Many employers want to talk to brokers or benefits consultants about setting up defined contribution health plans in a year or two.
More than one-third told a polling firm they want to start to switch next year, and 39 percent said they want to switch in 2015.
About 33 percent of the employers that hope to convert would get advice from insurance brokers, and 33 percent would talk to benefits brokers. Just 9 percent think a payroll company would be a good source of conversion guidance.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
