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The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.

Advisers with this client base should take note of this ‘significant challenge’ as salary threshold for exempt employees grows.

Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.

As letters from the U.S. government arrive at benefits departments, the first responses are often uncertainty and suspicion.

The department also proposed a rule to permit cities to create retirement savings plans

For one strategy, clients should create income streams that have built-in protection, such as Social Security and long-term insurance.

The case, filed on behalf of an on-call branch office manager who works with advisers, follows similar retirement plan-related litigation recently filed against other firms, including Morgan Stanley.

For one strategy, clients should create income streams that have built-in protection, such as Social Security and long-term insurance.

Brokers share their go-to supplemental sales partners, including Aflac and Unum, in EBA’s annual VB survey.

Employers need to keep pace with the latest developments impacting health plans. Mercer shares what to watch out for in the coming months.

A proposed 22.3% increase in Medicare Part B premiums, if approved, will automatically be deducted from retirees' monthly checks.

They may not have a 401(k) plan, but drivers working through Uber Technologies Inc.’s platform will soon be able to open a retirement account right in the app.

A proposed 22.3% increase in Medicare Part B premiums, if approved, will automatically be deducted from retirees' monthly checks.

As letters from the U.S. government arrive at benefits departments, the first responses are often uncertainty and suspicion.

Investors can expect limited options or higher fees in their retirement plans as brokerage firms are evaluating their pricing structures to comply with the fiduciary rule.

Investors can expect limited options or higher fees in their retirement plans as brokerage firms are evaluating their pricing structures to comply with the fiduciary rule.

Morgan Stanley and its board were accused of mismanaging the firm’s 401(k) retirement plan and costing its employees hundreds of millions of dollars by picking inappropriate and costly investments, some of which were managed for the firm’s own profit.

Due to changing regulations, employers are looking to their adviser for assistance, says Kim Buckey, DirectPath’s VP of compliance communications.

Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, indicating the U.S. job market remains healthy.

The insurer warned the government in a July letter that it would be financially forced to step back its participation in the individual insurance exchanges if the DOJ tried to block its $28 billion purchase of Humana. Guess what happened, writes Max Nisen.