Voluntary benefits, part 1: Capturing the opportunity with small and mid-market clients
By David A. SaltzmanNo client wants a $5,000 hospital bill which is one reason the popularity of voluntary benefits has soared in a post-PPACA marketplace.
August 04, 2015
Is the Stand-Alone HRA Making a Comeback?Stand-alone health reimbursement arrangements have been a casualty of the Affordable Care Act, but proposed legislation could allow some small businesses to keep using them.
August 03, 2015
Dodd and Frank on Dodd-FrankWe did very difficult, politically hard things in the Dodd-Frank Act, former Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank said. My head hurt.
August 03, 2015
Fiduciary Best Practices, Part Deux: Bigger, Better, Maybe More Client-CenteredRecent activities in Congress and at the SEC to curtail a fiduciary standard for brokers indicate, at least to this writer, that any meaningful advances in investor protections will be driven by independent fiduciary advisors.
August 03, 2015
When a Growing Firm Is Actually a Bad SignFirm revenues and client retention are up. So what's the problem?
August 03, 2015
View: Higher health spending is actually sort of goodIf we have extra money, why not use some of it to make ourselves feel better?
August 03, 2015
View: Higher health spending is actually sort of goodIf we have extra money, why not use some of it to make ourselves feel better?
August 03, 2015
To Help the Middle Class, Raise Interest Rates: Searching for Alpha for August 2015Everything from corporate greed to the tax code has been blamed for the expanding wealth gap, but artificially low rates may be a bigger contributor.
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