Benefits Think The latest reasonable-accommodation trend
Commentary: Why your clients should consider allowing work from home as a part of disability recovery for certain employees.
Client communications
Money management counseling could be a key perk in employee satisfaction
Poor money management has become the number one reason for consumers to seek financial counseling, overtaking reduced income for the first time in five years.
Benefits Think 4 website mistakes that turn buyers away
Commentary: Break through the mold of using the usual benefit adviser website model. Blogger Wendy Keneipp walks you through the mistakes and fixes for a better sell on the World Wide Web.
Helping employers overcome pension cash out misconceptions
While pension cash outs for former employees are sometimes attractive to employers, several common concerns otherwise deter them from the option.
Survey: Diverse structures point to a more tailored approach in family benefits packages
Even against the backdrop of a stronger economy, modern families are still feeling the pinch of financial security, pointing toward the need to tailor products to the needs of specific family structures that are considerably different than the traditional nuclear family.
Challenges still remain aligning employee rewards, business strategies
Three of the top five employee-reward issues employers faced in 2008 remain consistent with current challenges, a recent Mercer survey reveals.
Advisers challenged to meet increased market diversity
The life insurance and annuities market continues to grow, but advisers hoping to capitalize on that will first need to meet the challenges of a diversifying U.S. population.
One broker’s quest to reinvent wellness
Den Bishop had a vision for a new wellness solution, one that focused on the true cost enemy disease. That vision became ACAP Health.
Wellness is tough and more than 30% of advisers aren’t playing here
EBA's first-ever wellness survey finds out what advisers really think about programs, vendors and plan implementations.
Advisers could see record-high profitability in 2014
High first quarter profitability means benefit agents and brokers could see a record-breaking year in 2014, including bigger bonuses from carriers.
Benefits Think 5 tips for cultivating a healthy workplace
Commentary: Blogger Jeff Hyman says creating this culture is challenging but he has suggestions you can bring to your clients, or your own work environment.
DIYers missing financial, workplace benefit opportunities
The do-it-yourself approach may be all the rage for home renovations but when it comes to benefits, employees still need guidance from their employers.
Women need more retirement education and female advisers to help them save
Females are more empowered than ever to steer families financially, but theres still catch-up work for advisers to do in getting them to save for their later years.
A day in the life of Julie Jennings
Julie Jennings, vice president at Sylvia Group of Insurance Agencies in Darmouth, Mass., shares a day in her life.
When one-size-fits-all benefits communication fits no one
Taking an entirely generic approach to health plan communications is no longer a winning strategy. Personalized communications that offer a holistic look at plan benefits will do more to engage participants.
Benefits Think Should employers outsource to stay compliant?
Commentary: Advisers should know about options for employers to get help in the ever-changing regulatory environment.
Benefits Think Absence management services can put hours back in clients days
Commentary: There are upsides to outsourcing, says blogger Michael Klachefsky. In this case, it helps monitor the regulations and legality of employee absences, especially when related to disability benefits.
Invigorate your workplace culture with random acts of kindness
Enlivening your staff and companys workplace culture can be as simple and sustainable as committing random acts of kindness.
Engaging the invincible millennial
Advisers and employers can use education to boost the enrollment of millennials in voluntary disability programs
Putting the adviser back in benefit adviser
At this week's Workplace Benefits Renaissance in Atlantic City, much buzz surrounded the changing industry landscape under the ACA, with most people agreeing benefit advisers looking to stake their claim on this new terrain need to focus less on brokering to confused employers and more on advising them.