Voluntary Adviser of the Year: A hidden knack for the niche
Former law enforcement officer Joe Alfonsi leads his firm, TriBen Insurance Solutions, to triple-digit growth in worksite.
Insurance
5 things to know about pediatric dental benefits
Highlighted by the ACA, adviser Amy Evans recommends learning carrier-specific details to use coverage effectively.
Benefits Think Is PEPM a cost-effective method for accessing telehealth?
Some options are better at reducing the expense of such services than others, say Universal Health Advisors John Mickner and Tim Cummings.
John Mickner
Universal Health Advisors
Technology Adviser of the Year: One simple question makes all the difference
Sean Clem has a laser focus on client’s strategic goals so issues don’t become challenges.
Benefits Think Why advisers must make the vital connection between paid leave and short-term disability
Employers may not realize how the programs integrate and could be paying for too much coverage — or not enough, says the Principal’s Bruce Hentschel.
Bruce Hentschel
Principal Financial Group
Fertility benefits broadening to cover more procedures
Full infertility coverage still remains relatively uncommon; however some vendors are attempting to make that dream a reality.
Fertility benefits broadening to cover more procedures
Full infertility coverage still remains relatively uncommon; however some vendors are attempting to make that dream a reality.
5 things to know about pediatric dental benefits
Highlighted by the ACA, adviser Amy Evans recommends learning carrier-specific details to use coverage effectively.
XL Innovate invests in insurer Lemonade
The peer-to-peer insurance startup has received an undisclosed amount from XL Catlin’s venture capital arm.
Insurance startup Oscar quits two markets, rethinks ACA plans
Insurer will reevaluate its approach to the Affordable Care Act after suffering significant losses under the U.S. program and will pull out of Dallas and New Jersey markets next year.
Digital Insurance, Digital Benefit Advisors rebrand as OneDigital Health and Benefits
The change reflects new market dynamics, including broker consolidation, says president and CEO Adam Bruckman.
All benefits are voluntary benefits
A shift in employees’ perception of these products can make a dramatic difference in the sales process, says columnist Nelson Griswold.
Benefits Think What to do today to dramatically expand centers of influence
Reach out to your clients’ other trusted advisers to multiply your list of prospective clients, says columnist Jack Kwicien.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
7 reasons employers are hesitant to adopt private exchanges
Factors such as a desire to maintain control and cost concerns have PBEs slow to gain traction, according to the Pacific Business Group on Health.
Benefits Think Taking critical illness conversations beyond cancer coverage
It’s a common misunderstanding that CI only covers this disease, says The Standard’s Danielle Lehman, but the products have evolved.
Danielle Lehman
Standard Insurance Company
How to achieve the data analytics edge
Savvy advisers are crunching the numbers to retain clients and win new business.
Insurance startup Oscar posts ACA losses in three states
Startup backed by Silicon Valley investors, posted losses in New York, Texas and California in the first half of the year, the latest example of insurers both large and small losing money in new markets created by President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Benefits Think How employers can leverage the approaching 2017 ACA fee moratorium
Let’s consider the impact of the approaching moratorium, the ways employers can use it to their financial advantage and what might happen when it ends in 2018.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Digital Insurance, Digital Benefit Advisors rebrand as OneDigital Health and Benefits
The change reflects new market dynamics, including broker consolidation, says president and CEO Adam Bruckman.
Benefits Think Employers, unions look to direct contracting for health system contracts
Health systems do not want to lose money for better health outcomes, say consultants Brian Klepper and Fred Goldstein.
Brian Klepper
Worksite Health Advisors