Broker Regulation

Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier tells company shareholders that this year and next will be difficult.

Roman Catholic dioceses, schools and other groups sued the Obama administration Monday in eight states and the District of Columbia over a federal mandate that most employers provide workers free birth control as part of their health insurance.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man's children who were conceived through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits.

In California, the Affordable Care Act is expected to create nearly 100,000 jobs and bump up economic output by $4.4 billion, according to a new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.

The U.S. Department of Labor is releasing a $7.2 million National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing re-employment assistance to about 3,200 Florida workers who were impacted by layoffs after the termination of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

Group health plan participants face an increasing out-of-pocket burden in the form of higher deductibles and co-insurance in addition to less access. This environment sets the stage for a resurgence of fixed indemnity plans, along with gap plans.