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The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) an employer group is asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make administration of the new comparative effectiveness research fee as simple as possible.

The IRS recently gave a boost to hybrid annuity products with optional long-term care chronic benefit riders.

The federal COBRA subsidy's last group of recipients those who began receiving assistance in May 2010 roll off Sept 1. As a result, they face a 186 percent increase in their monthly premiums.

Employers and their benefits advisors may have to scramble to start using the proposed Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and a proposed Uniform Glossary on time.

Q and A with Robyn Credico, senior consultant with Towers Watson

Many big investors look at the drop in the stock market as a buying opportunity. Small business owners should consider it an opportunity as well. That's because it can be a smart time to start a retirement plan.

As members of the congressional supercommittee are announced, those in the benefits field are no doubt asking themselves, "What will this mean for me?"

Sometimes I wonder if CFOs and HR Directors talk with each other. Occasionally I run into a CFO who is implementing a tax strategy using employee benefits, and he or she is clueless as to whether the benefits are actually valued by the employee.