Voluntary Benefits

Stand-alone long-term care insurance may still be going through tough times, but long-term care planning is starting to become a standard part of any thorough financial planning conversation.

Aetna Inc. is turning away from the upheaval in the U.S. major medical insurance market and focusing on other product lines.

Employers are responding to the increase in health care premiums by continuing to pass the costs onto workers and also reducing their prescription drug coverage.

Investors for Opioid Accountability plans to file shareholder proposals on board oversight of business risks at 10 manufacturers and distributors to compel them to do more to limit the risks of the addictive products and protect shareholders against losses.

Employers are recognizing that open enrollment is one of the few times each year that they get to communicate with all of their employees, particularly in regards to their benefits.

With the price of a crucial diabetes drug skyrocketing, at least five states and a federal prosecutor are demanding information from insulin manufacturers and the pharmaceutical industrys financial middlemen.