Leah Shepherd

Partnership looks to contain expenses with data and technological concierge services.

Partnership looks to contain expenses with data and technological concierge services.

Recent research from the Pew Charitable Trusts highlights the difficulties small employers face in offering retirement plans to employees.

Insurers are projecting significant jumps in pharmacy expenses this year, driven primarily by specialty drugs.

New evidence is confirming how important workplace flexibility and family-friendly benefits are for recruiting and retention in today’s business environment.

Paid sick leave seems to be gaining traction in some parts of the United States, but it continues to face a lot of resistance.

Patients with a consumer-driven health plan receive fewer preventive services than patients in traditional health plans, a study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found. The results give advisers an opportunity to work with clients to proactively address any differences in quality between CDHPs and traditional plans.

Many employers are "taking necessary steps to rein in costs," the National Business Group on Health says, but a new Mercer survey shows plenty remain on auto-pilot.

New plan designs mean "real opportunity" for sales to a key demographic in the long-term care market.

Benefit advisers can demonstrate value to current and potential employer clients with strategies to identify high-cost cases and decrease the burden of their medical costs

A majority of employers, large and small, are embracing wellness programs as a means to improve employee health and, hopefully, cut rising health care costs.

Two major trends in employer-sponsored health care continue: a slower rate of premium increases and greater use of high-deductible health plans, especially among small employers, Kaiser study finds.

Several factors, including the economy and technological advances, are contributing to a slowdown in the health care cost growth rate in the U.S., studies show.

Most Americans value life insurance as a means to financial wellbeing. Life insurance month reminds brokers to make that connection.

University of Rochester researchers propose revolutionary pension-based approach to re-energize the U.S. retirement system.

Just like the gender gap in pay, there’s a gender gap in financial literacy, which includes knowledge of investing, retirement planning, saving, real estate, insurance and tax planning. Although the gap is narrowing, advisers can provide the educational tools needed — particularly in retirement preparedness — to catch women up to men.

Employees and other investors are increasingly looking to advisers for help with retirement investment advice and strategies, new research shows.

Employers are seeking help from benefit brokers and advisers as health care costs have them searching for alternatives to the current system of health care delivery.

New estimates find the ACA will decrease the number of Americans obtaining health insurance coverage in the future. Can the employer-sponsored health care model survive under these conditions?

Recognizing that benefit brokers play a key role in the marketing of voluntary benefits, insurers are beginning to offer them more flexibility in the marketing process.