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December 2009

Cover Story
A broker, a TPA and a debit card guy walk into a bar…...


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EAPs Get Schooled
What’s in store for 2010? What’s the next big emerging market in EAP? And where do brokers and benefits consultants turn for new sales and growth opportunities? ...

Referrals, Relationships, Referrals
If you have all the clients you want, if you have no desire to grow your business, if you’re sure you’ll never lose a client to another broker, if every one of your existing clients will remain in business and never downsize,...

Limited Medical in the crosshairs?
In its current state, health care reform would seem to threaten the existence of limited medical plans. It’s important to broadcast your opinion to lawmakers, but can you afford to take your eye off the ball when it comes to your next sales appointment?...

Your top 100 best sales and marketing ideas
We thought we'd wrap this year by letting our readers have the last word for a change. So, we asked for your best sales and marketing ideas, and handed over the mic. ...

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What's Next
Many businesses succeed or fail based on their ability to master a “Goldilocks” ingredient: something that is important, but should not be overdone or underdone....

On Second Thought
The fourth quarter is open enrollment season for most of our group clients....

Beyond the Beltway
One of the purported goals of comprehensive health care reform is, or at least ought to be,...

Retirement Matters
In the May issue we talked about looking for some signs of stability or sanity in the markets....

Competitive Advantage
The focus of voluntary enrollment participation has traditionally been driven by a sales approach (as distinguished from a marketing approach). ...

Storeylines
Don’t believe everything you read....

Exit Interview
Edward A. Tafaro, President, Exceptional Risk Advisors...

Top Ten Selling
We all know the “one-hit wonder” who sold a year’s supply of toilet paper to a hotel chain in January....

Departments
Employers Speak Out
Employers believe the economy is now working its way toward recovery and that the long-term effects of the financial crisis are not as severe as originally thought....

Benefits Newswire
WHO’S COVERED: About 96 percent of legal residents under age 65....

Salary and hiring freezes will begin to thaw this winter. ...

In 2009, 4 percent of the adult population with private health insurance was enrolled in an HRA...

A survey from JHA, the disability and group life reinsurance, risk management and research division of General Re Life Corporation,...

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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