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A long-term alliance needs to support carrier, client and policy holder, but often fails to take care of the policy holder. In an upcoming session at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaiassance in Atlantic City, N.J., Trevor Garbers and Heather Garbers of HUB International will discuss how to ensure alliances produce a win-win-win situation.

A new strategic alliance in the employee benefit space between a top consultant and specialty provider spotlights the convergence of healthcare cost-containment strategies and talent management involving a highly specific workforce demographic.

A highly competitive brokerage landscape has leading firms teaming up to enhance resources.

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The personalization of benefit options is leading to more demand for voluntary products within a private exchange, and exchange operators are working to meet that demand.

Just because a plan is compliant with the Affordable Care Act doesn’t mean it’s a compatible health savings account plan. Advisers need to be careful when designing HSAs to make sure plans satisfy all necessary rules.

Utilizing appropriate decision support tools and ending preconceived pricing notions will boost accident and disability participation, say industry reps.

Former AIG executives, Ty Sagalow and Ron Topping, and ex-ACE execs, Robert Giurlando and James Hageman, have joined the startup, which says its peer-to-peer technology will revolutionize the insurance business.

Advisers should be providing year-round support of consumer-driven health plans, says Scott Mardis, who will kick off EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaissance in March.

Broker demand for self-branded client communication software is reaching a fever pitch as agencies look to differentiate themselves from the competition. Adviser Tom Harte is capitalizing on the trend with a low-priced platform that targets advisers who find other product price points unattainable.