Health care summit: Moving the goal line?

They came; they sat; they talked. And talked. And EBA’s health care reform panel watched and listened.

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Gen Y-ers value benefits, job security

Despite the fact that three out of four Generation Y workers (those between 22 and 33 years old) feel secure in their jobs, more than 70% are very concerned about their finances and have set the goal of daily money management and budgeting, according to a study by Fidelity Investments.

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Podcast: Mental health parity rules: Heavy lifting ahead

Recently issued regulations under the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act included a few surprises along with (not surprisingly) some complex new requirements for plan sponsors. Join benefits attorney Cheryl Risley Hughes for the lowdown on the regs and some tips on what employers and their advisers should do to prepare.

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Report shows decline in brokerage M&As

A slumping economy, credit crunch, soft insurance market and uncertainty related to national health care reform squelched the number of mergers and acquisitions involving insurance producers, but that’s expected to change.

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LTC underwriters expected to seek hefty rate hikes

A steep increase in long-term care insurance (LTC) premiums is in the forecast for 2010, with some of the industry’s largest underwriters expected to seek permission from state regulators to pursue such action.

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