About 5 percent of the population is responsible for almost half of all health care spending in the United States and for rising premium rates, according to a new report from the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation.

Disheartening some brokers, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has backed away from supporting a congressional bill that could exclude insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio calculations.

A number theorist might not even understand all the figures being thrown out from every consulting firm these days. Depending on whos telling you, health reform will be responsible for employers dropping health coverage in record numbers, thus forcing employees to leave their cushy plans; it will be responsible for...

So lets bring up health care again: No matter how you look at it, some employers are dropping employee coverage, or they plan to, or fear its going to happen. And everyone involved is fearing it, too. But was reform legislation really the tipping point, or is itand always has...

Looks like young people can’t stand the heat—and they aren’t getting out of it soon enough.

Investment advisors in the Bay State aren’t exactly social media savvy when it comes to communicating with their clients. So the state of Massachusetts is stepping in by planning to issue new guidelines and best practices standards in the next year.

Statistics from HighRoads’ latest industry survey on open enrollment reveals 71 percent of respondents conduct passive versus active enrollment practices, therefore enabling employees to automatically renew most of their own plans.

A brisk walk may not just keep your body in shape, it will help keep your mind sharp, too.