Benefits Think

Updated technology, including “chatbots,” will help streamline benefits processes for both employers and employees, say Deloitte consultants.

Help workers outside the main office stay in the loop with an attitude of inclusion, says ARAG’s Dennis Healy.

Employers recalling a less-than-perfect renewal experience are often eager for change, says Dynamis’s Andy Nunemaker.

Plan sponsors should consider these best practices as they plan sessions with workers, says retirement adviser Robert Lawton.

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.