For 2011, the IRS has issued a draft Form W-2 for employers to report wages and employee tax withholding and will defer the new requirement for employers to report the coverage cover under an employer-sponsored group health plan.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted more than $14 million to help eradicate health care disparities for the underserved, unemployed and minority communities.

To add more value to employer benefits, employees expect more paid voluntary benefits at a time when more employers are placing the financial burden on employees because of the down economy.

According to the 2010 U.S. Group Life and Group Disability Mid-Year Market Survey, the group life and disability markets continue to face slow growth after a tough 2009, finds South Portland, Maine-based JHA, a division of Gen Re.

According to a recent study by the Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, Conn., many older Americans near the age of 65 are pessimistic about their short- and long-term financial future, particularly regarding their ability to retire.

Aetna will no longer sell new small-group health insurance in Colorado and existing small-group clients will be moved off the plan in the next year, sending ripples through 1,200 companies and 5,200 employees and their dependents.

As early as Tuesday, Sept. 28, employers using limited medical plans are facing many changes when grandfathered group health insurance plans begin to renew, states Fringe Benefit Group, Austin, Texas.

In a new survey, LIMRA, Windsor, Conn., finds most employees want their contributions to their defined contribution plans escalated annually once they hit age 45.