Employer Strategies

Index funds can have longer-term benefits than just a one-time expense that's lower than the other investment options.

Compliance, creativity, clarification and confusion reign in employee benefits, says Eric T. Helman, chief strategy officer at Hodges-Mace.

Employees are turning to their smartphone for on-demand and flexible information about their benefits, a Keenan survey finds.

More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.

Generally speaking, many employers do not think about ERISA when it comes to severance, whether at the front end, when employment agreements or policies are negotiated and planned, or at the back end, when termination occurs and the severance is paid.

Index funds can have longer-term benefits than just a one-time expense that's lower than the other investment options.

The move, which establishes a health insurance program through UnitedHealthcare, is the first of its kind in major American sports.

Health benefits and well-being plans are crucial to retaining top talent, but many workers feel employers don’t view it as a priority.

Many employers will be subject to the change for incidences that take place in 2016, says United Benefit Advisors’ Nancy Bourque.

More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.