HealthJoy, Springbuk team up to improve employee healthcare experience
Partnership looks to contain expenses with data and technological concierge services.
Leah Shepherd
HealthJoy, Springbuk team up to improve employee healthcare experience
Partnership looks to contain expenses with data and technological concierge services.
Report shows disparities in access to retirement benefits
Recent research from the Pew Charitable Trusts highlights the difficulties small employers face in offering retirement plans to employees.
Medical and pharmacy costs continue to escalate
Insurers are projecting significant jumps in pharmacy expenses this year, driven primarily by specialty drugs.
Working parents voice need for flexibility
New evidence is confirming how important workplace flexibility and family-friendly benefits are for recruiting and retention in todays business environment.
More jurisdictions require paid sick leave
Paid sick leave seems to be gaining traction in some parts of the United States, but it continues to face a lot of resistance.
CDHPs may lead to less preventive care
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.
Despite promise of lower costs, one-third of employers plan no benefit changes
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 make long-term care insurance more affordable
New plan designs mean "real opportunity" for sales to a key demographic in the long-term care market.
How benefit advisers can help employers combat high-cost cases on their benefit plans
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
Employers continue to embrace wellness programs
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.
‘Striking change’ in employer-sponsored health care premiums
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.
4 trends slowing health care cost growth rate
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.
How to take advantage of sky-high interest in life insurance
Most Americans value life insurance as a means to financial wellbeing. Life insurance month reminds brokers to make that connection.
Is a country-wide pension system the answer to Americas retirement woes?
University of Rochester researchers propose revolutionary pension-based approach to re-energize the U.S. retirement system.
Gender gap in financial literacy shrinks, work remains on retirement planning
Just like the gender gap in pay, theres 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.
Investors increasingly turning to advisers for help with retirement
Employees and other investors are increasingly looking to advisers for help with retirement investment advice and strategies, new research shows.
Employers consider alternatives as health care costs rise
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.
Will employer-sponsored health insurance survive?
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?
Voluntary carriers offering advisers more flexibility with marketing materials
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.