Bruce Shutan

Even as employers increasingly shift the cost of these programs on to employees through voluntary plans, workers are seeing value in them.

Doing the obvious – expressing appreciation to clients on a regular basis – may have a bigger impact than most advisers think, says Michael Sciortino

User-friendly websites and technologies in use by firms such as Charles Schwab and Transamerica are easing retirement planning.

Linking health and wealth at the workplace, the platform accelerates the need for brokers to provide employers with a holistic strategy.

User-friendly websites and technologies in use by firms such as Transamerica and Charles Schwab are easing retirement planning.

In the three years since private health insurance exchanges have reshaped the landscape for managing active employee populations, attention has shifted from enrollment numbers to changes in employee behavior.

Attention has shifted from improving enrollment numbers to changing employee behavior on these fast-growing delivery systems.

Given the growing regulatory climate, some brokerages are finding it makes financial sense to employ their own lawyers.

Health and wellness initiatives present a golden opportunity for advisers to strengthen local bonds and develop new business connections.

Trends in employee benefits and HR outsourcing bode well for brokers and advisers who are poised to guide their clients through increasingly complicated healthcare and compliance challenges, according to new industry research.

A new strategic alliance in the employee benefit space between a top consultant and specialty provider spotlights the convergence of healthcare cost-containment strategies and talent management involving a highly specific workforce demographic.

A highly competitive brokerage landscape has leading firms teaming up to enhance resources.

With increasing attention being given to the difficulty of measuring wellness program ROI, do wellness benefits get held to a higher standard than other types of benefits?

Systemic problems are keeping HSA balances from meeting their full investment potential, experts say.

These automatic retirement plan programs have been disrupting the industry with computerized investment formulas and low prices, but do they have an unfair advantage at the regulatory level?

Brokers who partner with Aflac can now offer their large employer clients nationwide another comprehensive open-enrollment option through an agreement with Liazon, which operates the private benefit exchange Bright Choices.

Broker-dealers are waiting to see whether the Department of Labor softens its stance on the best-interest standard in proposed fiduciary rules. If so, then it could quell industry threats to cut loose their smallest brokerage retirement client accounts.

Zenefits is back in the spotlight with news of slower than expected revenue growth. The company also this week announced it will offer a free payroll option. The announcement follows a months-long public dispute with payroll giant ADP.