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October 2009

Cover Story
It's right there in his company's mission statement: Benefit Group of New England "has been providing long-term cost containment strategies..."...


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Feature Content

Package deal
An Attractive Option in a Turbulent Economy: Bundling Critical Illness Insurance with Consumer Driven Health Plans...

The 3 E's of enrollment
Experts say brokers who want to have a successful enrollment process need a carefully orchestrated system throughout a period of several weeks......

Being business social
Everyone's been talking about social media: Twitter, LinkedIn and blogging. And there is certainly no shortage of information out there on the subject -- in fact, there's way too much......

Special Feature

It's not about me
For DataPath President John Robbins Sr., his success stems more from his relationships than himself....

Consumer-driven cost solution
President Barack Obama outlined a plan to cut $313 billion in government health care spending, which would be used to help pay for the administration's new plan of offering coverage to the uninsured....

You are what you know
Are you a pro or just another salesman?...

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What's Next
Last month we talked about the sales growth in the voluntary market in 2008. This month we're going to look at the product trends detailed in the 2008 U.S. Worksite Sales Report....

On Second Thought
In the health care reform battle, the president has thrown insurance companies under the bus, claiming that they're making record profits and need some competition from the government to "keep them honest."...

Beyond the Beltway
Whatever resiliency the national economy has demonstrated over the past few months -- whether we are still in the middle of a recession or at the beginning of a road to recovery -- high unemployment rates continue to restrict and delay economic growth....

Competitive Advantage
Reviewing the past five years of "Competitive Advantage" columns, we have discussed products many times -- life insurance, disability income protection, critical illness and long term care....

Storeylines
All I talk about these days is health care reform....

Exit Interview
Rich Reda, Locton Cos. Kansas City, Mo....

Top Ten Selling
The very best salespeople know they need good managers in order to ensure their own success....

Departments
Employers Speak Out
10% of employers surveyed indicated they reduced or eliminated retirement benefits as a cost-cutting measure in the past 12 months....

Benefits Newswire
The IRS plans to announce 2010 contribution limits for 401(k) plans this month, and employees might not like what they hear....

We asked readers this month, how important has critical illness become to clients over the past five years, and what are you doing to make this your best enrollment season ever?...

Employer-provided health plan costs are going to see a 10.5 percent spike on average over the next year....

Safe to say most small business owners are clueless when it comes to choosing health insurance for their employees....

How's this for a price tag? Economists at the Heritage Foundation say President Obama's play-or-pay provision that requires businesses to offer health insurance to their workers would cost employers at least $49 billion a year....

The Employers Council on Flexible Compensation is on a crusade to save the flexible spending account -- a tax-advantaged benefit, which the council asserts is threatened by the government's health care reform plan....

Ann Slotwinski

Ann Slotwinski, assistant vice president, Third Party Administrator (TPA) Services, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS), has been appointed as a member of the board of directors for the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA), an organization dedicated to enhancing professionalism in the retirement plan industry by providing opportunities for professional growth through relevant, comprehensive, quality programs and designations.

Slotwinski will serve a three-year term in which she will work with the other members of the NIPA Board of Directors to provide strong leadership for the association, strategic guidance and to set a sound and accurate course for its future. 

 

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