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The National Business Group on Health honored 48 U.S. employers for their ongoing commitment to promoting healthy work environments and encouraging workers to live healthier lifestyles.

Ordering fewer tests and prescribing fewer antibiotics will not only curb health care spending, but also improve the quality of primary care, a large group of U.S. doctors said Monday.

It’s not too surprising to learn that a larger group of workers plan to not retire at all, as Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies recently revealed in a new poll. However, what made me do a double take is that Transamerica officials view employees’ non-retiring retirement strategy as a bad thing.

Regulations on PPACA’s state exchanges are expected in June, according to Mark C. Nielsen, an attorney with Washington-based Groom Law Group.

Despite the widely held belief that younger investors have become tremendously risk-averse due to the economic crisis, Vanguard is finding that younger investors have increased their equity exposure considerably.

Although annuities are getting more attention as a way to guarantee income in the wake of the 2008 market crash, clients aren't keen on the price that they have to pay, and advisers don't like the costly fees and commissions.

Since most participants accept the deferral rates that are automatically set in 401(k) plans, sponsors should increase those rates to at least 6% or higher, The Principal says.

This summer, health improvement company Healthways plans to launch premium software that will help employees take many daily steps toward a healthier lifestyle.

Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) have proposed the Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act (SEAL), which would limit the number of loans that participants can take from their 401(k) to no more than three at a time.

In our winner-take-all culture, we rank, rate and score everything. So, in that vein, along comes the Institutional Retirement Income Council with a scorecard on how plan sponsors can evaluate the suitability of annuities as an investment option within an employer-sponsored defined contribution retirement plan.