Bruce Shutan

A pensions specialist explains why fiduciary responsibility extends beyond investment oversight and how proper safeguards serve as a critical layer of protection.

At a time of never-ending health benefit cost increases and fiduciary lawsuits, it has never been more important to ensure that claims are paid correctly.

A wide range of employers are expressing a greater desire to measure risk, achieve more predictable retirement benefit costs, and retain top talent.

Cash-balance plans lead the way in groundswell of support for offering a more meaningful approach to generating retirement income for cash-strapped workers.

A preventative and proactive approach offered as a stand-alone benefit will help avert crises and the accompanying ripple effect on well-being and productivity.

The traditional backup care credit model can waste employer dollars before they reach families — but several fixes exist.

Despite tepid interest, small businesses — and their advisers — stand to benefit from adding pooled employer plans.

With this alternative model, benefit professionals have the potential to not only stabilize employee health benefit costs but actually return dividends.

Experts suggest locking in this emerging alternative to traditional health insurance coverage to help stabilize soaring health benefit costs.

Brokers are urged to read the fine print on stop-loss contracts to ensure adequate coverage is in place, and have clients pool risk whenever necessary.

U.S. consumers are using these employee-appreciation perks to help pay for everyday expenses and enjoy more tangible benefits.

Expansion of savings vehicles, along with the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history, bodes well for plan participants as advisers shift to offering ongoing financial guidance.

Advisers should ensure clients have a realistic payment-integrity solution on the front end and robust claims recovery program on the tail end for capturing overpayments.

Latest point solutions help health plan members understand their coverage, uncover billing errors on claims and offer business intelligence on what's driving costs.

By connecting clients with the latest tools to automate time-consuming tasks and achieve greater operational efficiency, benefit advisers are leveling up their strategic value.

Reimbursing employees for physician-authorized medical cannabis gains traction as an alternative to costly pharmaceuticals.

The key to success is reviewing an administrator's fiduciary status, licenses they hold with carriers and the agent of record that is going to service the policy.

Panic-button technology is empowering workers in high-risk environments to alert first responders, supervisors and loved ones in the face of growing threats.

Nonprofit's low-cost insurance policy seeks to close coverage gaps seen in the wake of exclusions as attacks claim more than 2 million victims.

As voluntary benefits litigation plays out, compensation structures are expected to be measured against data, benchmarking and fiduciary process.