Voluntary Benefits

UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent in a rare performance that failed to trump Wall Street expectations.

Small businesses that are growing may well be the sweet spot for employee benefits consultants over the next couple of years.

Health insurer UnitedHealth said Tuesday it is extending and expanding its relationship with the AARP and will continue to offer AARP-branded Medicare and insurance products.

Voluntary sales are meetingand often exceedingexpectations this year, a report says.

Justices ask how they can stay out of interpreting ERISA plan terms.

Health insurer Aetna said Monday it hired Dijuana Lewis of Wal-Mart to lead its consumer products and enterprise division.