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64 percent of human resources buyers turn to the Internet first when searching for products and services. Nearly 90 percent of respondents said they use Google to perform their search. Nearly half participate in an HR-related webcast

Golden Rule Insurance Company's online consumer resource, www.HSAcenter.com, recently enhanced the site with new Web tools. The site, which launched last year, features three new video clips, and interactive calculators to help determine potential

Drivers may find more bikers on the road soon. The bailout plan, signed Oct. 3 by President Bush, includes a transportation fringe benefit for bicycle commuters. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, employees who use a bicycle to get from home to work will

Health benefits cost employers more than retirement benefits, according to the United States Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber's 2007 Employee Benefits Study found medical benefits cost 12.1 percent of an employer's benefits expenditures, while

Now that the congressional dust has settled and the cyber smoke has cleared, it might be worth our time to take a closer look at the financial bailout bill that cleared a couple of weeks back. A trio of benefit-related items slipped by the

Unless you are an actuary it is difficult to understand why we are seeing renewal increases on HSA-qualified small group health plans running at a similar clip as renewal increases for PPO co-pay plans. When HSAs were first rolled out, one of the

Assurant Employee Benefits has expanded its insurance products by adding financial counseling services and disability/elder care resources to its long-term disability insurance, and will preparation services to its term life insurance. Financial