Benefits Think

Commentary: What’s on the horizon in the next five to 10 years for the DC plan world and policymakers to address?

Commentary: Strategies for filling up at work without falling off the good-eating wagon.

Commentary: It’s never an easy task getting employees on the same page when it comes to retirement benefits.

Commentary: The key issue with this type of sale is an adviser’s comfort level in selling the products.

As we approach a new year, it’s time to gear up for another round of regulatory changes, particularly with respect to the Affordable Care Act. Here are six things likely to happen next year that will affect your health plan.

Commentary: Because of the difficulty associated with collecting data, the Congressional Budget Office is expecting filing errors to be the ACA’s single largest revenue generator over the next decade.

Commentary: New 401(k)s use advanced technology to create a more engaging, user-friendly, smartphone-based platform for restaurant staff, and other hard-to-reach employee groups.

Commentary: There are many new market entrants promising to reshape the health insurance industry, but which are most likely to succeed?

Commentary: Think beyond commissions, says adviser Beverly Beattie. What if you proposed a different arrangement, one based on achieving certain defined metrics for success?

Many employees will soon be receiving new forms that are critical to their ability to file their tax returns and to their employers’ ability to accurately fulfill their own Affordable Care Act reporting requirements.