Bruce Shutan

Advisers and employers are incorporating managing healthy senses with well-being benefits for a more holistic approach.

The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance partners with LifeLock to offer ID theft protection to employer-clients.

Offered as a voluntary benefit through a partnership with LifeLock, these new services address a growing problem and mounting interest among employers.

These techniques can help advisers boost their search engine placement and online marketing results.

Part of a global consolidation trend, these mergers are aimed at growing revenue and increasing customers.

An increased awareness about the correlation between these benefits and overall health is improving engagement.

As healthcare costs rise, Arthur Grutt says these loss-protection programs are gaining ground.

Those who adapt to the new environment will gain market share and maintain high profitability, says one expert.

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.