Retirement & Benefits

The confidence that workers and retirees have in their ability to finance their retirements has dropped significantly in 2023.

Amputations lead to some of the most expensive claims, costing nearly five times the average, followed by electric shock and multiple-trauma injuries.

How health insurers hide behind HIPAA to avoid sharing claims data with employers, while farming every imaginable fact about plan members as they bid for those employers' business.

Millennials expect they'll need $1.3 million for a comfortable retirement, but only 29% expect to reach that. Older workers say they'll need $1.1 million, and only 21% expect to reach it.

By determining the right benefits mix, small businesses can remain competitive—and that's where lifestyle benefits that go beyond medical, dental, and vision come into play.

The ruling, which applies nationwide and takes effect immediately, relieves insurers and employers of the Obamacare requirement to cover certain free preventative screenings for cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses.

From an attempt to override the veto to a legal challenge by Republican attorneys general of 25 states, the political issues surrounding the DOL's ESG rule will continue to swirl for the foreseeable future.

Although the average retirement account balance rose in the fourth quarter of last year, balances ended the year down from a year earlier – losing nearly one-quarter of their value, according to a new Fidelity report.