Employer Strategies

To more effectively communicate with the various age groups they serve, health insurance providers need to reexamine their approaches to billing and claim information, according to research from Pitney Bowes Inc.

For the second consecutive year, U.S. bonuses will not be fully funded, but pay increases are predicted for 2013, according to a pair of Towers Watson surveys.

Retirement plan participants who hand pick their own mix of investment options are generally exposed to greater risk, due to reduced diversification and a tendency to not automatically adjust their portfolios over time, according to research from The Principal Financial Group.

The surprise vote by Chief Justice John Roberts to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the end of June really was a bold decision that redefined the Commerce Clause. In an era when ego, power and politics rule, Roberts made the brave decision not to use judicial power to overrule the democratic process. He actually gave us an early Independence Day gift by not letting the Supreme Court define the future of…

New retirement toolbox seeks to balance 401(k) plan funding with participants’ life needs.

New Medicare and Medicaid funding uncertainties and potential for a political stalemate on health care reform could worsen revenue growth in U.S. not-for-profit health care sector.

Recent research indicates that more people are being affected by major legal events in their lives – and so is their productivity.

Analysis shows that retirement savings plans are seeing an uptick – even among the younger generation of workers.

An Ohio manufacturer recently learned the value of having oral and written disclaimers in place after a cash-balance plan participant’s monthly retirement benefit turned out to be less than half of what she was told it would be.

Two in five adults in the U.S. are getting general health care from specialist doctors, according to a new study showing that figure held steady for nearly a decade.