Regulation

Looking to improve efficiency, industry is hopeful business-minded President-elect will quickly revise summary plan description standards.

Centenarian Woodrow Cross of Maine’s Cross Insurance shares lessons learned over 60-plus years in the industry.

With President Barack Obama’s federal overtime-pay overhaul likely to die either in court or under Republican Donald Trump, some legislators are trying to replicate it at the state level.

After the Senate voted to pull funding for the Affordable Care Act, industry experts await signs of a specific plan to take Obamacare’s place.

As if the start-again, stop-again saga with the U.S. Department of Labor’s rules increasing the minimum salary threshold for exempt workers wasn’t confusing enough, one state has changed its own rules.

Attorney John Martini explains who is liable for the withdrawal of multi-employer benefit plans and the termination of single-employer plans.

The orders will strengthen equal pay protections in New York by prohibiting all state agencies and departments from evaluating candidates based on prior salary.

Trump Administration expected to ease proposal’s regulatory burdens.

Stricter guidelines around 401(k) loans, more online and on-demand benefits education and regulatory changes are emerging themes this year, says Fidelity’s Meghan Murphy.

From tech firm CEOs to brokers and HR professionals, these industry innovators will help shape the coming year as trends emerge and a new administration takes office.