Benefits Think 5 ways to boost employee well-being
How can employers help workers build the skills, habits and behaviors that drive both individual and workplace well-being?
Chris Boyce
Virgin Pulse
Technology
Emerging technology simplifies part-timer enrollment
In time for holiday employment, ACH, credit and debit elections avoid cumbersome payroll deduction retroactivity.
Advanced analytics identified as key to lower health costs
Coalition survey links data to plan design, medical spend predictions with nearly universal interest in accessing metrics.
Symantec to buy LifeLock for $2.3B
One of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies agrees to buy identity-theft protection services company for about $2.3 billion including debt to expand in services for identity protection.
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Kiel Porter
Emerging technology simplifies part-timer enrollment
In time for holiday employment, ACH, credit and debit elections avoid cumbersome payroll deduction retroactivity.
Ergonomics setting the tone for wellness success
Advisers are approaching the wellbeing market from an environmental point of view, noting the office layout can affect morale.
Fidelity looks to scale up its exchange product
After a successful launch in the Northeast, Joe Laurin, president of Fidelity Health Marketplace, shares where the company plans to take its marketplace next.
Fidelity looks to scale up its exchange product
After a successful launch in the Northeast, Joe Laurin, president of Fidelity Health Marketplace, shares where the company plans to take its marketplace next.
Benefits Think Avoid being the next target for a HIPAA breach
The Office for Civil Rights will begin investigating breaches or protected health information that affect less than 500 individuals, says attorney Sheryl Feutz-Harter.
Sheryl Feutz-Harter
Bryan Cave LLP
Investing in client loyalty brings ‘huge’ ROI
A loyal employer will spend more money and renew more quickly, according to research.
Benefits Think A hard case for soft benefits: 6 products to soften the edge
Health and financial benefits are only the tip of today’s employee retention iceberg, says ADP’s Aldor Delp.
Aldor Delp
ADP
Benefits Think How to boost web traffic with on-page SEO
Benefit consultants don’t need to be code jockeys to improve their search engine results. Rick Ramos advises how to reach the top of the Google heap.
Rick Ramos
HealthJoy
How to build a larger business network with Facebook groups
One owner became the largest agent in his area in just three years by using social media and offering services to his community that in turn boost his overall sales.
Strategies that will give brokers an email edge
Subject line and follow-up are the most important elements of an electronic composition, explains Jeremiah Desmarais of Agency Growth Academy.
Stale benefit tech frustrates global employees
The software used by U.S. firms may be top-notch, but their global subsidiaries often deal with paper forms and spreadsheets.
Benefits Think A hard case for soft benefits: 6 products to soften the edge
Health and financial benefits are only the tip of today’s employee retention iceberg, says ADP’s Aldor Delp.
Aldor Delp
ADP
Mobile strategy is a must-have to attract and retain customers
Agencies that have a mobile app are more likely to acquire new clients, according to a Google study.
Benefits Think 3 ways brokers can leverage technology to manage benefits customization
Helping employees make the right choice from among dozens of options is one of the most important services advisers can offer says Connecture’s Joe Donlan.
Joseph Donlan
Connecture Inc.
Automating the future of adviser services is driving greater profitability
Technological advances substituting for human interaction has been a common concern among advisers in the benefit space, but Steve Anderson says those fears are unfounded.
ADP wants to meet employers where they are with its private exchange
Many marketplaces were created with assumptions that didn’t always take client needs and desires into account, says ADP’s Will Giaconia.
