Practice management

Forty-five percent of employers have implemented or plan to consider using a private exchange for their full-time active employees before 2018, according to a new employer survey conducted by the Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative

While it’s difficult to discuss your eventual death with those you love, it’s imperative to plan for it, not only for your sake, but for theirs. Employers can offer several voluntary benefits to help make this end-of-life planning and transition easier for their employees and the loved ones they leave behind.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Our last adviser is Erin Devine, 33, of CBG Benefits, with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

Commentary: Let’s face it, we are always selling something. Usually it’s ourselves, in one way, shape or form. So why aren’t we translating this over to the world of business sales?

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Wes Hamby, 33, of Enrollforce, LLC, with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions fell in 2013, with 248 reported transactions in the United States and Canada, down from a record 299 transactions in 2012, according to OPTIS Partners’ new semi-annual survey.

Rising health care costs are driving employers to audit their covered dependents to eliminate working spouses.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Matt Kistler, 30, of United Benefit Advisors with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

When it comes to helping young adults avoid serious health problems later in life, assessing their personalities during routine medical exams could prove as useful as recording their family medical histories and smoking habits, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Chad Schneider, 33, of Aflac with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Megan Cumbers, 29, of Laurus Strategies with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

Benefits and risk management consulting firm Laurus Strategies launches a private exchange consulting practice to help employers identify vendors and determine the feasibility of moving to a private exchange.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Robert Mitchell, 29, of Vital Benefits, Inc. with three more tips for other young advisers in the field.

A panel including a security specialist and FTC privacy staffer talked Monday at an American Payroll Association meeting about common mistakes employers make with their employees’ personal data and what the right make-up of a privacy team at a company should look like.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Justin Hanratty, 32, of Hanratty & Associates, Inc., with three more tips for other young advisers in the field.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Matthew Glaros, 29, of Employer Benefit System, Inc., with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

EBA is introducing our 2014 Rising Stars in Advising throughout the month of March. Next up is Brad Sutliffe, 34, of ISG International, with three tips for other young advisers in the field.

Small and mid-size employers will turn to private exchanges in the very near future, predicted a speaker Friday at an America’s Health Insurance Plans conference in Washington, and that will change the game once again for small and mid-size brokerages.

Are your clients prepared for a 401(k) plan audit? When the Employee Benefits Security Administration knocks on the door and starts requesting plan documents, financial records, account statements, contracts and more, it can be overwhelming. The best offense is a good defense, so be prepared. Take a glimpse into a recent audit and the laundry list of documents requested.

Gary Cohen, the top U.S. health insurance regulator accused by congressional Republicans of misleading them before the troubled start of the Obamacare insurance website, will resign.