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The American Medical Association on Monday reaffirmed its position that individuals should be responsible for buying health insurance, a contentious provision of U.S. health care reform.

Several major commercial insurers are paying claims faster, but their claims processing error rates are increasing, according to an annual report of insurer performance.

I wholly agree that this case grew into a gigantic hydra, with way too many differing charges to be an effective (and apparently, a legal) class action, and that allowing it to go forward as is would have been a significant blow to employers. That said, the ruling still may be a blow to working women.

A recent survey from Principal Financial Group confirms that employees who use a financial adviser do significantly better at meeting their retirement savings goals than those who do not.

The benefit broker segment continues to be the largest producer segment according to Eastbridge Consulting Group’s 2010 U.S. Worksite Sales Report.

Providers of bare-bones health insurance plans have until September to seek exemption from certain coverage requirements set under the 2010 health care reform law, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

While many people continue to experience the after-effects of the recession, a majority of older Americans say they are confident in their retirement preparedness, according to a survey.

Plan sponsors who forget to actually do discrimination testing run into all sorts of problems, including the possibility that their plan can be disqualified. To pass the Section 105(h) nondiscrimination rules an employer must meet two separate tests.

A recent survey conducted by OfficeTeam reveals that 55% of workers would accept a promotion that didn’t include a pay raise.

Less than 20% of chief financial officers consider themselves very knowledgeable about the new GAAP statutory principle-based framework, while 24% say that key personnel within their company know very little about the plans, according to a recent survey.