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Excluding health insurance premium, these ancillary benefit carriers are the top companies experiencing positive year over year growth with more than $500 million in large-group revenue. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in ascending order these fastest-growing companies. The listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on revenues coming from premiums as of June 30, 2015.

This week, a new coalition dedicated to repealing the ACA’s excise tax on high-cost group plans was formed. Here’s what EBA readers had to say about the tax set to take effect in 2018.

Excluding health insurance premium, these ancillary benefit carriers are the top companies experiencing positive year over year growth between $100 and $500 million in large-group revenue. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in ascending order these fastest-growing companies. The listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on revenues coming from premiums as of June 30, 2015.

Excluding health insurance premium, these ancillary benefit carriers are the top companies experiencing positive year over year growth up to $100 million in large-group revenue. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in ascending order these fastest-growing companies. The listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on revenues coming from premiums as of June 30, 2015.

Private exchange growth is expected to explode by 2018. But many employers and brokers alike still struggle with the definition of an exchange. At EBA’s recent Private Healthcare Exchanges conference in Chicago, Ann Mond Johnson, adviser at ConnectedHealth, and Matthew Levin, executive vice president at Aon, shared the top 10 myths about these exchanges.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision that states are required to recognize as legal a marriage between two people of the same sex has lasting implications on employers that some industry experts are still deciphering. Benefit advisers should be prepared to advise employer clients on some of these changes. Here are 7 things employers need to know about the decision, according to Cherry Creek Benefits.

In 2018 a 40% excise tax will be imposed on plan costs that exceed pre-determined dollar limits laid out by the Affordable Care Act. Employers and their benefit advisers have already begun to take steps to avoid or mitigate so-called “Cadillac” tax exposure. Here are eight strategies Wells Fargo Insurance Services suggests to ensure employers minimize their tax risk.

The size of an organization, the age of an employee and a worker’s salary influence whether or not an employer offers retirement benefits as well as determines if an employee participates and how much they contribute. Here are some key findings from the ADP Research Institute's retirement savings trends study.

Hitting the pools and beaches this season? Take along some reading material to get motivated and brush up on sales skills and regulations in the process. These reads — recommended by fellow advisers and industry insiders — range from new thinking to classic, tried-and-true strategies.

The Zenefits, ADP dispute continues to evoke strong reactions from EBA readers on both sides. This week EBA also covered the increasing use of data in plan design and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that broker assistance on the federal exchange nearly doubled in the second year of enrollment.