Benefits | July 28th, 2004 S&P 500 Chiefs' Pay Rises 22% in '03 July 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P 500 chiefs made 22% more in 2003.
Benefits | July 26th, 2004 Companies Fail to Track Leave of Absence Costs July 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Leave of absence (LOA) policies are nearly universal, but calculating the costs associated with these...
Benefits | July 23rd, 2004 Boston Kicks Off Drug Reimportation Program July 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fed up with the increasing cost for prescription drugs, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino kicked off...
Benefits | July 20th, 2004 Hewitt Revises HMO Increase Figure for 2005 July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large companies embroiled in the early stages of their health maintenance organization (HMO) renewal contracts...
Benefits | July 20th, 2004 Segal: Dental Costs Remain Low July 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Dental plans seem to have avoided the large increases in costs that have been the norm in...
Benefits | July 19th, 2004 CIGNA Says Consumers Clamor for HSA Features July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparently the notion of a Health Savings Account is appealing to consumers, as well as...
Benefits | July 19th, 2004 Sweetnam: HSA Guidance Is Coming July 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for more regulatory guidance on Health Savings Accounts (HSA) may soon get...
Benefits | July 16th, 2004 Washington State Employers See Sharp Health-Care Cost Increases July 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As in much of the nation, employers in Washington state have experience with continued health-care...
Benefits | July 14th, 2004 Mercer: Merit Budgets at 3.3% in '04, 3.5% in '05 July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pay increases will be the same in 2004 as they were in 2003, but forecasts...
Benefits | July 14th, 2004 Health-Care Costs Not Factoring Into Early Retirement Decision July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers eyeing early retirement expect to have health insurance coverage, even though few have given...
Benefits | July 14th, 2004 US House Gives Thumbs Up to Drug Reimport Measure July 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While a measure passed out of the US House of Representatives would allow Americans to...
Benefits | July 13th, 2004 Milliman: HMOs Up 11% in '05 July 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organizations (HM0) are forecast to have an 11% rate increase in 2005, down...
Benefits | July 8th, 2004 EBRI: HSA Alone Is Not Enough July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Health Savings Account (HSA) alone may not be enough to cover the expected costs...
Benefits | July 8th, 2004 Pfizer Launches Uninsured Prescription Drug Plan July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pfizer Inc has launched a new initiative to provide prescription drugs to the nation's uninsured.
Benefits | July 6th, 2004 Dow Jones, Union Strike a Deal July 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under an agreement struck between the union representing employees and Dow Jones & Co. Inc,...
Benefits | July 1st, 2004 AL Governor May Call Special Session to Battle Health-Care Costs July 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alabama Governor Bob Riley wants the state to take steps to reduce the cost of...
Benefits | June 30th, 2004 Most Tech Companies Have a Nonqual Option June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of US technology companies now offer nonqualified retirement plans as an incentive to...
Benefits | June 30th, 2004 Ohio PERS Members Could Take Health Care Hit June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Certain Ohio public employees will have to work 30 years before being eligible for 100%...
Benefits | June 30th, 2004 Workplace Fitness Efforts Beginning to Take Hold June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies that run fitness/wellness programs are darned happy about the offerings, a survey...
Benefits | June 29th, 2004 Most Plan Sponsors Say Health-Care Costs Are 'Out of Control' June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of plan sponsors in the Northeast say health-care costs are "out of...