http://eba.benefitnews.com/rssfeed?list=65461&feedType=rss&assetType=ARTICLE RSS feed for EBA-TopStories http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/673391/Best-companies-benefits-go-one-on-one.html Principal's latest iteration of its annual "10 best companies for employee financial security" offers advisers and brokers several guideposts for helping their clients get recognition. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:38:00 GMT http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/673391/Best-companies-benefits-go-one-on-one.html 2008-08-26T16:38:00Z http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/641191/Catalyzing-LTC-Sales.html The number of benefit brokers and advisers saying they're expecting long-term care insurance sales success continues to diminish, falling from 11% in 2006 to 5% this year. Meanwhile the percentage of brokers expecting to increase their LTC business through "greater effort" is also dipping with 27% saying as much in 2006 and 2007, but just 22% saying so this year. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:54:00 GMT http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/641191/Catalyzing-LTC-Sales.html 2008-08-01T19:54:00Z http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/641251/Rebate-wrangling-Texas-insurance-official-aims.html The rebating issue seems to put everyone in a bind. Brokers that do it say they're just trying to justify their commissions. Brokers that don't, say they are being unlawfully run out of business. Regulators are just as likely to close their eyes and plug their ears to the issue as they are to get out their enforcement weapons - fines and de-licensing among them. And finally employers, so used to the practice, either continue to demand that brokers ignore the rules completely or they carefully query their would-be advisers about whether they assume any culpability with such a stance. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:18:00 GMT http://eba.benefitnews.com/asset/article/641251/Rebate-wrangling-Texas-insurance-official-aims.html 2008-08-01T20:18:00Z