Practice and client management

With the ACA's navigator and broker roles finalized, state-run exchanges ramp up their respective training plans. In the process, different philosophies emerge.

Digital Benefit Advisors launches a private exchange in Vermont, with plans to expand to a handful of states within 90 days, a company executive told Employee Benefit Adviser Tuesday.

The share of Americans who work part-time for economic reasons, meaning they can’t find full-time jobs or because their hours have been cut, is 78% higher than in December 2007, when the 18-month recession began.

A $267 million computer system built by a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. is one of the most important determiners of whether the Affordable Care Act succeeds.

Premiums for health plans to be sold to the uninsured next year will be less costly than government analysts expected under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, his administration will report today.

A survey released Wednesday by Aflac shows brokers may be timid about their future. Find out why and more details from the report.

Health insurance premiums will drop by about 50% on average for consumers in New York who buy new plans through a state-run marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.

Weighing the dilemma of a potential individual mandate delay may have consequences for brokers.

Despite the ACA’s employer mandate delay, a variety of key provisions still go into effect for employers in January, 2014.

While the decision yesterday by the White House to delay this key provision in ACA was unexpected, what businesses is it really going to effect?

The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.

Americans collectively have millions of pets, but few are covered by insurance.

A strategy to protect your clients’ interests in the new world of health care reform.

Chad Parks and Andrew Meadows of The Online 401(k) make it their mission to address America’s retirement problem.

Nelson Griswold on using voluntary sales as back-door strategy.

Mel Schlesinger on how important online testimonials are to closing an important sale.

John Lamb on why advisers should meet with HR to make open enrollment work smoother.

Craig Davidson on the relationship between health reform and the National Labor Relations Act Section 7.

Jack Kwicien on how brokers can change their business to meet their client’s needs through a variety of ways.

The Affordable Care Act will fundamentally change the way health insurance works across the country, and in most cases it will increase cost. What can be done to mitigate the impact?