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Americans say they’re filling up less on fast food and pizza, according to a U.S. survey.

The Professional Insurance Marketing Association president is named for 2013. Groom Law Group, QBE, Liazon, Towers Watson and Pentegra all announce personnel moves. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday issued a final rule on the essential health benefits required of insurers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Most of us are aware of the 5500 filing requirements for companies with 100 or more employees covered on their health and welfare plans. Might there be service differentiator and prospecting opportunities available if we have a thorough understanding of the mechanics of the 5500 process?

When one of your employees calls your employee assistance program provider for help, you want to feel confident that he or she will be treated well. Colleen Grady, senior consultant with Longfellow Benefits, a Boston-based employee benefits consulting firm, suggests employers ask the following questions of prospective EAPs.

“We are making progress, we are on track and we will be ready,” Gary Cohen, director of the Department of Health and Human Services consumer information division, told the Senate Finance Committee at a hearing in Washington.

Those between the ages of 40 and 50 were the most likely (25%) to say they were “not confident” or “completely doubtful” in their ability to retire and maintain their current lifestyle.

The federal government has given approval to launch nonprofit, member-run co-ops in 24 states. The CEO of one of these co-ops offered insight into what such organizations will need to survive.

Employers are beginning to face the hard truth that giving employees access to wellness support has done little to change the overall health of their employees. To reach that goal, they have to move beyond providing information to a much more effective level of wellness support: Employee health risk management.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. medical insurer, is set to face claims that it failed to properly oversee a Las Vegas doctor who gave colonoscopy patients hepatitis C by mishandling the anesthetic Propofol.