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The U.S. IDI market saw a significant drop in premiums between 2008 and 2009, and while that drop continued between 2009 and 2010, it was far less severe, according to global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. Even with the premium drop, there is an underlying strength in claim experience and overall profitability, Milliman concludes in its annual IDI market survey.

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Health care reform in Massachusetts hasn't lessened the pressure on providers that care for the poor, a new study shows.

1. The poor fit. Bibby Gignilliat, 51, chief executive of Parties that Cook in San Francisco, thought she had hired a winner but found her new employee’s customer-service skills far from polished. “She kept saying things were ‘awesome’ and ‘totally cool’ and she would use ‘like’ every other word, even after repeated coaching, making a bad impression on customers," Gignilliat says

Rather than focus on the traditional notion of saving for retirement, asset management firms serving affluent investors with a minimum of $100,000 to invest and who are between the ages of 40 and 60 should understand that most of these people never intend to leave the workforce, according to Hearts & Wallets.

If you offer your employees vacation time, you may be wondering whether and when you can deny a vacation request.

Although I’m ever grateful for all of my benefits and the financial safety net they provide, flexibility is the benefit that has the biggest impact on my day-to-day life. It makes me a better mother, wife, colleague, overall person — I can’t say any of those things about my 401(k) plan.

Almost half the workers in Verizon Communications' wireline telecommunications business went on strike on Sunday as negotiations for a new labor contract failed.

Even before the events surrounding the U.S. debt ceiling deal and downgrade, affluent investors’ concerns about how long their retirement assets will last was rising, according to a new Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey conducted in June.

Default retirement options can be a good thing; they give employees a chance to gain benefits without having to stress over choices. But, they can also be a bad thing; not all default options fit individual employees’ long-term goals or plans.