Practice management

Expert Michael Lujan provides insights on how advisers can deal with the technology advances changing the market

Large employers are accustomed to intricate benefit rules, including those pertaining to the shared responsibilities of related businesses, but the ACA now requires individualized rather than consolidated reporting.

For employers, understanding millennials’ preferences and tailoring their benefits offerings are imperative to enticing these workers to enroll.

New regulations are exceedingly complex, and the penalties for non-compliance are steep.

Employee productivity, absenteeism and retention rates are among the larger business concerns that benefit professionals need to address, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Twenty- and thirty-somethings preferences will determine how medical benefits are offered.

Acts of terror are unpredictable. But employers should address the risk and ensure business continuity plans are in place.

Premium increases continue to motivate employers to consider cost-saving solutions they previously may have shunned, says Arthur J. Gallagher’s Paul Fetterolf.

Professional certifications help make it clear to clients that you know what you are talking about.

Employers need to analyze their workforce and then find out from employees – through whatever means possible – what benefits are working for them and which aren’t.

How employers design benefit packages is changing, leading many to rely on their brokers more than ever before, says Rodger Bayne.

Expert panel at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaissance event say clients are now receptive to telemedicine, self-funding and other solutions they previously dismissed.

Nearly 40% of workers are considering leaving their current employers, new research shows. Advisers can help employers craft a plan to minimize the consequences of high voluntary turnover.

Market differentiators can help agents thrive in the new healthcare landscape, says Rodger Bayne.

Digital platforms place new demands on agencies, but they also create rich new opportunities.

With dozens of state and federal agencies enforcing hundreds of employment and benefits-related laws, advisers can help new employers avoid common administrative missteps.

Before going down this path, employers should understand what’s involved in moving workers to a benefits marketplace.

Employee productivity, absenteeism and retention rates are among the larger business concerns that advisers need to address, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Before making a recommendation, advisers should understand what’s involved in moving an employer to a benefits marketplace.

Despite DOL guidance, advisers seek clarity about common-law employer status.