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Plan sponsors say that they “find comfort” in their advisers and the services they deliver, according to preliminary results from a comprehensive study to research the benefits that plan sponsors gain from working with professional retirement plan advisers.

Employers are putting the onus on employees to help curb rising health care costs, and the inability to motivate and change employee habits is prompting concern, according to Aon Hewitt, a global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corp.

I am firmly on record as being highly in favor of doctors who make house calls, so I read a recent article from msnbc.com with interest about WhiteGlove House Call Health, a Texas-based company that connects primary-care practitioners with patients at home for as little as $35 per visit. However, some think that WhiteGlove and similar vendors may be doing a disservice to the health care system.

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has extended the deadline for 401(k) plans to disclose fees and expenses to participants to 120 days after the Jan. 1, 2012 deadline. Originally, the deadline was 60 days after the effective date. As a result, plans now have until April 30, 2012 to provide the information.

Americans' use of medical services has not yet rebounded during the weak economy, health insurers say, in a trend that keeps the companies' costs down and could bolster their profits further this year.

Even if you’re a hot-head outside the office, I’d imagine you and most other benefits professionals would opt for a peaceful solution to workplace disputes — if only to avoid litigation, which as we all know can be as costly as it is contentious. In the spirit of peace, two new items from EBN tout the value of arbitration and mediation in resolving workplace disputes.

Medco Health Solutions said on Wednesday that the loss of a major pharmacy benefit contract to rival CVS Caremark starting next year did not represent a trend.

One of every seven cancer patients spends more than 20% of his income on health care and insurance, according to a new study from federal researchers.

Transamerica finds HR concerned that employees don’t have the tools they need to properly prepare for retirement

Here’s a recent roundup of promotions and staff changes in the industry.