Benefits Think

Even highly experienced benefit advisers don’t often recognize a greater level of disability protection exists for executives at risk of losing up to 80% of their monthly income.

Increased jurisdiction on local and state levels are causing employers to question whether they should have individual rules or blanket regulation, writes attorney Kimberly Ross.

More employers are embracing the idea that a financially aware and secure employee is a happier, healthier and more productive individual.

The Affordable Care Act was ‘born broken’ and needs a bipartisan solution to succeed, says lawyer Peter Marathas.

By leveraging robust human resources management tools and benefits administration systems, employers can personally connect with every employee and develop programs that hone their skills.

Carriers are using their brokers to control their agenda based on what they need to sell, says adviser Suzy Johnson.

Amid uncertainty, all industry stakeholders can count on one thing: the momentum powering value-based care will continue unhindered.

Employers’ No. 1 question is how to position their strategy under the new administration, says adviser Craig Hasday.

The underutilized benefit is appealing to millennial workers, says expert CrisDee Plambeck.

The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President Trump fires the Affordable Care Act.