Employer Strategies

Connecting employer clients with unusual or onsite offerings along the nontraditional benefits path serve as a differentiator and burnish client relations.

Recruiting, hiring and utilizing topnotch salespeople requires time, effort and a different set of skills.

Human resources software company Ultimate Software harnesses its services, called UltiPro, for its own HR strategy implementation.

Some are forced to retire early because of disability, layoff and health issues, while others fear that the program will reduce future benefit payouts as a result of its financial woes.

By making the benefit more comprehensive, employers can help effectively treat workers and reduce overall costs associated with delayed recovery and poor employee health.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

At an ‘underground’ sales seminar, brokers learned new techniques for prying clients away from their entrenched competitors.

The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.

HR professionals say recent regulatory changes and the #metoo movement have prompted changes to benefits and business strategies.

PlanFocus takes crucial functions, such as the distribution of a loan, and allows employers to quickly approve participant transactions more effectively.