Core and Group Health

More than six years after it was signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act continues to throw a considerable shadow across the industry in various ways

When Congress passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (aka Dodd-Frank) in the summer of 2010, it neither reformed Wall Street nor protected consumers. Indeed, it did worse.

As the economy improves, brokers and employers are doing more to expand benefit offerings to workers who are now less concerned about job security and more concerned about job benefits.

The annual Benefits Selling/Eastbridge voluntary benefits survey was conducted during March and April of this year, and almost 350 producers responded, representing a combination of employee benefit brokers, traditional voluntary brokers, enrollment companies, and agents.

Reed Smith, Benefits Selling's 2016 Broker of the Year, has studied the industry from all angles, giving him a unique and comprehensive perspective on the needs and challenges of brokers, clients and carriers.

Educational reimbursement programs earned back almost a third more than the original cost for an ROI of 129 percent.