017: New benefit players, laws and perks caught attention

Zenefits’ exit, new HSA regulations, financial wellbeing programs and Congress’ attempt to replace the ACA were the top stories of Employee Benefit Adviser this year.

The September news that the San Francisco firm would cease being a broker of record and transition into solely providing technology for outside firms was by far Employee Benefit Adviser’s most read story of the year. The firm planned to transfer its existing book of 7,000 accounts to OneDigital, an Atlanta-based brokerage, as Zenefits underwent a transformation “to embracing the broker community and partnering with them in a pretty significant way,” Zenefits Chairman and CEO Jay Fulcher said at the time.