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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In part one of a two-part blog series Robert Winslow, principal of Elm Street Partners, blogs about some of the opportunity that the new health care legislation has brought upon. Do you agree with Winslow that there is an opportunity in all the changes? While its been nearly a year and a half since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Im frankly amazed at how many people still seem caught in
August 30 -
The "eagerly-awaited" guidelines regarding the uniform summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) required by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have finally been released. Comments are being invited until Oct. 21, 2011, with implementation anticipated by March 23, 2012, the two-year anniversary of PPACA's passage. This is not just the first step in the direction of increasing uniformity in the structure and communication of benefit plans.
August 29 -
Historically, the retirement industry hasnt been required to publish all fees and expenses associated with 401(k) products. Thats about to change. The Labor Department noticed that the majority of 401(k) plan sponsors are in the dark regarding the fees theyre paying. To add insult to injury, most are under the impression that their plan is free.
August 25 -
In a follow-up post, Steve Kloyda talks further about the art of prospecting. Do you agree with his thoughts? Your success in sales starts and ends with prospecting Skeptics say that prospecting is dead. It’s not. And it never will be. The decision to prospect is yours alone. Yes, the old way of selling has changed, but prospecting continues to be the foundation of all successful businesses and salespeople. So what is prospecting?
August 23 -
For many advisers, adapting to market changes is very difficult. The reality is that its always been necessary, but now it is absolutely essential. In fact you need to embrace change and also be a catalyst for change. At my company, we started examining our value proposition several years ago. We recognized that we needed to bring greater value to our client relationships and that we needed to be more strategic in our thinking. We
August 22 -
According to Wikipedia, the word transparency implies openness, communication and accountability . . . performing in such a way that it is easy to see whats wrong. Sounds like our health care system, doesnt it? Not really and thats where enormous opportunity exists to fix healthcare.
August 18 -
The fall open enrollment season is around the corner, and HR professionals are beginning their preparations for this busy time of year. One piece of the open enrollment puzzle that should not be overlooked is communication. In fact, I can make an argument that communication is the most important part of an employer’s overall open enrollment efforts.
August 16 -
In todays BeAdvised, Bob Arnoff blogs about ethical concerns for brokers and advisers around the new health care reform bill. How are you preparing for the switch? What do you plan to do about the dilemma he talks about?
August 15 -
Think about it . . . If you had the cure for cancer, how many cancer patients would you approach each day? The answer — as many as you could. Do you have the cure for the problems employers and employees face each day? The answer is of course you do. Let’s take a moment and look at the value you create for the clients you serve:
August 11 -
Its the Super Bowl of benefits communications as companies work feverishly to develop and distribute newsletters, booklets, websites, calculator, videos, etc. to inform employees about benefit changes and enrollment deadlines
August 9