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Of the 100 million employees in America, just 30% are actively engaged and getting their jobs done, according to Gallup. So how do companies engage the other 70 million? Executives at Virgin, Facebook, Yahoo and Gallup shared at a recent panel how they manage employee work-life balance, including working from home, e-mail after hours and paid time off.

Voluntary benefits sales increased 5% from 2013 to 2014, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Worksite Sales survey. Vision saw the biggest gains, followed by critical illness.

Want to be the best in the business? Executives from the financial advisory space shared their insight with Steve Sanduski, founder of BelayAdvisor.com, during a podcast series. Here are five tips they offered to help promote growth:

On Sunday Hillary Clinton announced she will seek the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. No stranger to the political arena, the 2016 presidential candidate has had a long history with health care reform and recently championed the Affordable Care Act. Here’s a history of some of her thoughts on health care:

Using data from Healthcare.gov, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provide the three largest small-group insurance products (ranked by enrollment) for each state. CCIIO and CMS released the data April 8 (for enrollments as of March 31, 2014) to "facilitate states’ selection of the benchmark plans that will serve as the reference plan for the essential health benefits," as required under the Affordable Care Act.

Maintaining data security and complying with HIPAA are major responsibilities for a all those involved in health care. FireHost details a proactive approach to securing protected health information. The data security vendor shares six mistakes once could make that can sabotage IT security.

Employee benefits may be known as an aging industry, but the younger advisers who are entering the business are overwhelmingly satisfied with their career choice. Statistics from LIMRA's Young Advisor Series, which surveyed financial professionals ages 40 and younger, show what makes for such a positive attitude.

The National Association of Health Underwriters represents more than 100,000 licensed health insurance agents, brokers, general agents, consultants and benefit professionals through more than 200 chapters across America. And that means a lot of Capitol Hill meetings, country wide travel and political fundraising. NAHU breaks down how the organization spent its time and invested its funds in 2014.

Employers want to make sure they’ve selected the right broker for evaluating, expanding and maintaining their benefit programs, particularly voluntary. There are 10 common criteria employers look for when trying to find the broker partner, Craig T. Dandrow, executive vice president and senior consultant at Boston-based Hays Companies, has found.

Today, April 2, is National Employee Benefits Day. This year, the focus is on Wellness 2.0 — the movement to expand employer wellness programs to encompass all areas of total well-being: body, mind, wallet, community and work. The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans encourages those in the industry to celebrate by examining ways to increase overall health.