Brian M. Kalish

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.

Americans living longer means a corresponding uptick in annuity sales.

A head Labor Department official said Monday that the department cannot provide as much clarity or answer questions about the Affordable Care Act as people are seeking due to elements of the law.

Big “I” and ACORD technology workgroups come together to push forward ID federation, real time, e-signatures and self-service capabilities

Social media is taking off as a way for brokers and advisers to sell and market in their agencies. Ryan Hanley RyanHanley.com is a broker turned marketer who faced resistance but now has increased sales.

When helping employees with end-of-life decisions for their loved ones, brokers say offering choices and information is key.

Although it is highly unlikely that the Affordable Care Act will be overturned in the halls of Congress, that does not mean the fight is over, Bobby Bramlett, Big "I" chairman told a crowd of nearly 1,000 independent agents in Washington on Friday.

Sen. Max Baucus saw a "train wreck" coming over ACA benefit communication and worried if exchanges will be ready on time at a Wednesday Senate hearing with HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius.

A brokers’ role with end of life products is to know their clients and give them choices.

Dependent eligibility audits could mean big cost savings for your clients, also have the potential for big disruptions.

Despite the progress made through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on health care access, there are challenges to come from health reform, said Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) Thursday at the AHIP National Policy Forum in Washington.