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Commentary: More and more, brokers realize that helping prospects and clients with their employee handbook is a great value-added service.

Commentary: To help keep stress at bay and make the most of holiday family time, ACI Specialty Benefits’ Erin Krehbiel shares some all-time favorite “holiday hacks.”

Towers Watson & Co. won shareholder approval for an $8.9 billion merger with Willis Group Holdings Plc after negotiating better terms with the insurance broker.

Commentary: By putting the company’s charitable giving program in the hands of employees, AutoNation empowered them as brand ambassadors in community relations while raising money for cancer research.

Christine Porath, an associate professor in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, studies the impact of workplace incivility on both employees and organizations. She spoke to EBN about workplace civility, why it matters and what employers can do to foster it.

2015 was a busy year in retirement: Collective investment trusts are gaining traction, plan sponsors are mulling what it means to be a fiduciary and Americans are starting to address their lack of savings.

Although approaching the process from different ends of the spectrum, brokers, employers and end consumers faced increased expectations for their respective roles in employee benefit plans this year. This, coupled with evolutions in technology, 401(k) and voluntary product design, made 2015 anything but static.

Commentary: While most individuals enrolled in a COBRA plan are keenly aware of the notoriously high expense, most companies don’t realize how much COBRA enrollees actually cost them.

Commentary: Generation gaps are as old as history. Nevertheless, businesses and benefit professionals seem to be more cognizant than ever about managing across generations that can have such differing attitudes and perceptions of each other.

From tips to enhancing benefit programs to insights from benefits professionals, EBN slideshows have provided information on everything from employer strategies to healthcare and retirement advice. Here’s a look at the best of 2015.