Practice management

The White House calls the nationwide uptick in health plan cancellations a result of “substandard policies” being eliminated, but advisers express concern over resulting rate hikes.

A day after her deputy apologized for the failures with the Affordable Care Act insurance exchange, U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius followed suit and told Congress that she shoulders the blame for the botched rollout.

The Department of Labor is apparently close to finishing its controversial work on establishing a fiduciary standard.

CMS is communicating minimally with the thousands of insurance brokers who went through training for the 36 federally-run exchanges, while prominent ACA spokespeople — including the president — repeatedly fail to mention brokers as a viable exchange information source.

While the rest of the country was trying to access exchange websites on Oct. 1 and having no luck, something remarkable happened in Connecticut.

While the rest of the country was trying to access exchange websites on Oct. 1 and having no luck, something remarkable happened in Connecticut.

Reward results, not attendance in new workplace model.

One man is a walking example of the disability insurance he sells — now he wants to reframe how brokers and employees view this benefit.

David C. Smith uses his deeply analytical outlook to deliver unique, cost-cutting results for clients and a new mindset to fellow advisers.

Jack Kwicien tells you what you need to do now to make 2014 a break-out sales year

John Lamb on two technologies that will help you keep pace with advancements.

Nelson Griswold provides four tips for making sure you make the right decision for your client.

Craig Davidson on how doing the right thing as a fiduciary sometimes means losing a fight with a client, or even getting fired.

The choices that benefits professionals make now about the ACA are crucial.

Countless statistics show this demographic is woefully under-insured.

Computer servers hosting a key piece of Obamacare’s insurance enrollment program fails Sunday, leaving federal and independent state exchanges unable to provide most services.

Despite a CMS report Friday that nearly half of all applications completed so far are from the federally-run state exchanges, brokers on the front lines have a different perspective.

Just how will the fight in Congress over health exchange website glitches pan out? EBA spoke with former Capitol Hill staffer Drew Crouch, now director of government relations at Buck Consultants, about potential Republican strategies — and if tax reform that would impact employee benefits might still be on the table for this year.

In this list of key Obamacare provisions effective for the plan year beginning this January, which ones apply to you, and are you ready?

The state-run exchanges in Washington and Kentucky have received positive press about their websites working in comparison to the federal, but brokers haven’t had much hand in the success.