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Commentary: Columnist Nelson Griswold talks about how the ACA is a massive employer subsidy and why you need to be ahead of other small-group brokers on renewals this year.

If you travel for work, it can be a challenge to get your regular workload done in between catching flights, attending meetings and trying to get some sleep. Small business speaker and analyst Anita Campbell offers these tips to stay on top of your email and task list so that it doesn’t overwhelm you when you get back into the office.

There’s an end to ambiguity on whether direct payments — for certain kinds of coverage — are taxable or not.

Commentary: Columnist Mel Schlesinger reveals his sales techniques including only meeting with prospects who also want to meet with you.

An increasingly discussed abandonment of the ever-delayed portion of the ACA would not eliminate your employer clients’ need to comply with the health law.

Many studies have shown that the average 401(k) participant earns at least 2% to 3% less each year than the mutual funds in their plans. Because so many of us give in to our emotions and chase markets higher, buying at tops. Then we get scared and sell when markets fall.

As a busy benefit adviser, it’s important to know where to set limits on what you can and cannot do. That includes knowing when to throw in the hat on a prospective client. Here are seven reasons why you sometimes should, according to sales coach S. Anthony Iannarino. [Images: Fotolia]

Although employees of small businesses share the same interests and concerns about their benefits and personal finances as employees in large companies, they’re less likely to have benefits. But small employers don’t have to settle for small benefits packages.

The do-it-yourself approach may be all the rage for home renovations but when it comes to benefits, employees still need guidance from their employers.

The Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act has lasting implications on employee benefits that employers may be asking advisers about soon if they haven’t already.