Editorial Staff

Why advisers say they have not been discussing Social Security rules and regulations with their clients.

While many parents encourage their children to pursue their passion, sometimes the parents end up paying a lot of expenses and harming their own retirement.

Why your employees should remain following the United Kingdom's recent vote to leave the European Union.

Retirement investors should still put their money to work despite uncertainties due to recent events worldwide, says Vanguard's founder.

It is expected that Medicare’s hospital-insurance trust fund will have depleted reserves by 2028 or two years earlier than last year's estimates, according to report.

Please nominate an outstanding female colleague — or yourself — for EBA’s Influential Women in Benefit Advising honor roll, new this year!

It’s time to nominate your outstanding colleagues — or yourself — for Employee Benefit Adviser’s 2014 Adviser of the Year awards!

Find out how to nominate your colleagues, or yourself, for our three annual awards in overall health, retirement and voluntary categories. The submission deadline is July 11.

Prepare yourself for monumental changes in health care with wise words from BFE speakers.

At 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 2, EBN and EBA will offer a web seminar on issues relating to ACA implementation and what they mean for employers – whether or not they plan having their workers participate in ACA marketplaces.

Forty-nine percent of organizations feel that new grads lack basic skills and knowledge of writing in English, 18% worry about math proficiency and 13% believe graduates lack English speaking skills.

Previous Truven research reported that $125 billion to $175 billion in annual spending in the publicly and privately insured population could be classified as abuse and fraud of the system.

The Kaiser analysis, penned by Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, says that if MLR had not been in effect, premiums for individual health insurance would have been $1.9 billion higher in 2012.

This feature will start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know. This week: IRS changes to retirement plan corrections go into effect today, a rise in a largely uncovered mental diagnosis and crucial shifts in talent workforce management.

In a recent letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris, six members of the Congressional Black Caucus warned that if the DOL’s 2010 fiduciary proposal is re-proposed this year without significant changes, the rule “could disparately impact retirement savers and investment representatives in the African-American community,” according to the letter.

On the last day of 2012 the IRS updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), published as Rev. Proc 2013-12. The program allows plan sponsors to declare, fix and pay penalties (where applicable) for certain operational or demographic missteps under the “voluntary correction program” (VCP)

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

Start your week with three important facts, changes or conversations from recent events. Want to keep on top of developments in benefits, health care, finance and employment? Then these are Things You Need to Know.

A new nationwide public opinion research report produced by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) finds overwhelming support for Congressional action to provide all Americans with access to a new type of privately run pension plan.

Western European nations, backed by strong health care and retiree social programs, dominated the top of the list, snagging the first 10 slots in an index based on data from sources including the World Bank and the United Nations.