Voluntary Benefits are Big Perks to Small Business Employees

by Clair McNamara | May 16, 2014 | Brokers and Agents, Employers, Industry News

http://eba.benefitnews.com/news/voluntary-benefits-are-big-perks-to-small-business-employees BY NICK OTTO MAY 16, 2014   While small-business employers are just as keen on providing the same benefits as their big-business counterparts, a recent Colonial Life...

Employers Want Advisers To Help Solve The Exchange Puzzle

by Clair McNamara | May 13, 2014 | Brokers and Agents, Employers, Industry News, The Affordable Care Act

http://eba.benefitnews.com/health-insurance-exchange/news/employers-want-advisers-to-help-solve-the-exchange-puzzle BY: MELISSA A. WINN MAY 8, 2014 Employers remain unclear about the benefits and drawbacks of switching their health plans to a private exchange, but the...

Report: Large Employers Could Shift Nearly All Workers’ Health Coverage to Marketplace by 2020

by Clair McNamara | May 2, 2014 | Employers, Industry News, The Affordable Care Act

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/01/226155/report-large-employers-could-shift.html?sp=/99/200/328/ BY TONY PUGH MAY 1, 2014 WASHINGTON — A new investor report predicts that Standard & Poor’s 500 companies could shift 90 percent of their workforce from...

Thanks to Obamacare, more companies are likely to dump health benefits

by Clair McNamara | May 2, 2014 | Brokers and Agents, Employers, Industry News, The Affordable Care Act

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/even-bigger-obamacare-changes-are-on-the-way-145758836.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory BY RICK NEWMAN MAY 1, 2014 Get ready for a trip back to the 1950s. Back then, fast-growing companies were in the habit of offering health...

Implications for Employers in New Health Care Law

by Clair McNamara | May 2, 2014 | Employers, Industry News, The Affordable Care Act

FROM the New York Times BY NEIL IRWIN Edited by David Leonhardt MAY 2, 2014 The days of Americans getting health insurance through their employers may be numbered — and the change could be just as profound as the shift of employers forcing employees to manage their...

Brokers expect Voluntary Sales Boom

by Clair McNamara | Mar 15, 2014 | Brokers and Agents, Industry News, The Affordable Care Act

http://www.benefitspro.com/2014/03/13/brokers-expect-voluntary-sales-boom BY KATHRYN MAYER MAR 13, 2014 Say what you want about health care reform having a negative effect on all things benefits related. But stats continue to show one good thing: The Patient...