Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
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A Lewin Group study estimates that 119 million Americans would trade their private health insurance for a public option if reimbursement rates are similar to Medicare. The figure amounts to 70% of 171.6 million people with non-group or private employer coverage. Families on average would save about $2,500 a year and, thus, flock to a public plan in droves, observes John Sheils, the Falls Church, Va.-based firm's vice president.
July 15 -
C'mon, all the cool kids have one and well so does everyone else. Not too long ago, I coined the new saying 'Opinions are like health care reform proposals everybody has one.' As proof, here's the latest, this one from Samuel H. Fleet, president of AmWINS Group Benefits. 'Policymakers are missing many of the key opportunities to address what is really broken about the system.' To pick up where he believes lawmakers
July 14 -
The latest news from Adecco Group might scare you: 'The most serious threat to managers in this recession may be the recession's end.' Why would the end of the recession spell doom for you, pros? Because according to Adecco, 54% of employed Americans say they are likely to look for new jobs once the economy turns around. Be ready for a lot of suspiciously long lunch breaks, and the occasional dentist appointment that requires a
July 14 -
About 600 licensed insurance agents and brokers from five producer associations will descend on Capitol Hill July 14 to 15 as part of a massive health care reform lobbying effort on behalf of the employee benefits industry. Key players include the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, which calls itself the Big 'I,' AHIA, the health and employee benefits arm of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Council of Insurance Agents
July 13 -
Fresh off a new Congressional Budget Office scoring of their health care reform bill that drops the price tag from $1 trillion to just over $600 billion, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee members have returned to marking up the Affordable Health Choices Act with renewed enthusiasm -- at least from committee Democrats.
July 13 -
As the recession drags on and employers continue to shed jobs, cut/freeze pay and reduce benefits, it can be easy for pros to hunker down in survival mode and forget all about the actual survivors. Remember them? The ones who continue to come in every day for you and your company? I'm not trying to say you've set layoff survivors adrift in their lifeboat without a second thought; rather, just reminding that they sorely need
July 10 -
I have to admit, at EBN we're pretty focused on 401(k)s when it comes to retirement planning. Let's face it it's the bigger, flashier retirement plan sibling to 403(b) plans. However, I often have to remind myself that there are thousands upon thousands of nonprofit organizations and school systems that use 403(b)s as their retirement savings option for employees.
July 10 -
Nominations are open for EBN's annual i-COMM Awards, which honor communication initiatives that advance the objectives of the benefits/HR department and the strategic objectives of the employer organization. I know it's been a tough year for you, pros, and that the messages you've had to communicate haven't always been positive, but here's a chance to share your success stories of turning lemons to lemonade. Click here to submit a nomination for yourself, a colleague
July 9 -
Remember about a year ago, when Guardian announced with a bunch of fanfare that soccer star Mia Hamm was going to be their new pitchwoman for increasing benefits understanding among employees? I thought it was a great idea but I admit that was mainly because I'm a big fan of Mia Hamm.
July 9 -
I bring you good news on health care (because I know you sure could use it!) via the good folks at Segal: Health care costs will not skyrocket as originally anticipated with the arrival of the new Mental Health Parity Act. In fact, the costs will barely put a dent in the budget.
July 2