U.S. jobless claims increase while remaining near 48-year low
Filings for unemployment benefits rose by the most in six weeks while still hovering near historically low levels.
Practice management
Small HR department? Don’t count out big tech changes
Tracie Sponenberg, human resources exec for The Granite Group, explains how she helped her 500-employee company modernize its system capabilities.
Why more brokers are mulling soft perks
Connecting employer clients with unusual or onsite offerings along the nontraditional benefits path serve as a differentiator and burnish client relations.
Benefits Think To grow their business, benefit advisers need to become better sales managers
Recruiting, hiring and utilizing topnotch salespeople requires time, effort and a different set of skills.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
Putting HR tech where your mouth is
Human resources software company Ultimate Software harnesses its services, called UltiPro, for its own HR strategy implementation.
For advisers, winning new business means turning perceptions into reality
At an ‘underground’ sales seminar, brokers learned new techniques for prying clients away from their entrenched competitors.
Lessons from the World Health Care Congress
At the event in Washington DC, benefit brokers learned new, innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs for their employer clients.
This adviser’s success secret: Putting clients ahead of profits
Adviser Vinnie Daboul has nothing against growth. But he spends the greater part of his work week meeting with current clients; not chasing new ones.
iSolved HCM adds learning management system to its platform
iSolved Learn delivers flexible course design, rewards and certifications, and learning analytics to organizations using iSolved for payroll, HR and benefits.
Gamification scores employee engagement win
Gamification technology is permeating human resources, as employers use it to hire, train and engage their workforce.
Reducing clients’ health spend by taking an axe to claims
To help employers contain costs, these advisers are revamping their healthcare supply chain.
Designing a benefit plan one employee at a time
GAB International’s Felipe Barganier uses workforce demographics to help clients satisfy the diverse needs of their employee populations.
Confused by the SEC’s proposed advice rule? Your questions answered
The regulator's proposal is set to remake compliance standards for brokers and advisors.
Springfield Clinic connects medical staff via APPrise mobile app
The medical facilities’ HR department retired its e-mail newsletters in favor of smartphone-based alerts.
Gamification scores employee engagement win
Gamification technology is permeating human resources, as employers use it to hire, train and engage their workforce.
iSolved HCM adds learning management system to its platform
iSolved Learn delivers flexible course design, rewards and certifications, and learning analytics to organizations using iSolved for payroll, HR and benefits.
Confused by the SEC’s proposed advice rule? Your questions answered
The regulator's proposal is set to remake compliance standards for brokers and advisors.
The 50 best places to work in 2018, firms 1-25
Bain & Company, Facebook and Google are among the nation’s top employers based on worker evaluations, according to jobs resource website Glassdoor.
Airline pilots may be next in the U.S. corporate war on unions
Anti-union advocates are watching as a battle between the Teamsters and the jet-leasing company plays out, with one non-profit group representing Flexjet employees who are pushing to get the union out.
Can financial wellness programs help women bridge the gender savings gap?
Lower incomes, longer lives and time out of the workforce means women lag men when it comes to preparing for retirement. Advisors can help.
