BenefitsPRO Magazine-June 2014

Accident Plans Source List

Charlene Harris

The 2014 Benefits Selling/Eastbridge Voluntary survey

Bonnie Brazzell, Gil Lowerre

The Benefits Selling/Eastbridge Voluntary survey was conducted again this year, and more than 325 brokersa combination of employee benefit brokers, traditional voluntary brokers, enrollment companies, etc.responded.

It's No Accident

Ingrid Case

Trevor Garbers has a ringside seat on sales of voluntary accident coverage.

The benefits industry name game

Nathan Solheim

People who work in the benefits industry have been going through their own name games over the past few years, thanks to a rapidly shifting business landscape dominated by PPACA.

Fitness fix or fad?

Scott Wooldridge

Wearable devices that track your activity levels are increasingly turning up in corporate wellness programs, but will Americans stick with the new technology, or are these fitness trackers a fad?

Voluntary sales up again in 2013

Bonnie Brazzell and Gil Lowerre

It's that time again to tell you, in a series of articles, about our voluntary market sales results. To sum it up, it's good news: The industry had another solid year.

Brokers on Record: What's in a name?

Denis Storey

What do other industry leaders and veterans call themselves?

Innovation in our business

Marty Traynor

During the Benefits Selling Expo, Benefits Selling announced the launch of the Broker Innovation Lab, a program that showcases brokers that are transforming the way we do business.

Drug info hard to come by on exchanges

Kathryn Mayer

New analysis suggests the exchanges didn't provide enough information on drug coverages or providers for consumers to make an adequateor at least hassle-freedecision.

IRS announces 2015 HSA limits

Kathryn Mayer

Maximum contributions to health savings accounts will jump slightly next year, the Internal Revenue Service announced in late April. It will increase $50 for individuals and $100 for families.

HR secret No. 26

Tim Sackett

I believe HR has at least 26 dirty, little secrets. Im about to tell you about just one. No. 26 could be as bad or worse than No. 1. Ill let you decide when Ive written them all.

PPACA pushing premiums higher

Kathryn Mayer

Brokers say health premiums are rising so sharply that, in some states, increases are in the triple-digits and overall might be among the worst yet.

Uninsured and hating it

Denis Storey

The percentage of people without health insurance is now at its lowest point since Gallup began tracking it back in 2008.

Helping small business is big

Peter Westerman

Don't let the word small mislead youthere's nothing small about them.

How to get an instant retirement raise

Christopher Carosa

Weve all sat in those boring 401(k) education sessionssome of us on both sides of the perpetual PowerPoint. It's the same-old, same-old: Saving is good, saving is great. Hurry up before it's too late.

Wellness programs show healthy gains

compiled by Denis Storey and designed by Joe Schlue

Interest in wellness programs continues to drive employer product offerings.

Going Retail

Erin Conroy

Mike Augustine, of Greenville, S.C., had some errands to run at his local shopping centers: buy some groceries, pop into a mobile phone retailer, pick up some dry cleaning. And lastly, he had to stop by the health insurance store to pick up a better plan.