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• Mobile apps: Just what the doctor ordered

  By Robert Oscar  |  November 22, 2011

  Today, smartphones are revolutionizing the way health care decisions are made and there is no better time than the present.

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  Cost shifting made easy

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  November 9, 2011

  Not everyone likes change, especially when it comes to health care. However, with health care’s rising costs and the tough economic climate, more of those expenses are shifting to employees, says Sheryl Kovach, president and CEO of Kandor Group, a human resources consulting firm in Houston.

• Insurers’ financial strength in the spotlight

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  September 28, 2011

  Due to an economic crisis that hasn’t slowed down, more attention is on the financial strength of insurers. A new LIMRA study finds that more than a quarter of producers consider the financial strength of an insurer one of the two most important factors in 2011.

• Demand high for self-directed investment options

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  September 28, 2011

  Since the downturn in the investment markets in 2008 and 2009, investors have taken more control over their investment portfolios, leading to a growing demand for self-directed options from the wealth management industry, according to a research report released today by Scivantage and Aite Group.

• Commenters vent on electronic disclosure rules

  By Allison Bell  |  April 20, 2011

  Benefit plan managers seem to be divided on whether distributing more plan notices electronically would have any effect on plan participants’ inability to find, summon the energy to read, or understand the notices.

• Paperless enrollment a surging trend

  By Jenny Ivy  |  May 1, 2010

  According to a Guardian survey, waves of employees are going paperless during enrollment season.