Employee benefits

Employers moved to self-funded models, brokers embraced performance-based compensation and care delivery was increasingly tied to referenced-based pricing.

The proposed acquisition is more about vertical integration and combining data streams, including employee benefit plan information.

The coverage can be a top-of-mind benefit year-round, decreasing stress levels and saving time.

Advisers should help clients ensure that separation benefits are fair, timely and backed by company support.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over Houston’s practice of providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, leaving intact a Texas Supreme Court decision that calls the city’s policy into question.

Most plans are safe for now under both pieces of legislation, but employers worry conversations about pre-tax contribution limits and possible Rothification could resurface in coming weeks.

There are several provisions in the upper chamber’s text that alter existing tax treatment, and experts predict those elements will win out in final law.

Most plans are safe for now under both pieces of legislation, but employers worry conversations about pre-tax contribution limits and possible Rothification could resurface in coming weeks.

Platforms have progressed from providing education to offering true decision support and guidance for workers.

Workers can improve the odds of getting bigger Social Security benefits after they retire by asking for a salary raise from their employer.

Advisers should help clients ensure that separation benefits are fair, timely and backed by company support.

ABC president Jim Klein says legislators should act immediately to eliminate the ‘challenging’ compliance provision, and then repeal the ACA’s Cadillac tax.

Employees can schedule appointments and contact nurses when they’re expecting.

The deal is among the biggest healthcare mergers of the past decade, combining the largest U.S. drugstore chain with the third-biggest health insurer.

Industry experts say the resulting rise in costs is likely to shift to employers and other stable health insurance consumers.

Though the tax legislation is mostly praised for leaving 401(k)s unscathed, new pass-through deduction could impact whether some small businesses offer the benefit.

GOP plan includes a repeal of Obamacare’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance or pay a penalty.

How an acquisition is structured, as a stock sale or an asset sale, could affect the continuation of employee perks.

Advisers should encourage and assist employers to assess their DI management process to determine if it is meeting employee needs.