Hurricane Irma: 10 challenges for employers
Unemployment benefits, leave of absences and calculating wages are among the issues likely to affect companies in the wake of the storm.
Practice and client management
Benefits Think 6 benefit issues to address in the wake of Hurricane Irma
Companies that were forced to close need to determine whether they have to pay employees who stayed home as well as handle other employment issues that many may not have thought about before.
Salvador P. Simao
FordHarrison LLP
A compliance attorney who understands benefit needs
FirstPerson’s Katy Stowers worked as an ERISA lawyer but now delivers benefit oversight and deliverables at the Indianapolis benefits consultancy.
Independent consultants declare old model fails customers
Agency Growth Mastermind Partnership comes together in Philadelphia to commit to a new way of doing business.
Benefits Think How an agency can differentiate services in today’s market
Brokers need to actively work to become better advisers who are more equipped to help clients, says Danny O’Connell.
Danny O’Connell
Next Level Insurance Agency
How Florida employee benefit firms are preparing for Hurricane Irma
Closing offices, activating emergency plans and backing up data, brokerages plan to weather the storm.
How Florida employee benefit firms prepared for Hurricane Irma
Closing offices, activating emergency plans and backing up data, brokerages plan to weather the storm.
Extending a helping hand to employees
Benefit adviser Naama O. Pozniak believes in the power of yoga and meditation to help workers live longer, happier lives.
What an adviser in Irma’s path can learn from one who made it through Harvey
Houston broker Cary Goss shares lessons learned from an historic storm, including information he wishes he’d sent clients ahead of time.
How employee benefit firms weathered Harvey
Having emergency plans in place helped Houston-area agencies stay open during the storm, and keep going as recovery begins.
Plan sponsors changed retirement plans in anticipation of fiduciary rule
The regulation enacted in June spurred employers to update their plan design and investment menus and some are even shopping for new advisers.
Benefits Think Aligning employer and adviser incentives to lower costs and raise compensation
Most brokers are not used to talking about money because they are not worth what they are being paid, says Lake Norman Benefits’ David Contorno.
David Contorno
E Powered Benefits
Q2 organic growth continues despite healthcare burdens
Success hinges more on broker dedication to benefits expertise than firm size.
How brokerage Lovitt & Touché selects clients to participate in its private exchange
The Arizona firm sees the model as a philosophical change for a client, one requiring a commitment to more robust communication and access for dependents.
Adviser helps rural employers break the status quo
Dawn Sheue is bringing different types of plans to those in the rural Rocky Mountains.
How employee benefit firms weathered Harvey
Having emergency plans in place helped Houston-area agencies stay open during the storm, and keep going as recovery begins.
Extending a helping hand to employees
Benefit adviser Naama O. Pozniak believes in the power of yoga and meditation to help workers live longer, happier lives.
Uber-like cleaning firm’s contractors are workers, U.S. alleges
The NLRB has issued a complaint against the digital on-demand platform Handy Technologies Inc., alleging that workers who provide its home cleaning services are employees.
Plan sponsors changed retirement plans in anticipation of fiduciary rule
The regulation enacted in June spurred plan sponsors to update their plan design and investment menus and some are even shopping for new plan advisers.
IRS loosens 401(k) lending rules to help Hurricane Harvey victims
The Internal Revenue Service granted relief to those hit by the storm by making it easier for retirement plans to give loans and hardship distributions.
