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Retirement plan professional groups are asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to stick with the current registration process for continuing education (CE) programs.

The number of health savings accounts (HSAs) – and the average amount of contributions per account – increased between 2008 and 2009.

The Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC) is asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to clarify where flexible savings arrangements (FSAs) fit in with the new Form W-2 health benefits reporting requirements.

Many brokers today remain skeptical that consumer-directed health plans will fulfill their promise. But they are missing the point: the connection between health and financial security is clear to employers and, increasingly, to their employees.

Express Scripts Inc., one of the largest pharmacy benefits managers in the U.S., spent $490,000 in the first quarter as it lobbied the federal government on a host of health care issues.

Retirement planning officials take note: The Obama administration is ramping up enforcement efforts to combat the large number of retirement plans that it says are not compliant with retirement planning rules and regulations.

Nell Hennessy was the “definitive source of knowledge” on every aspect of the benefits world and made a number of contributions for employees throughout the years, according to leaders in the benefits business.

Since 1980, companies of all shapes and sizes have taken advantage of insured executive medical reimbursement plans. With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last year, prospects for the continued marketing of these plans looked bleak at best, but isnt it strange sometimes how quickly things...