Editorial Staff

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.

This new 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.

The overall pace of investment prompted Forrester to warn insurers making only limited mobile efforts soon will lose competitive ground to insurers more aggressively pursuing the technology.

“The consumer demand for income annuities has grown steadily during the past two years as consumers seek to generate a guaranteed stream of retirement income,” says Cathy Weatherford, IRI president and CEO.

Fidelity Investments reports that 48% of baby boomers anticipate retiring with some kind debt — regardless of whether or not they expect a pension.

Recent research appears to show that the savings from preventing health risks are far broader and faster than many had anticipated.

The IRS is streamlining loan procedures for 401(k) plan participants to help victims of last month’s Hurricane Sandy.

Expansion of consumer-directed health plans and investment in health management programs produced the lowest average annual employer cost increase since 1997, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by Mercer.

Football season has reached its halfway point, but Legg Mason has a savings plan ready to kickoff financial security.

Businesses can help the thousands of children who need parents by offering adoption benefits — which are relatively simple and affordable — and by raising awareness in their communities

In the past year, almost 30% of baby boomers stopped contributing to a retirement plan, according to new data, and 22% have no retirement savings at all.

TIAA-CREF data show a dearth of plan participants who feel they are getting adequate, sound financial advice; even fewer regularly act on it.

A recent survey shows a lack of planning around health care reform on the part of many small businesses, and even confusion over the obligation to provide coverage.

Most people believe the current economic climate has made life insurance more relevant, but a majority has not calculated their need and many avoid discussing the topic at home, according to a survey by ING.

People who have low well-being, a Healthway study concludes, are twice as likely to have high health care claims costs and four times more likely to visit the emergency room or take short-term disability leave.

A Benz Communications survey shows that while employers believe more frequent communication about benefits is desirable, few are achieving this goal.

Darden and Sears announce they will use Aon Hewitt’s private health insurance exchange.

Those living in red or blue states are likely to have very different feelings on PPACA, according to a new poll, and possibly different plans on how to deal with it.

According to a new survey, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats say that status quo is the most likely post-Election Day scenario for American health care.