Employer Strategies

Money seen moving to passively managed investments.

This one is so bad it shouldn’t be allowed in any retirement plan, with only one exception.

Misuse of drugs like OxyContin is driving up the cost of insurance claims, and abuse of opioids is killing more people than cocaine and heroin combined.

Perhaps even more so than expanded coverage, the 2018 excise tax is driving plan change.

Industry insiders are beginning to find holes in the Affordable Care Act employer mandate delay announced last week by the Obama administration and U.S. Department of Treasury.

When you introduce the benchmarking dialog, you’re helping DC plan sponsors put a practical perspective on how their plans are doing today.

If plans aren’t drafted properly or if employees are improperly excluded, a qualification issue could result.

The decision impacts the application of more than 1,000 federal laws, including those affecting benefits administration such as certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA.

Sentiment offset by greater workloads, concerns over being replaced by lower-wage employees.

Auto-enrollment has been seen having great effect, but much more opportunity to help workers exists.