Voluntary Benefits

The marketplace still owes large sums to Xerox, Public Consulting Group, CSG and Milliman.

The Supreme Court says a contractual limit on suing over health plan benefits is legal.

Unum Group said Friday that its board approved a plan to buy up to $750 million of its own stock by mid-June 2015.

Humana Inc. Chairman Michael B. McCallister will retire from the health insurer's board of directors a year after he stepped down as CEO.

A more significant role for voluntary benefits in the employee benefits package is predicted for 2014.

While brokers have become comfortable with most traditional plans, pet insurance, identity theft coverage, legal plans and employee purchase programs also are becoming increasingly common in benefit packages.