Benefits Think

Commentary: One area of business that hasn’t kept pace with the economic rebound is compensation for key talent.

Large group renewals, small group renewals, ACA reporting, and much much more. A number of events in the benefit calendar year converged to make the fourth quarter of 2015 a season to remember. How can brokers better prepare for Q4 2016?

Commentary: For wellness programs to take hold, employers need a sustainable engagement strategy built around strategic communications and use of appropriate incentives. But in order to do that, employers must first understand and appeal to their diverse workforce.

Commentary: Many of the newer voluntary products have been strategically designed with a post-ACA lens in mind. When determining their 2016 short list of voluntary product recommendations, brokers should investigate six key areas.

Commentary: Improving the retirement plans that we run and advise will have a positive impact on our participants’ retirement readiness — and ultimately their retirement experience, says adviser John Ludwig.

In its Browning-Ferris decision, the National Labor Relations Board took the opportunity to reevaluate the joint-employer standard in light of the recent trend in the use of contingent workers.

ACOs are expected to increase the use of telemedicine technologies as a way to improve patient quality, achieve greater cost savings, and meet CMS patient threshold.

Commentary: If your New Year’s wish is for the demise of the excise tax, be careful what you wish for, says Mercer’s George Lane.

To help 401(k) plan participants put the Federal Reserve interest rate increase into perspective, it may make sense for employers to share the following four messages.

Commentary: January can be one of the most active times for new clients and increased contribution levels in the education space.