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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled benefit plan administrators who are responsible for deciding an employee's eligibility and whether or not to pay claims have a potential conflict of interest, according to the Financial Times. The paper reports,

A Texas financial advisor was sentenced in April 2008 after pleading guilty to wire fraud. He raised $805,000 from investors through wire transfers, for oil and gas drilling projects that his firm did not own or control. He was sentenced to 33

A major trend in the insurance industry, and the worksite segment specifically, is the consolidation of carriers. Seemingly, the larger ones are gobbling up a host of smaller --and often very efficient -- carriers. In fact, there's a

Saw something in the paper late last week about smoking rates. After more than a decade of steady declines, it seems they've leveled off. The numbers indicate that roughly 20 percent of Americans still light up - give or take a teenager. The

The rookies in sales are easily separated from the sales professionals based on the frequency and tone of the questions they asked. It says in the bible that Samson slew 10,000 Philistines with the jaw bone of an ass. An equal number of sales are

Recent MetLife research reveals nearly half of American employees have not take any steps to determine income need in retirement. Additionally, over one-quarter of U.K. employees and over half of Australian employees have failed to do any retirement

Had our own annual voluntary enrollment here at the office late last week. And while I'm not necessarily a big fan of this particular carrier (not that anyone asked me), this enroller (who I'm sure was a broker in disguise, but

According to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office, more than 27,000 nursing homes, hospitals, physicians, and other providers collected millions of dollars in Medicare payments but failed to pay taxes, the Washington Post