Benefits

The American Benefits Council has issued legislative recommendations for improving the ACA.

The bill would require private-sector businesses to offer retirement accounts to employees.

The move to self-insure health benefits is growing, but not among small firms so far, EBRI finds.

The proposals include universal retirement accounts and a change to the treatment of tax incentives.

Eighty-three percent of employers offer an HDHP.

Few understand their eligibility, a MassMutual survey finds.

Are equity compensation plans the answer for comprehensive financial wellness?

The settlement resolves six of nine lawsuits against the state.

The Washington Post is moving away from both its traditional DB plan and cash balance plan, and has agreed not to transfer pension liabilities to an insurance company.

How do you split your dollars, and how do participants split theirs?

Boutique-sized PR agencies offer an unusual range of benefits.

A strong majority (78%) of employers include financial wellness, mental health and more in their workplace well-being programs.

Employers are confident their onsite or near-site health centers improve the health and productivity of their employees, a survey finds.

Overall claim costs will continue to increase by 7% to 10%.

More plan sponsors will likely consider altering their health strategies for their pre-65 retirees over the next few years, Aon Hewitt finds. 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has increased health care costs for many employers, but the majority believe the largest cost increases are yet to come.

A lawmaker in Maine has introduced a bill to address a potential U.S. Supreme Court decision about health exchange premium subsidies.

Increasing health care costs and provisions of the ACA are leading more employers to consider self-funding benefits or to reevaluate stop-loss insurance.

The new ACA reporting requirements are presenting challenges to employers, and most are considering or implementing an outsourced solution.

The ACA and potential changes to it are driving employers to reconsider the design and role of health care benefits.