Benefits Manager

Plan sponsors and employers could be providing guidance about making good Medicare plan choices to near- retirees, perhaps offering HSAs for supplemental retirement income, a new survey suggests.

Rather than simply emphasizing the accumulation of assets, this new research-driven approach first determines whether an investor prefers safety-first or keeping their options open, according to new research.

Employee engagement dropped from 36% of employees who said they were engaged in 2020, to 34% in 2021, down to 32% in 2022.

We recently sat down with Brandon Weber, the co-founder and CEO at Nava Benefits, to get his thoughts on the state of the industry, the benefits trends he's watching, and the evolving role of the benefits advisor.

During open enrollment, most enrollees (72%) spend less than an hour on their health plan, with HDHP enrollees spending more time than traditional plan enrollees, says a new survey.

Even in inflationary times, the strategy employers – and the benefit plan professionals supporting them – often deploy is raising employee awareness of how the company is providing a match, but ongoing financial education is needed.

Employers are in a unique position to help accelerate the positive momentum around mental health by implementing impactful programs and building a culture that makes it ok to ask for help.

These six provisions highlight how 401(k) plans will be increasingly serving additional holistic purposes, such as emergency savings, student loan matches and penalty-free withdrawals for domestic abuse victims.