Benefit management

As the price of prescription drugs soar, advisers need to find more innovative strategies to help clients lower costs.

The company will move to $13 an hour in June, bringing the retailer closer to the goal it set of reaching $15 an hour by the end of next year.

Definite steps are needed to improve worker prospects: Employees should save more. Clients should offer auto-enrollment. And Congress should make it all easier.

The social media company says it adopted a self-funded healthcare model due to frustration over its previous provider’s prices and services.

Here's what happened when one employer used gamification to develop a benefits plan.

Though there is concern automation could render the role of the broker obsolete, one thing is certain: Personalized attention and expertise is something not easily replaced.

Definite steps are needed to improve worker prospects: Employees should save more. Employers should offer auto-enrollment. And Congress should make it all easier.

Using data can help your clients create a more personalized benefits program their employees will actually use.

The new policy will require health and education benefits, sick leave, a $15 minimum wage and paid parental leave for contract workers.

The brokerage has acquired Northwestern Benefit for an undisclosed amount in its fifth deal this year.