Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced two leadership appointments for its Human Capital and Benefits business segment, promoting Mike Archer to lead its North American Retirement business and co-lead its global Retirement business, and Eric McMurray to lead its North American Health and Benefits (H&B) business and co-lead… Continue reading Willis Towers Watson Announces New Leaders for its North American Retirement, and Health and Benefits Businesses
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Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care
Employers are increasingly going the distance to control health spending, paying to send workers across the country to get medical care and bypassing local health-care providers. One of the latest is Amazon.com Inc., which will pay travel costs for workers diagnosed with cancer who choose to see doctors at City of Hope, a Los Angeles-area… Continue reading Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Announces Launch of New Healthcare Practice
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center or EPIC), a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today the expansion and reorganization of its healthcare practice. The new healthcare practice will be rebranded and serve clients as Edgewood Healthcare Advisors. The practice combines the resources and specialists gained through… Continue reading EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Announces Launch of New Healthcare Practice
Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a Year
The average total cost of employer-provided health coverage passed $20,000 for a family plan this year, according to a new survey, a landmark that will likely resonate politically as health care has become an early focus of the presidential campaign. Annual premiums rose 5% to hit $20,576 for an employer-provided family plan in 2019, according… Continue reading Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a Year
U.S. Employers Eyeing Changes to Employee Benefit Strategy
Faced with rising costs and continuing struggles to engage employees with their benefits, U.S. employers are expanding their overall corporate benefit strategy to better meet employee needs, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. The survey found employers are looking to place greater emphasis on… Continue reading U.S. Employers Eyeing Changes to Employee Benefit Strategy
Chubb Workplace Benefits Introduces Next Generation Critical Illness & Accident Products
Chubb Workplace Benefits, a Chubb business that partners with benefits brokers, agents and consultants to offer voluntary benefits to the employees of middle-market and large companies in the U.S, announced today its next generation of group critical illness and accident products. The new products feature innovative benefits for diabetes, cancer and telemedicine services, demonstrating Chubb’s… Continue reading Chubb Workplace Benefits Introduces Next Generation Critical Illness & Accident Products
Employee Health Benefits’ Costs Expected to Rise 5% in 2020, New Survey Says
The total cost of worker health benefits is expected to increase 5% in 2020, topping $15,000 per employee, according to the National Business Group on Health annual survey of nearly 150 of the nation’s largest employers. To help curb costs, large employers are embracing some of the ideas being debated in Washington, such as passing… Continue reading Employee Health Benefits’ Costs Expected to Rise 5% in 2020, New Survey Says
Despite Calls to Start Over, US Health System Covers 90%
America’s much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn’t stopped the 2020 presidential candidates from refighting battles about how to provide coverage, from Bernie Sanders’ call for replacing private insurance with a government plan to President Donald Trump’s pledge to erase the Affordable Care Act and start over.… Continue reading Despite Calls to Start Over, US Health System Covers 90%
San Francisco Employee Benefits Expert Michelle Droz Joins Alliant
San Francisco’s Michelle Droz has joined Alliant, bringing her 25-year track record of customization, innovation, and value to the company’s growing Bay Area benefits team. In her position as Vice President within Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group, Droz will design and deliver tailored benefits solutions to clients across a range of industries. “Bay Area clients have… Continue reading San Francisco Employee Benefits Expert Michelle Droz Joins Alliant
Employers Boost Benefits to Win and Keep Top Talent
Employers are enhancing their employee benefits to recruit and retain highly qualified and high-potential employees in a competitive labor market—even as they balance those costs against the potential value to the organization. That’s according to data from the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) 2019 Employee Benefits survey, released June 25 at the SHRM 2019… Continue reading Employers Boost Benefits to Win and Keep Top Talent