Voluntary Benefits

As the nations bill for drug and genetic tests has climbed to an estimated $8.5 billion a year, theres mounting suspicion among health insurers that some testing may do more to boost profit margins than help treat patients.

Benefits PRO editor Paul Wilson and John Sbrocco, a health care strategist and principle at Questige Consulting, talk about the industry and its future.

According to recent reports, 75 percent of employees say a personal touch is important in their health, well-being and fitness program.

As 2017 comes to a close, here are five key trends for employers, brokers and advisors to watch in the year ahead, based on the findings from Metlife's 15th Annual Employee Benefit Trends Study (EBTS) and other industry indicators.

Lyft, which finds itself in an ongoing and vicious battle for drivers with Uber and other transportation services has announced a pilot program to see if benefits will bind drivers closer to Lyft.

When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care: doctors could now prescribe addiction medicine virtually.

Congress has found little to agree on when it comes to health care, but lawmakers from both parties appear to be warming up to ideas for reining in drug prices.

For the first time ever, more people own group life insurance than individual policies.