Voluntary Benefits

A union health plan is suing in federal court and hopes to represent a class that will include self-insured employer plans.

William Ziebell told analysts that interest in retention has helped keep the overall benefits market growing.

Patients are excited. But do the new weight-loss pills change the value equation for plan sponsors?

In five states, the average premium for fully insured small-group coverage rose by more than 40%.

The number of small employers actually adopting the plans is "growing but "still limited," Michael Uretsky says.

The sponsors want to let states set their own rules for employers' self-funded dental plans.