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Professional Employer Organizations help SMBs focus on building their companies while still maintaining day-to-day control over managing employees.

Has the benefits industry made compliance more complicated than necessary?

Why advisers should be focusing on younger employees’ eyecare preferences.

Many plan sponsors and participants don’t trust the federal government to keep its vow to allow tax-free distribution of Roth 401(k) balances. But taxing balances would not produce enough revenue, so the government is unlikely to go that route.

Nearly 40% of workers are considering leaving their current employers, new research shows. Advisers can help employers craft a plan to minimize the consequences of high voluntary turnover.

Market differentiators can help agents thrive in the new healthcare landscape, says Rodger Bayne.

Digital platforms place new demands on agencies, but they also create rich new opportunities.

Investing in community health leads to better workforce health, says Healthy Workplace Healthy Communities, a group launched to provide employers resources and tools to engage local leaders.

The high court rules Vermont cannot force self-insured health benefit plans governed by ERISA to release data on the amount paid on health insurance medical claims.

The top insurance companies, revealed in descending order, based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data from analytics firm miEdge.

Brokers and clients should educate workers about the need to accumulate enough savings.

With dozens of state and federal agencies enforcing hundreds of employment and benefits-related laws, advisers can help new employers avoid common administrative missteps.

When employees come back to work after major health events like heart surgery, employers need to be aware of comorbid conditions such as depression or anxiety.

Quizzify makes learning about medical care fun and interesting, delivering information to employees in a fun, game-show contest format.

Before going down this path, employers should understand what’s involved in moving workers to a benefits marketplace.

Enrollment meetings are a great way to help employees start to prepare.

With medical inflation out pacing general inflation 7 to 1, advisers need to help their clients design benefit plans based on the actual health status of their employees.

The usage of telemedicine is growing, with almost two thirds of organizations offering or planning to offer such a service by 2018.

Why many organizations are turning their attention to employees’ post-career earning requirements.

Employee productivity, absenteeism and retention rates are among the larger business concerns that advisers need to address, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute.