Benefits Think

Commentary: Companies must abandon the constraints of how they have done business in the past and instead embrace a new consumer-driven experience from end to end.

Commentary: These voluntary benefits aren’t just nice to have anymore; they are necessary facets of recruitment and retention programs.

Commentary: When it comes to managing health across the workforce, obesity is not typically addressed with the same intention and methodology applied to other major risks and diseases.

Commentary: Healthcare reform is evolving and retirement reform is on the horizon in many states, with more coming.

Commentary: Creating a differentiator to open new doors when you are an adviser without a big venue to display your talents can be a challenge.

Commentary: From implementing automatic enrollment to eliminating participant loans, here are five actions plan sponsors can take this year to improve their 401(k) plans.

Commentary: How do you start or build an employee benefit agency with no marketing budget? Use social media.

Commentary: One’s ability to select an appropriate health plan is paramount to meeting their specific needs, yet four in 10 uninsured people do not know basic health insurance terms.

Commentary: Since 2010, the ACA has avoided 50 repeal votes in Congress and two lawsuits in the Supreme Court. Until October, no structural changes were considered — then magically, compromise appears. What does it mean?

Commentary: Have you ever rocked an enrollment to then have the owner of the company call you afterward and say they need to meet with you immediately?