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November 2009

Cover Story
Nov. 15 marks the beginning of the annual election period for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D....


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Feature Content

Readers' Choice Awards 2009
Brokers name their preferred business partners once again....

Your piece of the economic stimulus pie
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is sending hundreds of billions of dollars hurtling toward Main Street, USA, to stimulate job creation, enhance services, and build or rehabilitate infrastructure....

Under the microscope
The Rx industry is one few understand and even fewer know how to work within. ...

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What's Next
Using the broadest definition, benefits are increasingly becoming voluntary in nature....

On Second Thought
In Texas, it’s illegal to shoot a buffalo from the second floor of a hotel. In Louisiana, it’s against the law to gargle in public places....

Beyond the Beltway
The ERISA Advisory Council, experts appointed by the Secretary of Labor that identifies and investigates priority regulatory issues relating to employee benefits, will soon submit its findings to the U.S. Labor Department....

Retirement Matters
How can you offer a product that will give your customers access to health care at an affordable price?...

Competitive Advantage
A few months ago I was asked, what is the greatest area of potential for growing revenue in the voluntary market?...

Storeylines
Oscar Wilde once said, “Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.”...

Exit Interview
What I’ve learned...

Top Ten Selling
The best salespeople are fanatical about being on time....

Departments
Employers Speak Out
63% of respondents at companies that sponsor post-retirement life insurance benefits plan to move to pay-as-you-go model....

Benefits Newswire
How – if at all – are employers adjusting their benefits strategies based on recent reform proposals in Congress?...

Survey findings from Mercer last month reveal employers have had to reduce their budgets more than usual for 2010....

By the numbers: Employer health benefits in 2010...

Forty-six percent of employees would rather see a colleague get the pink slip than lose their own health benefits, according to a recent survey from The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America....

HSAs favorable for managing costs...

A survey by CIGNA recently reminded us just how little time employees actually spend reviewing their health insurance when enrollment season rolls around....

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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