Employer Strategies

As many brokerages offer a private exchange to their clients, carriers who run their own are working extra hard to educate customers about their offerings, says Lisa Feddema, director, exchange management, Health Care Service Corp.

Most 401(k) plan sponsors work with an investment adviser to help them manage their 401(k) plans. Many are unaware that it is reasonable to expect their investment adviser to help with various vendor management duties.

Educating employers and employees about retirement using a holistic approach, advisers say, has increased employee understanding and engagement in their benefit plans.

Another bullish forecast about private HIX growth estimates that the roughly 2.5 million current enrollees (excluding retirees) could triple in the coming year.

Commentary: Collective information is the new frontier when it comes to big data in the health care realm, says Lockton’s Kayla O’Neal

Commentary: Given the shifts in the industry, advisers also need to help plan sponsor clients think about retirement benefit programs from a different perspective, says T. Rowe Price’s Francisco Negron.

The Senate and House of Representatives are pushing legislation to exempt volunteer fire fighters and emergency responders from the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate.

The Senate and House of Representatives are pushing legislation to exempt volunteer fire fighters and emergency responders from the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate.

Democrats Thursday reintroduced legislation that would allow employees to earn paid sick leave, a benefit 43 million employees don’t currently have access to.

Smartphone-based activity and fitness apps are just as accurate as those found on dedicated wearable devices, and may be a more economical alternative for most people.