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With the ACA requiring even more communications to employees, many employers might consider shifting to electronic means for all disclosure notices, but there are many rules here and employers and their advisers should be careful.

Bolstered by the highest fixed annuity sales since the second quarter of 2009, industrywide annuity sales reached $57.5 billion during the third quarter of 2013, according to data from Morningstar, Inc. and Beacon Research.

It’s been 70 years since benefits originated, and brokers would be wise to remember that innovation as inspiration to keep their businesses in the future.

There is a big difference between price and cost when it comes to disability insurance, writes The Standard's Steve Brady.

Some 45% of workers in the new survey who found retirement income estimates less than “very helpful” say they did not understand the calculations behind the projections or were not confident in their accuracy, according to LIMRA.

More people signed up for Obamacare health plans in the first two days of December than in all of October after the U.S. government rehabilitated its error-prone insurance-exchange website.

Scarcity of medical resources, the improved communication between countries, the globalization of health care, Internet marketing and ease of travel are all contributing factors to the rise of medical tourism, which will be a $32.5 billion market by 2019, according to estimates from market intelligence company Transparency Market Research. Julie Malida, principal for health care fraud solutions in the security intelligence practice at the SAS Institute Inc. shares the top 10 reasons your employees might consider traveling abroad for health care. [Images: Shutterstock]

Join a powerful network of brokers, agents and advisers Dec. 10-12 in Chicago for Workplace Benefits Transitions.

The federal agency in charge of exchanges is communicating with brokers about technology improvements, but brokers say they haven’t heard much of anything, yet.

As the economy improves, corporate profits increase, and the job market strengthens, employers are getting creative to hold on to key employees, including developing and articulating a distinctive employee value proposition. Retention (and acquisition) requires not only a competitive salary and benefits, but also an array of nonfinancial strategies.