Data and information management

Big data will lead to better informed plan recommendation engines, resulting in more educated benefits decision-making and a better user experience for employees, says Businessolver's Jon Shanahan.

The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance partners with LifeLock to offer ID theft protection to employer-clients.

Offered as a voluntary benefit through a partnership with LifeLock, these new services address a growing problem and mounting interest among employers.

As a result of the Affordable Care Act, employers are looking for their brokers to do more than simply provide a health insurance quote.

JD Powers of Powers Insurance and Benefits discusses cyber risks and how to protect against them.

Companies that have been transmitting data under the provision will need to identify alternative paths for compliant personal information transfers.

The head of a Senate investigative subcommittee said he plans to look into problems with the health insurance marketplaces set up for the Affordable Care Act that forced many taxpayers to owe some of the tax credit money they had received for buying health insurance.

With year three open enrollment on the horizon, state-run health care exchanges are busy building out systems and processes while renegotiating contracts, all to improve the customer experience, data flow and costs.