Mining unique data from an unlikely source
The ACA may have generated controversy, but it also produced a goldmine of information for employers such as Arby’s.
Practice and client management
Benefits Think ‘Alexa: What is my deductible?’
Benefit technology is quickly becoming more useful with the advent of artificial intelligence and personal assistants.
Joe Markland
Nfor1
Why technology is not just a ‘thought but a necessity’
With more than half of brokers still using paper, they are likely to be left in the dust, industry study finds.
Why wellness needs to be personal
Healthy employees mean engaged employees. But how can employers help individualize the programs?
Mining unique data from an unlikely source
The ACA may have generated controversy, but it also produced a goldmine of information for benefit brokers and employers such as Arby’s.
Changing voluntary disability from an optional benefit to a necessity
Incorporating traditionally self-selected benefits into the auto-enrollment process could lead to greater participation rates, more interest from employees.
GOP makes little progress on ACA plans, brokers stay the course
With more than a half-dozen proposals for healthcare reform on the table, advisers plan to keep clients on a need-to-know basis.
Benefits Think Aligning sales incentives for aggressive agency growth
Account management teams should be completely in sync with sales teams through the entire client relationship.
Meg Murphy
Maxwell Health
Changing voluntary disability from an optional benefit to a necessity
Incorporating traditionally self-selected benefits into the auto-enrollment process could lead to greater participation rates, more interest from employees.
Benefits Think What to do when OSHA is at the door
Many employers think they have little say during an inspection, but employers have many choices to make, starting as soon as OSHA arrives, says attorney Krista Sterken.
Krista Sterken
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think Why Q1 is the perfect time to go after new business
Employers recalling a less-than-perfect renewal experience are often eager for change, says Dynamis’s Andy Nunemaker.
Andy Nunemaker
Dynamis Software Corp.
Why wellness needs to be personal
Healthy employees mean engaged employees. But how can advisers help individualize the programs?
Navigating compliance issues under Trump
From the ACA to fiduciary and overtime regulation, employers must consider how to handle this time of change and uncertainty.
Benefits Think Why advisers must move faster to untether commissions from group health rates
Carriers are using their brokers to control their agenda based on what they need to sell, says adviser Suzy Johnson.
Suzy K. Johnson
Employee Benefit Advisors of the Carolinas
Navigating compliance issues under Trump
From the ACA to fiduciary and overtime regulation, how should brokerages guide their clients?
Benefits Think Advisers may not be monitoring the right competitors
Many brokers say they never lost a client to Namely or similar companies — what they don’t know is how many prospects they lost to these firms.
Joe Markland
Nfor1
For brokers, Trump’s presidency brings opportunity
Confusion around healthcare gives advisers the chance to step up and serve, those in the industry say.
Will the Trump administration update SPD format regulations?
Looking to improve efficiency, industry is hopeful business-minded President-elect will quickly revise summary plan description standards.
Benefits Think How data standardization benefits the industry, facilitates fiduciary rule compliance
Such an adjustment will make it easier for all stakeholders to do business going forward, says SE2’s Mary Anne Durall.
Mary Anne Durall
SE2
Will the Trump administration update SPD format regulations?
Looking to improve efficiency, industry is hopeful business-minded President-elect will quickly revise summary plan description standards.
