Employee benefits

The results for selling voluntary have been ‘pathetic’ recently, says EBA Columnist Nelson Griswold, who shares how to overcome that.

EBA Retirement Columnist John Ludwig on what to do with all that paper the IRS requires in retirement plan documentation.

Despite changes to group benefits, many agents are wary of selling voluntary - here's why they should reconsider.

Expert says “there’s a good deal of pressure” on Congress to raise the bar for mandated employer-sponsored health care from 30 hours a week to 40, but it wouldn’t come without a fight.

Fifteen percent of employers say they “definitely will not” or “probably will not” continue sponsoring coverage in five years.

House Speaker John Boehner renewed his vow to abolish President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled chamber voted to postpone two of the legislation’s key provisions.

Hospital admissions have been falling as patients who have seen their deductibles rise put off seeing a doctor and as some types of services are being shifted away from inpatient to outpatient treatment.

The lack of clear trends or direction is exactly the environment in which investors are seeking advice.

The ERISA prohibition against such provisions don’t completely shield against participant conduct.

Supplemental disability income plans are so mainstream today they're thought of as plain vanilla. That’s all well and good until the other shoe falls. And it often does. When employers experience problems with existing voluntary disability plans, most of these issues can be traced back to when the plan was originally designed.

Guidelines on working with TPAs included.

No clear path to investment classes to which funds are flowing.

A $267 million computer system built by a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. is one of the most important determiners of whether the Affordable Care Act succeeds.

Employers should prepare for potential problems by drafting clear policies and thoughtful procedures on bring-your-own-device setups.

Health insurance premiums will drop by about 50% on average for consumers in New York who buy new plans through a state-run marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.

During the last three years, 44% of those questioned say that 10% or fewer of their current clients had asked about possible life insurance strategies.

Many plan sponsors are adopting a more holistic approach that integrates plan design, risk transfer and investment management.

Legal experts weigh in on the IRS guidance making ACA’s employer mandate delay official.

The situation is not hopeless for them, but time is not on their side.

Along with tying your shoes and naming your colors, you learned to count in preschool. So, how hard can it be to count things in health data? It’s not hard, but your preschool strategies won’t give you the right answer.