Excellence in advising: Serving clients and leading employees with empathy
Ben Conner, CEO of Conner Insurance, knows that benefits is a relationship-based business.
Practice management
Excellence in Benefits Awards: Meet our 2021 winners
These candidates have moved through the last year and a half with empathy, thoughtfulness and a dedication to innovation.
Excellence in advising: How this HUB benefits broker stretched her communication skills during COVID
“The fire is on right now to say, ‘Why can’t I do that?’” says Marilyn Espinosa, vice president of employee benefits at HUB International.
Unexpected healthcare costs are hurting employees. This is what Lincoln Financial is doing to help
Coverage that provides claimants with a lump-sum payment can help workers with expenses that may not be included in their traditional medical insurance.
Benefits Think How to find an oasis of qualified candidates in a hiring desert
Employers need to rethink their hiring strategies if they want to be competitive and attract new hires.
Chelsea Cloak
Vaco
Long story short: Help your employees feel safe amid COVID fears
The health and safety of your workforce must be top priority as COVID concerns continue.
If the unvaccinated want to work, they face a series of hurdles
Employers, fearing a backlash, frame the policy as a choice, with both sides of the equation seen as effective in reducing the spread of COVID.
UBS CEO says staff who don’t want vaccine can work from home
“The pandemic has delivered solutions to manage the risk of carrying the virus and passing it to your colleagues, and that is to work from home.”
‘Forever changed’: CEOs are dooming business travel — maybe for good
For most companies, cost savings will be the primary driver to scale back, but carbon-footprint worries and employee well-being are not far behind
How to prevent ageism from impacting your hybrid workforce
Workers of all ages are grappling with age disrimination, but changes to your company’s learning and development strategies can level the playing field.
The Granite List offers a digital marketplace for benefits shopping
The new platform allows employers and advisers to search for, rate and review service providers.
Nasdaq rule adds to pressure on banks to diversify boards
The new standards give some 300 listed banks up to five years to meet targets for including women and minorities on their boards, or explain why they aren't doing so. State officials and investors had already pushed banks about the need to rethink their approaches to recruiting directors.
How ‘gray collar’ workers became the overlooked essential employee
With a strong skill set that merges the best of both blue and white collar workers, these employees could be the key to post-pandemic success.
How AARP is getting older employees back to work
Older employees should be given the same reskilling and upskilling training as younger workers to help them stay in the workforce and continue their career growth.
Severance packages might look a little different post-pandemic
Employers are making good on their promise to support their employees — even after they’ve left the company.
Capital One employees returning to office will have to be vaccinated
The announcement came a day after Citigroup said it would mandate vaccines for many of its workers. Capital One also said it is delaying its office reopening.
Top 10 companies for diversity, according to BIPOC employees
DEI may be trending, but there’s still plenty of work to be done.
Employees are taking 3 hour breaks — how to keep them on track
Employees are frequently distracted by social media, household chores and interactions with coworkers.
Return to the office five days a week? How about never again
“Delta is probably the final nail in the coffin of the five-day return to the office,” said Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University who has studied work-from-home trends.
A fine line: Customizable benefits may not be as helpful as you think
In an effort to give employees a more individualized selection, employers may be inadvertently setting them up for failure.
