No reassurance on health care reform

A week after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in which he mentioned the topic of jobs at least four times more than health care, EBA’s health reform panelists reflect on what the president’s new focus could mean for the health care debate moving forward.

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Wellness programs linked to employee engagement, retention

Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged in their work when their employers make wellness a priority, according to a white paper from Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc.

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Podcast: HITECH's impact on benefit brokers and advisers

The new HITECH law expands HIPAA's health privacy rules, creating several responsibilities and penalties that apply to benefit brokers and advisers. With enforcement of the HITECH rules slated to begin this month, attorney Christine Roberts provides an overview of the requirements and offers some tips on what to do now to prepare.

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Podcast: Guardian focuses on efficiency and environmental impact

Through a new communications campaign, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's Elena Wu shares how improved Web-based technology can help the environment while giving clients a leg up on accessing their benefits information.

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MetLife said to be eyeing AIG’s Alico unit

Published reports have suggested that MetLife Inc. could acquire AIG’s American Life Insurance Co. unit known as Alico for as much as $15 billion, though another possible scenario would be for the embattled American International Group Inc. to pursue an initial public offering.

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