Smartphones are a good tool to engage employees in wellness programs but access challenges remain.

Meeting the legal definition of the parent-child relationship doesn’t always mean that beneficiary plan standards have been met as well.

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan portrayed Barack Obama as a shallow president who has failed to live up to his promises, in a convention speech also infused with an optimism reminiscent of Obama’s 2008 “yes we can” campaign theme.

The Federal Reserve chairman says ‘the economic health of our nation’ benefits greatly the more informed the general public is about their own financial decisions.

CareerBuilder says more employees are reporting being bullied and claim that HR is doing nothing about it.

Defined contribution plan participants have proved woefully uninformed about their funds, and clearer jargon and presentations could help.

A new survey shows that, despite rising costs, more companies plan to keep health care on the menu for active employees.

The majority of baby boomers and Gen Xers appear to be looking at their retirement years through rose-colored glasses. More than three in four feel confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, even though nearly 40% of baby boomers and about two-thirds of Gen Xers have less than $100,000 in retirement savings. Moreover, a worrisome percentage —21.7% of baby boomers and 27.8% of Gen Xers — has no retirement savings at all. The grim statistics are the highlights of a report released by the Insured Retirement Institute.

Even as market uncertainty persists, employees using Bank of America Merrill Lynch's automatic 401(k) savings plans are showing they want to stay the course when it comes to positive savings behavior, according to the firm's latest quarterly data.

The Republican National Convention adopted a 2012 party platform that advocates changing how U.S. senior citizens receive health care by shifting Medicare from a defined-benefit entitlement to a defined-contribution plan.

By happy coincidence, a 30-minute lunch break is exactly as long as the minimum amount of time government guidelines recommend adults spend on physical activity.

Lifetime solutions should be coming soon as more annuities find their way into defined contribution plans, often via target date funds.

Risk is rising and asset return dropping for corporate benefit pension plans, according to new research by Mercer.

To more effectively communicate with the various age groups they serve, health insurance providers need to reexamine their approaches to billing and claim information, according to research from Pitney Bowes Inc.

For the second consecutive year, U.S. bonuses will not be fully funded, but pay increases are predicted for 2013, according to a pair of Towers Watson surveys.

Retirement plan participants who hand pick their own mix of investment options are generally exposed to greater risk, due to reduced diversification and a tendency to not automatically adjust their portfolios over time, according to research from The Principal Financial Group.

The surprise vote by Chief Justice John Roberts to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the end of June really was a bold decision that redefined the Commerce Clause. In an era when ego, power and politics rule, Roberts made the brave decision not to use judicial power to overrule the democratic process. He actually gave us an early Independence Day gift by not letting the Supreme Court define the future of…

New retirement toolbox seeks to balance 401(k) plan funding with participants’ life needs.

New Medicare and Medicaid funding uncertainties and potential for a political stalemate on health care reform could worsen revenue growth in U.S. not-for-profit health care sector.

Recent research indicates that more people are being affected by major legal events in their lives – and so is their productivity.