Surgical Trip, of Boca Raton, Fla., has partnered with Plano, Texas-based limited medical plan marketer USNow to offer Surgical Trip's medical tourism program to all USNow groups. The program will be offered to all new USNow groups; exisiting

The BEST Life and Health Insurance Company has joined the Twitter community, the company announced today. "Twitter provides us great opportunities to reach out to our brokers and customers," stated Steve Course, Vice President of

Pat Buchanan, keynote speaker at Benefits Selling Expo 2009, claims Roland Burris' race is the reason behind the Senate majority leader Harry Reid's refusal to seat him, according to Media Matters for America, a not-for-profit research

Clear Choice Health Plans announced it has acquired privately-owned Trusteed Plans Service Corporation, a Tacoma, Wash.-based third party administrator. TPSC will retain its name and management team. "The acquisition of TPSC, which is

Now is a good time to evaluate your retirement savings, and chances are employees need some help of their own. According to a story in the New York Times, one-on-one financial planning is taking hold as a workplace benefit. Principal Financial Group

Non-profit employers who use 403(b) defined-contribution plans in the employee benefits packages will face new regulations next year. Changes to those plans published in July 2007 will take effect Jan. 1, 2009, forcing some employers to change the

Much has been made of the differences between Gen-Y workers and their older counterparts, but a study commissioned by Unum found they aren't so different after all. The Harris Interactive study found both groups turn to the same place for

For some women, talking about finances is like pulling teeth. According to a survey by State Farm, 41 percent of women find talking to their spouses about daily finances is worse than visiting the dentist. In spite of this, 24 percent of women go to