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EAPs Promote Crisis Services
By Allison BellByThe Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have forced employers and their benefits advisors to pay more attention to critical incident assistance programs.For about $25 per employee ...
October 07, 2001
OCC Preempts Parts Of West Virginia Bank Insurance Sales LawByWashington The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has determined that four provisions of a West Virginia law regulating bank insurance sales are ...
October 07, 2001
Survey Finds Internet Valuable For Benefits CommunicationsByA survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, conducted in September 2000, found that the use of the Web for employee benefits communication ...
October 07, 2001
Internet Proves Useful For Employee Benefits CommunicationsByInsurance companies may find the Internet to be a useful tool to help reach employee benefits communications goals.Many companies are currently offering a variety of ...
October 07, 2001
USERRA Protects Activated Guard Members and ReservistsByThe United States depends heavily these days on 1.5 million members of the military reserves, National Guard and state guard units to help protect the ...
October 07, 2001
Managed Care Wholesaler Trims Number Of Insurers InvolvedManaged Care Wholesaler Trims Number Of Insurers InvolvedByThe five remaining insurer-owners of Private Healthcare Systems Inc., Waltham, Mass., a large wholesale managed care company, have ...
October 07, 2001
U.S. Workers in Foreign Lands Seek Security of Familiar BenefitsBenefits and compensation are the top concerns of employees contemplating assignments in foreign countries, according to a recent worldwide survey.As explained by Virginia Hollis, vice ...
October 07, 2001
Carve-Outs Slice Risk From Self-Funded Health PlansByRising health care costs have touched every aspect of business during the past five years.Thats why an increasing number of insurance brokers, benefits consultants and ...