Employee benefits

Americans may say they want to insure their future, but what they buy doesn’t measure up.

At 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 2, EBN and EBA will offer a web seminar on issues relating to ACA implementation and what they mean for employers – whether or not they plan having their workers participate in ACA marketplaces.

Privacy practices and business associates agreements should, in most cases, be updated by Sept. 23.

Brings total under management to approximately $52 billion.

The Department of Labor is pushing back its timeframe for releasing a highly anticipated proposal for expanding fiduciary responsibilities for advisers who work with retirement plans.

Survey shows changes continued within the past year.

U.S. stocks rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average capping its best week since January, as disappointing economic data fueled bets that any Federal Reserve stimulus cuts this month would be moderate.

Not all plan sponsor responsibilities can be delegated away.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, invested in a new-home community two years after it reduced its involvement in similar projects following losses in the housing bust.

Funds designed to appeal to do-it-for-me investors.

The pension fund has shifted its focus to income-producing properties.

For those who have taken the time to read through the model exchange notices recently released by the Department of Labor you may have noticed some glaring issues with the questions, writes UBA CEO Thom Mangan, who helps provide some clarity.

As a companion piece to our Sept. 1 cover story, Balancing act, work-life fit expert Cali Williams Yost authored this article to show how one employer embedded flexibility training into its employee development programs.

As long as retirees enroll with the private insurance exchange, IBM will subsidize their health care premiums at a similar level, the company says.

The percentage of employees that rate themselves as being financially secure has dropped since 2011.

The cost of ‘Obamacare,’ “is much more sensitive than people previously appreciated” to employers’ decisions to drop coverage, says Jay Bhattacharya, an economist and Stanford associate professor of medicine.

Features include streamlined product menu, built-in fiduciary service, tools and support

Why it’s not a good development for your clients.

At Tuesday’s ACA “pulse check” on Capitol Hill, four contractors gave the U.S. House of Representatives their take on exchange preparedness just three weeks until opening.

After three consecutive months of funded status improvement and a record 12 months of strong performance, the funded ratio retreats to 89.4%