Benefits

Not only are state and local governments struggling with unfunded pension liabilities but other liabilities as well.

The problem of student loan debt was in the news and a subject of conversation among his company’s own employees, says Scott Francis, CEO of BP-3.

This was one suggestion made by a witness at the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing about multiemployer pension plan reform.

Just like the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers before them, Millennials are slowly reshaping basic assumptions about the workforce and employer-provided health benefits. 

There has been an uptick in the use of private exchanges among mid-sized employers.

Jellyvision shares tips for employers to prevent employees from inundating the benefits office with questions.

The number of accounts continues to grow as well as the amount of assets.

Anticipating the Cadillac tax, now set to go into effect in 2020, and higher costs for health care, plan sponsors are continuing to make changes to health benefits...

A survey found Baby Boomers and Generation X lack trust in online financial advice.

However, options to help reduce the financial risk of HDHPs to employees are not being utilized.

Only 6% of CFOs reported that their company assesses the return on investment (ROI) of its health benefits, and just 23% make any performance assessment at all.

Return on investment is just part of the story for measuring the success of a wellness program. 

CFOs surveyed also listed attracting and retaining talent as well as helping employees become healthy as health benefits priorities.

When people misunderstand their health care options, they may not spend their health care dollars optimally.

One in three employers outsource all their benefits administration, up 20% since 2013.

The 2016 medical trend rate in North America is estimated at 5.8%, while the annual general inflation rate is 1.5%, according to an Aon Hewitt report.

Two in five employers surveyed say they are unfamiliar with new forms required by the IRS in 2016.

Most companies implementing a fitness initiative in the new year started planning back in November, but it's not too late to harness new year’s resolutions energy.

A new survey and research report from Aon Hewitt reveals large employers plan to expand the depth and breadth of financial well-being programs in the year ahead.

A committee’s approval of a bill comes after the DOL proposed guidance for states to establish such plans.