Employee benefits

Insurer wins pension-risk transfer deal with paper and packaging company, cementing status as the biggest player in the business of taking on retirement obligations for employers.

The Golden State joins New York and Massachusetts on the list of states with access to the firm’s marketplace.

Through innovative partnerships with providers and carriers and by listening to clients with a nurse’s touch, our 2016 Employee Benefit Adviser of the Year, Gayle McCann, has grown North Risk Partners into a true Minnesota powerhouse.

Combining voluntary with major medical offerings in today’s self-service technology environment allows brokers to improve participation.

Despite the possibility of having a tax-advantaged health savings account, workers with high-deductible health plans are less likely to see their doctors.

Both generations expect to be able to check their retirement plans via the latest mobile apps and high-tech tools.

When it comes to financial fitness, Bahati VanPelt aims to have retired NFLers be as successful off the field as they were on it.

Employers may now be responsible for additional costs related to terminated employees’ job searches. In yet another decision where members have split based on political party affiliation, the NLRB has tossed aside more than eight decades of consistency.

The industry’s best benefits professionals help us realize there’s more to the business than talking regulatory matters or embracing the latest technology; it’s about how to best serve employees.

Plan participants cash out retirement funds at alarming rates, and participants need to have services available to help them make good decisions at the time of a job change, says Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

Once-risky options are now viable, thanks to the ACA, says BCI Group’s Director of Benefits Roberto Flores.

To ensure customer success and retention, employers must be able to understand and provide answers to these inquiries, Zane Benefits explains.

Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.

Angie Villamaria, director of associate wellness for Centura Health, put rhetoric into action by implementing a weight loss program for the health network’s employees.

Fiduciaries have latitude to value investment features other than price, judge rules.

The odds that your clients will one day stay in an assisted living home increases 1.4% per year, starting at age 65.

Rate increases are higher than they appear, as low-cost plan options are disappearing, says adviser Craig Hasday.

Some options are better at reducing the expense of such services than others, say Universal Health Advisors John Mickner and Tim Cummings.

Is your plan keeping track of vested former participants who are owed money?

Don’t be the next company to pay $700,000 for an ambulance ride.