Employer Strategies

No longer a benefit available only to academics, paid programs are making inroads at organizations in many industries, including companies such as convenience store and gas retailer QuikTrip.

Insurers frequently offer incentives intended to move employers to new models, networks and platforms, but they can be very confusing for clients, says CBIZ’s Zack Pace.

Benefit advisers can play a critical role in ensuring summer hiring compliance by communicating proper rules and classifications to employers, says ADP’s Aldor Delp.

Health plan sponsors have a valuable role to play in preventing avoidable deaths from medical mistakes, says Joe Kiani, president of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

In this low-return, low-interest rate environment, there’s a new set rules for offering a list of retirement plan funds, according to wealth management adviser Robert Lawton.

Almost half of U.S. consumers are prepared to share biometric data with health insurers to receive discounts on premiums, according to a new wearables survey by Troubadour Research & Consulting.

A ranking of brokerages with between $10 and $50 million in revenue based on year-over year data compiled by miEdge.

Part 2 of the inaugural Dig|Benefits Technology Innovator Awards, honoring employers, advisers, consultants and service providers.

Plan sponsors have until Jan. 1, 2017 to comply with the final EEOC rules, which ban plan designs in which more generous insurance options are only available to employees who complete a health risk assessment or biometric screening.

The principal at Buck Consultants/Xerox HR Consulting has developed a sophisticated modeling tool to help employers manage their pension risk.