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Increasingly, employers are expanding wellness programs to include financial guidance. But do these programs go far enough?

Two Urban Institute reports funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 9.4 million fewer families struggled to pay medical bills in early 2015 than just before the rollout of public exchanges and Medicaid expansion in 2013.

The consolidation of two health insurer giants has divided employers into two camps.

Women over the age of 65 are twice as likely as men to live in poverty in retirement because of lower wages, more time spent out of the workforce and lack of access to retirement savings plans.

How San Francisco-based Equity Risk Partners’ focus on private equity firms had made the small firm a big player in the niche market.

Commentary: Personal care in times of great distress not only delivers more effective care, but it also does it more efficiently, says Sam Fleet.

Commentary: Hiring a part-timer in commission insurance sales is never a bad thing, says adviser Eric Silverman, who shares two tips to make the best out of the process.

Commentary: It is not necessary to have an intricate knowledge of every IDI product provision to help clients get the income protection they need.

Culture week concludes with a wrap-up of tips and suggestions from leading industry experts about what it takes to build a better workplace culture and the benefits that come with doing so.

The Zenefits, ADP dispute continues to evoke strong reactions from EBA readers on both sides. This week EBA also covered the increasing use of data in plan design and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that broker assistance on the federal exchange nearly doubled in the second year of enrollment.