• The future of health care

    86.8 percent of employers surveyed believe more health care costs will shift to their employees in five years. 51 percent of employers feel that CDHPs will be the dominant health plan in five years. 47.4 percent of employers feel they

  • Assurant redesigns dental plan

    Assurant recently launched a family-focused dental insurance program, Family Share Max, which will replace individual maximums. The plan will allow families to allocate funds to each family member from one shared coverage pool, and eliminates

  • FMLA frustration: Who is covered?

    Most employers generally are aware of their obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act to grant leave to employees to care for family members. However, FMLA narrowly limits the definition of family member to a "spouse, or a son,

  • It's all about closure

    It's about time. After a primary season that featured more plot twists than a "Law & Order" episode, it appears as if things are finally winding down. It's a good thing, too. Because this prolonged battle between the Democratic

  • The future of health care

    86.8 percent of employers surveyed believe more health care costs will shift to their employees in five years. 51 percent of employers feel that CDHPs will be the dominant health plan in five years. 47.4 percent of employers feel they

  • Assurant redesigns dental plan

    Assurant recently launched a family-focused dental insurance program, Family Share Max, which will replace individual maximums. The plan will allow families to allocate funds to each family member from one shared coverage pool, and eliminates

  • FMLA frustration: Who is covered?

    Most employers generally are aware of their obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act to grant leave to employees to care for family members. However, FMLA narrowly limits the definition of family member to a "spouse, or a son,

  • What Advisors Want, Or, Shooting at the Wrong Target

    In March of this year, I conducted a research project. It was a survey of the financial professionals in my personal database. I asked them ...

  • Help Clients and Prospects Evaluate the Promises of Defined Benefit Plans

    For many years, some of your clients have been counting on their defined benefit (DB) pension plans with the same confidence they have in counting ...