Podcasts

Dirk Schmidt-Gallas, Ph.D., is a senior partner with Simon-Kucher & Partners and global head of the strategy and marketing consultancy’s insurance practice.

Jonathan Straub is a founder and Principal of AdvicePeriod, an RIA.

The pros and cons of self-funded benefit strategy depend on the location of the market.

Displaying care, skill and due diligence in their methodology is a higher consideration in the process.

Anthony Siu is a managing director of BDA Partners in the Shanghai office.

Mark Webster (pictured) and Anthony Siu are managing directors of BDA Partners in the Shanghai office, where he is a co-head.

Darwin Pangilinan is an assurance and advisor services partner at OUM & Co. LLP, a CPA firm with offices in San Francisco and San Diego County. Reach him at dpangilinan@oumcpa.com.

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer in Running Springs, Calif. She has contributed to American Banker, Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive.

The gap for brand-name prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries is likely to narrow down to 25% of drug costs from the scheduled 30% next year.

Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.