About the Author
Dan Cole
Dan Cole is the Research and Development Manager for FreeERISA, a leading employee benefits and retirement data website. With nearly a decade of experience guiding FreeERISA from an off-shoot of Judy Diamond Associates to one of the markets's top destinations with more than 750,000 users, Dan knows the ins-and-outs of the data behind this multi-trillion dollar industry and the people who make it hum.
Dan was a featured speaker on best practices at InfoCommerce Group's Data Content Summit in 2010, and previously wrote the introductions to the FreeERISA Daily eNewsletter.
Dan enjoys cooking, the great outdoors, and being nice to his mother.
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By Dan Cole |
May 22, 2012
Let's find out where the most lucrative markets are for health brokers.
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By Dan Cole |
May 14, 2012
As I flew back to FreeERISA’s hometown of Washington, D.C., I wondered what the health insurance world looked like in a city of 1.3 million people compared to D.C.’s 617,000.
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By Dan Cole |
May 7, 2012
Last night I had a dream that I was a participant in something called the “Kindness Games.”
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By Dan Cole |
April 30, 2012
In 2010 there were 362,757 401(k) plans with more than zero dollars in reported assets. All told, they added up to around $2.8 trillion.
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By Dan Cole |
April 24, 2012
The DOL’s definition of who’s a fiduciary and who’s not a fiduciary seems to be a never-ending headache.
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By Dan Cole |
April 16, 2012
There was some controversy last week when I published data that indicated large health plans can pay 10 to 15 times as much to cover a participant in a health plan compared to their small policy counterparts.
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By Dan Cole |
April 10, 2012
Let's use atomic physics and marine biology to talk about health plan costs.
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By Dan Cole |
April 3, 2012
Let’s assume for the moment that education is the key to 401(k) participation. But where can education provide the biggest oomph?
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By Dan Cole |
March 27, 2012
I think we can all agree that there’s a huge amount of money at stake here. But how much?
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By Dan Cole |
March 20, 2012
Plan sponsors have 210 days after the close of the plan year to file their form 5500s.