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These employee benefit brokerages have the most large-group, in-force commissions for employers in their state. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in alphabetical order the top five brokerages in each state, beginning with Alaska through Missouri. The listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on commissions as of July 31, 2015.

Employers are using a variety of solutions, such as telemedicine, narrow network plans and online enrollment to contain rising health care costs — and each tactic has increased in popularity in the past year, according to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s 2015 benefits strategy and benchmarking survey.

One way brokers are keeping their revenue numbers up is by selling ancillary products. A major avenue to selling ancillary is through an exchange, where consumer decision support tools point consumers toward these products. James Drew, president of Ancilyze, shares five ways to increase these sales.

Do private exchanges bend the cost curve? How does Scott Walker’s health care plan compare to the ACA? What impact will the BIC exemption have? EBA readers share their thoughts on this week’s industry news.

From an unbridled passion for inspiring workplace wellness to unique employee benefit service models that stand apart from the rest, the 2015 Retirement, Technology, Voluntary, Wellness and overall Employee Benefit Advisers of the Year are making waves in today’s benefits industry. Meet the men and women who are receiving EBA's top honors.

The U.S. had a $968 billion shortfall in 2013 — up $54 billion from the prior year — between the pension benefits that were promised to employees and what was actually saved to make those payments, according to a recent report by Pew Charitable Trusts. Here are the states with the worst-funded pension programs.

The U.S. had a $968 billion shortfall in 2013 — up $54 billion from the prior year — between the pension benefits that were promised to employees and what was actually saved to make those payments, according to a recent report by Pew Charitable Trusts. Here are the states with the best-funded pension programs.

From wrongly issued subsidies to the Cadillac tax to the DOL fiduciary hearings, it’s been a busy week for the insurance industry. Here’s what EBA readers had to say about these topics.

After four days, nearly 40 hours of testimony and more than 70 speakers, the Labor Department has wrapped up the latest phase in its effort to craft and implement a new fiduciary rule governing retirement advice in America. Here are the sharpest critiques and key takeaways from the hearings.

Brokers played a key role in helping individuals enroll in health care coverage on the marketplaces under the ACA — 60% of brokers helped up to 50 consumers during the 2015 open enrollment period, and 20% helped more than 100, according to the 2015 Kaiser Foundation Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs and Brokers. However, brokers reported that selling individual policies is more time consuming and less profitable since the ACA was implemented. Here are some other broker-related findings from the survey.