Practice management

Commentary: Step up your game or your clients may choose to become your competitors, says the head of Pittsburgh Business Group on Health

Good recordkeeping is important to avoid paying for benefits for ineligible recipients.

EBA is looking for industry leaders age 35 and younger to be featured our April issue.

Commentary: The real marketing revolution rejects the idea that marketing is something companies do. John Graham shares 3 ways to turn your clients into your sales team.

Benefit Advisors Network partners with exchange firm to help clients get coverage for benefit-ineligible employees.

Financial advisers and most stock brokerages have been the target of a cyber attack, the SEC says, and insurance brokerages can be prime targets as well.

The addition of a Roth in-plan conversion feature to a company's 401(k) plan may be viewed by executives as an important tax planning tool.

An emerging company policy known as “unlimited vacation” or “unlimited PTO” (paid time-off) is gaining headlines again. What is unlimited vacation? Why are companies implementing it? And what are its pros and cons?

An atypical market culture has left benefit firms vulnerable to the destructive powers of inertia, says Joe Markland, and advisers must change their mindset to survive.

Both groups place a high importance on life insurance and are most receptive to it, LIMRA finds.

Stomach, headache claims rise significantly following the Super Bowl, study shows.

Department of Labor audits of employee benefit plans are on the rise and experts agree benefit advisers should be preparing their employer clients now for that impending knock on the door.

Brokers cite rate increases, increased complexity and poor plan quality as top concerns with the health care law.

When it comes to private exchange operators, Array Health differs from most, in that the technology company powers many insurers’ private exchanges, including Highmark Blue Shield in Pittsburgh and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. The company’s CEO shares how private exchanges are changing the way health care is sold in the United States.

Automatic features in 401(k) plans have proved highly effective at increasing employee engagement in saving for retirement, so why are some employers still not offering them?

Any new regulations must address ‘real problems in the marketplace,’ NAIFA says.

Russ Blakely’s partnership with a Tennessee physician network is strengthening the doctor-patient relationship and saving scores of money in the process

Regulatory changes continue to challenge health and life insurance carriers to meet new market demands and stay competitive. Benefit advisers also looking to remain relevant should watch closely carrier reaction to these key issues in 2015.

It was just a year ago that VSP Global and Google, Inc. teamed up to offer Google Glass prescription lenses and frames at a subsidized price. But Google Glass’s announcement last week that it was halting sales of the product raises questions about VSP’s future role.

Commentary: Boomers are redefining what it means to be aging in the workforce, and redefining senior benefits in the process.