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Recent benefits industry hires and personnel changes include appointments at Mass Mutual, The Collaborative, Russell Investments, T. Rowe Price, and more.

Lawmakers, consumers and insurers, among others, have complained that pharmacy-benefits managers use opaque deals and rebates to pad their profits, putting the industry under increased scrutiny.

The audits expand on a pilot project launched last year in Philadelphia and put more pressure on plan administrators to find former employees or their beneficiaries so that the benefits theyre owed can be distributed.

Foregone revenue on health care benefits will cost the feds $3.9 trillion -- by far the largest expenditure in the tax code -- which is why group health insurance experts are uneasy about the future of group policies in a tax reform debate.

A report from Insurance Journal says that early employer respondents indicate that they expect their average cost per employee for health benefits will rise by 4.3 percent in 2018.

As the industry rapidly embraces advances in technology, its becoming increasingly important that brokers get up to speed on using Big Data and predictive analytics.

Spouses and domestic partners have a significant impact on whether employees participate in a workplace wellness program and on the health habits they adopt.

Would-be retirees are continuing to work to retain their employer's health insurance -- but some employers are offering a way out, with medical coverage.