I came in here today to vent about wellness programs and how most companies run these things like holiday parties: everybodys worried about the food.

How long has it been since labor numbers have been anything worth getting excited about? Its been in a freefall unlike anything weve seen in decades. We get excited about just breaking even.

Help wanted. Whiners need not apply. Hirings not what it used to be. And, honestly, given what I read about the economy every day, Im more than a little surprised we cant get more resumes in our own office.

I had no idea the vaccination backlash ran so deep in our culture. Trade journal Pediatrics published a paper this week that reveals parents are delaying or skipping vaccines altogether for their kids. Roughly one in 10 parents shrugged off the CDCs recommended vaccination schedule, while 2 percent of parents...

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The long, trudging march of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act toward the U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the end, of the road, as court after court clash over the constitutionality of the landmark legislation.

This pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer approach might look like some kind of threat to the traditional broker role, and I wonder if maybe, just maybe, carriers really are trying to circumvent brokers altogether.

I think we can all pretty much agree voluntary benefits remain a vital part of your employee benefits package. So why do only a handful of you offer more than half a dozen voluntary products?