Michael Giardina

The Internal Revenue Service recently drafted ACA regulations that offer some insight into what will be the associated monetary penalties for individuals who do not take up health care coverage. IRS officials laid out guidelines for what will be deemed as “minimum essential coverage” under the ACA. Officials also offered a breakdown of fines.

Crediting uncertainty surrounding ACA’s implementation, Moody’s Investor Services slashed the outlook for U.S. health insurers to negative.

BeneTrac, a San Diego-based employee benefits administration software provider, says employers need to act now in order to comply with the ACA’s employer-shared responsibility clause.

New research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute says that the health savings accounts saw significant increases in 2013 when compared to employer-funded health reimbursement arrangements due to funding structures.

Vanguard is partnering with HelloWallet to offer financial education to employees within 401(k) plans that the Valley Forge, Pa.-based investment company administers, a firm spokesperson confirmed today.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board grew its defined benefit retirement portfolio’s assets by $7.9 billion in 2013 thanks to 15.2% investment return.

The hotly contested issue of workplace flexibility and its inherent benefits have swayed a new group of managers, according to the National Workplace Flexibility Study.

Employers and human resource professionals looking to get ahead of the benefits and health care reform game should take a note of a new free survey in the works by McGraw Wentworth.

Do American employees know enough about retirement readiness and financial planning? A new interactive program airing on NBCUniversal and sponsored by ING U.S., Inc., will help to answer this brewing national question.