Aflac obviously needs no introduction. Say what you want about the company and its iconic water fowl, but they practically reinvented insurance marketing.

I think what weve found time and again is that if we dont police our own activities and behaviors, well find a market (or government) that will be happy to come in and do it for us.

The new years only weeks old and life around the office is returning to normal despite sub-zero temperatures and some hometown NFL heartbreak. As part of that, Monday this week brought its share of bad news (sometimes I wonder how much of a self-fulfilling prophecy that really is).

A new Pew Research Center poll reveals a majority of us have received benefits from the six best-known federal entitlement programs.

Maybe its just the time of yearwith resolutions getting tossed around like Vegas wedding proposalsbut it does look like this is the year we could get serious about wellness at work.

Never mind the cliff. Talk about much ado about nothing

A look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obamas health care law

If Aflac can do 75 percent of their business in a country that already has nationalized health care, maybe our futures not so dark.