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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

48 percent of American workers plan to retire at age 67. 46 percent say they are "very confident" they will be able to pay for basic living expenses then. 28 percent are "very confident" they will be able to pa

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

Joseph M. DiBella has been promoted to executive vice president of the employee venefits consulting practice at Conner Strong. He will oversee the entire practice group including benefits business development.

Sun Life Financial has added oral cancer screening as a covered procedure on most new dental cases. Coverage is available on plans that became effective Sep. 1 or later for pre-diagnostic tests: Toluidine blue stain: Lesions in the mouth are