Brian M. Kalish

Despite the modest increase “rising health care costs remain a serious concern for U.S. employers,” said Helen Darling, the group’s president and CEO.

Most large employers are not considering moving their employees to a private exchange in 2014 and not yet thinking about public exchanges, either, with so many variables in play, officials with The National Business Group on Health said Wednesday in Washington.

Consumers will want choices like they get on popular sites such as Amazon and Expedia.

Experts from Aon Hewitt and Digital Insurance who have private exchanges say communicating early and

Zywave survey of plan sponsors finds room for improvement when it comes to their brokers.

Employee discount programs remain popular, but with a caveat.

It seems most everyone is confused about the Affordable Care Act — and that apparently includes physicians.

Veterinary costs are on the rise, making pet insurance more valuable to employees.

Many brokers might want to change the way they do business. A majority of employers are not happy with the service they provide, according to a new Zywave white paper.

Altered by the ACA, limited medical plans may actually increase in popularity for some workers.

Consumers want choice in a health exchange, like they would experience on websites such as Amazon, Travelocity.

Employees don’t know about consumer-driven health care. Once they learn more, they say they don’t want it. So what’s a broker to do?

Digital Benefit Advisors launches a private exchange in Vermont, with plans to expand to a handful of states within 90 days, a company executive told Employee Benefit Adviser Tuesday.

Five unnamed U.S. employers will offer benefits through Mercer’s private exchange, the Mercer Marketplace, starting in 2014, the company announced Monday.

Americans collectively have millions of pets, but few are covered by insurance.

With fewer employees getting vision care, major diseases are missed early on, leading to higher overall health costs

Stephen M. Saxon, chairman of the Groom Law Group, says little is getting done on important retirement issues in Washington because of the mandated government budget cuts known as sequestration.

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle weigh in on the health care reform act at a policy forum in Washington.

If he were an employer, John Boehner would be sitting on his hands — and wallet — waiting for the picture to clear about the Affordable Care Act, said the speaker of the House Wednesday while speaking at a policy forum in Washington.

With the ongoing shift in the business spurred by health reform, change itself is not enough to survive, said the head of a networking organization for independent benefit brokerages and consulting firms Wednesday in New Orleans.