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From boosting wellness program participation to closing the retirement savings gap and more, consultants at Aon Hewitt reveal eight trends benefit managers should keep an eye out for in 2016.

Commentary: Companies must abandon the constraints of how they have done business in the past and instead embrace a new consumer-driven experience from end to end.

Employers and employees should be considering the benefits of health savings accounts as a retiree benefit, industry experts say. HSAs offer cost-shifting benefits for employers and employees that advisers should be educating clients about.

Commentary: These voluntary benefits aren’t just nice to have anymore; they are necessary facets of recruitment and retention programs.

Commentary: When it comes to managing health across the workforce, obesity is not typically addressed with the same intention and methodology applied to other major risks and diseases.

Aetna Inc. is quitting the health insurance industry’s main lobbying group, dealing a second blow to the organization just months after the exit of UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Technology and better educated consumers are two factors that are reducing the costs associated with retirement plans — which in turn are seeing exchange-traded funds grow in popularity, industry experts say.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines health literacy as the degree to which one has the ability to obtain, communicate, process and understand basic health information and services in order to make appropriate health decisions. Here are the most frequently searched terms on UnitedHealth Group’s Plain Clear English-Spanish Glossary employers may want to review with employees this year.

Commentary: Healthcare reform is evolving and retirement reform is on the horizon in many states, with more coming.

Commentary: Creating a differentiator to open new doors when you are an adviser without a big venue to display your talents can be a challenge.