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  • Best companies for benefits go one-on-one

    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.

  • Alabama fights fat, media with new screening program

    Alabama's effort to expand its health screening program has taken over the Web recently. And while most outlets pounced on the "fees for fat" angle, the program's steward says the media frenzy got it all wrong.

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  • Raw Bar: Winners, benchmarking and CRM

    For years MetLife has been updating and hosting a benefits benchmarking tool. It's easy to ignore, but it's also easy to use and full of good information if you take the time to explore it. Listen in as the carrier's Bob Love outlines some of things advisers and employers can do with the latest iteration of it's free data tool.

  • Uninsured don't inflate insured premiums much

    New research from a trio of health policy experts questions the commonly held belief that the insured cover the cost of the uninsured through cost shifting.

  • Success Story: SMB turns to consumer-driven plan for health cost management

    SMBs know better than any other how much of burden health care costs can place on their total expenses. Central Nebraska Public Power was no exception.

  • Raw Bar: Economic woes driving consumer coverage choices

    New research from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shows the economy is causing more and more consumers to skip the doctor's visit or cutback on prescription drugs. It's bad news for employers looking to corral long-term health costs.

  • Health care costs trend down

    Health care costs are expected to increase on average 10.6% in the next 12 months, according to Aon Consulting -- the lowest increase since the study began in 2001.

  • Raw Bar: Big broker ponders future of EB sales

    Willis' Joe Plumeri spent three weeks doing 40+ events on the roadshow following the announcement that his firm would acquire HRH. Listen in as he talks about what the future looks like for the pair of brokerages as well as what the future holds for the rest of masses of employee benefit sales professionals.

  • Critical facts about critical illness

    It's an open debate whether tight economic times spell boon or bust for the myriad of worksite and voluntary products. While benefit brokers and insurance carriers are hopeful employees will recognize the value of group or discounted individual worksite offerings, some employers question whether there will be any extra benefit dollars to go around once gas bills are paid and the pantry is filled.

  • Raw Bar: Wellness, health care reform and lean times retirement sales strategies

    You want to know how to drive retirement sales in a tight economy? Want to hear what the industry's best advisers are doing on the wellness front? Want to gird your client's wellness programs from the inevitable sophomore slump? Want to have the answers to your client's HSA questions? Want to elevate the health care reform debate?

  • Immigrants contribute to uninsured population

    Politicians and non-profits like to guess about the number of people without health insurance in the United States. While the uninsured population is still dominated by native-born Americans, the uninsured immigrant population has increased significantly.

  • Employers must examine extra costs tied to administering specialty drugs

    Much attention is given to the direct price of specialty drugs. But some employers are not aware of the extra costs to administer specialty drugs, which sometimes come as injections given at a doctor's office.

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