BenefitsPRO Magazine-November 2019

Letter from the Editor

Grass roots?

Paul Wilson | October 31, 2019

Benefits brokers are at the forefront of new solutions and strategies to meet the employers' challenges and obstacles.

November 04, 2019

Issue Gallery

Best Practices

2020 vision: Avoiding political pitfalls in the year to come

With the 2020 election year just around the corner, brokers shared their insights into managing political discussions.

Features

Employee benefits and property & casualty insurance: Worlds apart?

Scott Wooldridge | November 15, 2019

As consolidation reshapes the market, innovations and strategies from one area of insurance have often bled into the other.

5 steps to integrate social determinants of health into our health care system

Dan Cook | September 26, 2019

A new report calls for a strategic plan that brings together partners that have not worked in a coordinated fashion in the past.

4 ways health care access is changing

Rob Carnaroli | September 17, 2019

As we head into fall open enrollment season, it's important for brokers to pause and scan the marketplace for their clients.

Columnists

Identity theft a growing concern for employees

Marty Traynor | November 14, 2019

As benefit professionals, we have both an obligation and an opportunity to help employees protect their identities.

MLR vs market share, part 2: The counterargument

Kevin Trokey | November 12, 2019

Even if there is collusion between insurance carriers on market prices, what if one of the carriers breaks ranks?

Consider the employee

Bonnie Brazzell | November 18, 2019

An important element in the benefits decision-making process must be the preferences of employees.

Be careful what you 'risk' for

Christopher Carosa | November 19, 2019

Risk stands in the middle of one of investing's greatest mixed metaphors.

Face of Change

There's a lot of opportunity: A Q&A with Amy Evans

Paul Wilson | November 05, 2019

Amy Evans is president of Colibri Insurance Services, and, if you can believe it, loves open enrollment.

Action/Reaction

Alternate realities: Brokers' backup careers

BenefitsPRO editors | November 26, 2019

We asked benefits brokers what career they would have pursued if they hadn't gotten into their current profession.