BenefitsPRO Magazine-February 2013

Accident source list

Compiled by Charlene Harris

'Insurance finds you'

Interview Denis Storey

She might be young, but Janelle Crudos no rookie.

A beginner's guide to working with 401(k) plans

Paula Aven Gladych

Working with 401(k) plans as a benefits broker might seem like the holy grail of benefits work, but financial advisors and agents should first figure out why they want to do it and what value they can offer to plan sponsors before they begin prospecting.

Americans aren’t willing to make tradeoffs that impact health costs

Kathryn Mayer

U.S. consumers unwilling to change habits.

Enrollment is dead; long live engagement

Marty Traynor

Think of enrollment in terms of a processthe process of assisting employees in making good, educated choices in the benefits they elect

Trokey: What I've Learned

Interview by Denis Storey

Be your own biggest fan And biggest critic. We’re all selling ourselves. More specifically, we’re selling our ability to make an impact on…

The employer view of the enrollment challenge

Gil Lowerre and Bonnie Brazzell

Just 56 percent of employees say they feel very confident they will make the right decisions during open enrollment, and a majority just keep making the same choices each year or fail to actively enroll, potentially leaving money on the table.

'Let me hold some…'

Brian Hicks

Are you guilty of showing up only when you need something?

While you weren’t looking…

Denis Storey

What you might have missed was another one of those arbitrary rulings by the Obama administration regarding affordability.

The most urgent health problem is…

Kathryn Mayer

Nearly a quarter of Americans say access in the nation's most urgent health problem.

Health care cost increases growing slower

Kathryn Mayer

Its the first time since 2001 that projected cost increases were less than 10% for any plan type

On the clock

Noah Guillaume

When it comes to benefits, employees want them now as opposed over the long term.

An idiot’s guide to fiduciary duty

Chris Carosa

The difference between someone performing fiduciaries duties and someone not used to be as simple as identifying what government agency regulated that providers business.

Federal beneficiaries cross party lines

Denis Storey

A new Pew Research Center poll reveals a majority of us have received benefits from the six best-known federal entitlement programs.

The road to Medicare

Nathan Solheim

Age 65the minimum age most people sign up for Medicareis a watershed date in a persons life.