Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has called for scrapping President Barack Obama's 2010 U.S. health care law, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he likes key parts of "Obamacare" despite his party's loathing of it and wants to retain them.

From providing excellence in customer service to creating groundbreaking technology, the 2012 Health, Retirement and overall Employee Benefit Advisers of the Year are forward-thinking innovators who rose above an outstanding field of applicants to claim EBA’s top honors.

Lockton Omaha, Denver Management Advisors, Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp, Longfellow Benefits and Symetra Life Insurance Company recognize employees in this week’s Comings & Goings. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

In a detailed and passionate endorsement of his former rival, former President Bill Clinton amplified the central argument of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign: that voters face a choice between Democratic policies that lead to broad prosperity or Republican policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has entered into a definitive agreement with The Hartford to purchase its Retirement Plans business for $400 million, subject to adjustment at closing.

Two dozen Democratic women from the U.S. House of Representatives brought the charge that Republicans are waging a "war on women" to the party's convention stage on Tuesday with sharp denunciations of Republicans on health care, equal pay and domestic violence.

More than a quarter (26.3%) of Texans do not own health insurance, giving Texas the lowest rate of health insureds in the nation, according to 2010 data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau; Massachusetts, Hawaii and the District of Columbia represented the states with the highest rates of health insureds, respectively.

The Democratic Party late on Monday unveiled its election platform, a non-binding political document that party delegates will vote to adopt at the national convention in Charlotte on Tuesday evening.

In the immortal words of Albert Einstein, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.” Are you trapped in this pattern? If so, embrace the guiding principle of evolve or perish to take your career to the next level. As I travel the country, speaking with my colleagues at state and local health underwriter association meetings about surviving and thriving in a post-health care reform world —…

Getting Gen Y to take action on disability coverage by demonstrating need.

Discount programs offer employees exclusive savings.

Employee benefits clients demand greater technological fluency, advisers adjust.

The recent ruling on health reform has created an even greater need for accurate benchmarking data. Proving the age old adage that if you can't measure it, then you can't manage it. Advisers armed with information that drills down through national, regional, state, industry and company size will be better prepared to assist larger employers with employee acquisition and retention, and smaller employers make intelligent decisions on whether or not to "pay or play."

Social media tools provide endless opportunities for individuals and businesses to network locally, nationally and internationally. Effective use of social media by benefit advisers will help promote an adviser's services, locate business partners and service providers, and even secure new business. Here are two tips to begin social media networking on the right track:

Workplace Benefits Mania conference focuses on voluntary benefits in Las Vegas

Where brokers and advisers should focus on when communicating the value of fee transparency to clients

Four principles brokers can follow to successfully break into the DC business.

EBN-EBA Financial Fitness Challenge helps employees become financially healthy.

Benefits Advisors Network members rally to tackle market uncertainty says executive director of 45-member BAN.

Incoming National Association of Plan Advisors president Steven Dimitriou plans to help enlighten advisers among challenges