BenefitsPRO Magazine-September 2016

Fake Map

Peter Westerman

HR: Domestic violence and the workplace

Norbert Alicea

While domestic violence is often considered a dark yet private matter, the truth is that it has the potential to become a serious workplace issue. Here are some helpful tips on how to handle its impact in the office.

Ready or not ...

Alan Goforth

Disruption may be one of the most overused buzzwords in business today. However, with 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every single day, there may not be a more appropriate way to describe the demographic changes that life insurance brokers must address.

Great places to work

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Leaders at three small businesses who have received accolades for their workplaces believe they have the secret sauce to employee engagement and happiness.

4 ways to improve employee retention with a private exchange

Amy Natalie

The hospitality industry is not known for lengthy employee tenures, but by implementing a private exchange, this is how one luxury resort heightened employee retention.

What's in your bag of benefits?

Gil Lowerre and Bonnie Brazzell

The voluntary market is constantly changing, but the degree of change the last five years has occurred faster than ever before.

Worried about the coming of the mega carriers? Don't be.

David Contorno

The future of the carrier mergers is anyone's guess.

Coming to a head

Paul Wilson

The fragmentation within much of our country was on full display during the recent national conventions and their aftermath.

4 ways brokers can help their clients mitigate security risks

Pete Yozzo

Health care providers had a rough start this year. Hackers have already attacked multiple hospitals, forcing them to pay a ransom to get their files back, including patient records and billing information.

What makes life insurance so valuable?

Paul Wilson

While many know the important reasons for having life insurance, some are unaware of additional benefits that may be included with coverage.

Getting employees to take out the earbuds

Marty Traynor

Walk around any workplace and unless there's a safety issue, almost every employee under 50 is wearing earbuds and remains focused on their own personal music zone.

4 things insurance agencies can learn from lean startups

Veer Gidwaney

Startups are no longer the little brothers of big corporations. Not only are they competing, but in some cases, theyre winning the battle for market share.

Everybody's doing it

Christopher Carosa

The fact is, communities, nations and entire societies have used social norming aka, peer pressure to create and maintain a common set of shared values.

The game of life (insurance)

Erin Moriarty-Siler

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. Are you covered?

5 ways self-insured employers can find true centers of excellence

Shakil Haroon

In the self-insured world, centers of excellence is a term that is beginning to be used for a specific hospital that has been selected by a large employer for bundled pricing of high-ticket, higher-volume surgeries like knee replacement.