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Employee Benefits
Click Topic Below For Headlines Life Doesna t Have to Be So Complicated Posted today As the benefits industry begins Life Insurance Awareness Month in September, Unum shares the concern that this decline exposes working Americans to financial uncertainty.  Workers Bear Larger Share of Health Premium Costs - September 03, 2010 Posted today Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.  Tags: Health Insurance Workers paying a greater share of health insurance coverage Posted today Workers are struggling to pick up a larger share of the nation's expanding health care tab, and the burden now includes a bigger chunk of health insurance premium costs, too.  Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Old Greenwich Consulting Group Posted today Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired New York-based Old Greenwich Consulting Group for an undisclosed sum.  Health benefits: More premiums fall on workers as insurance gets "stingier, less comprehensive" Posted today Wake up and good morning . Now that it's September and the peak of hurricane season, let's look to the Cat 5 storm that hits employer and employee wallets this time of year: Annual health coverage premiums. Workers on average are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage -- an increase of 14 percent, or $482 , above what they paid last year. So says the benchmark ... 
Healthcare
Click Topic Below For Headlines Assurant: 52-Week High Recently Eclipsed (AIZ) - Comtex Smartrend Posted today Assurant: 52-Week High Recently Eclipsed (AIZ)Comtex SmartrendShares of Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) traded at a new 52-week high today of $38.45. Approximately 276000 shares have traded hands today vs. average ...Relatively Good Performance Detected in Shares of Hartford Financial Services ...Comtex Smartrendall 2 news articles »  Tags: AIZ North Carolina Medical Society - Doctor to Doctor » Blog Archive ... Posted today Physicians have just over one month left to submit claims for a share of a $350 million settlement agreement between United Healthcare and the American Medical Association (AMA). Claims for a share of the settlement must be postmarked ...  Tags: AMA Sebelius: Health Reform Misinformation Persists; Medicare Solvency ... Posted today Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org Months after the passing of the controversial Health Care Reform Law, battles are taking place over its enactment and impact. Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser updates the situation, ...  If You Could Change Just One Thing About Healthcare: Tort Reform Posted today If you could change just one thing about healthcare in the United States, what would it be? The issue of healthcare reform is certainly far from resolved. Access to care is about to be an even greater task to tackle. ...  Coping with a Surprise Diagnosis | United Spinal's Action Online ... Posted today You might recall an argument against the public option (“socialized medicine,” they called it) during the healthcare reform debate last year is that it would lead to rationing of healthcare in this country. “Lead to rationing? ... 
Retirement
Click Topic Below For Headlines Tip: Baby boomers hit hard by financial turmoil - Newsday (subscription) Posted today Tip: Baby boomers hit hard by financial turmoilNewsday (subscription)While the fourth annual "MetLife Study of the American Dream" shows increasing angst across all age groups, it's boomers, the segment of the population born ...  Tags: retirement vendors [Guidance Overview] Upcoming Compliance Deadlines for Qualified Retirement Plans Posted today The newsletter also includes a brief description of certain plan amendments that plan sponsors might be required, or might wish, to make before the end of the 2010 plan year. (The Segal Group, Inc.)  Tags: retirement Personnel Changes: Penn Mutual, CIGNA, Securian, ING, Hartford, Presidential - National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News Posted today Personnel Changes: Penn Mutual, CIGNA, Securian, ING, Hartford, PresidentialNational Underwriter Life and Health Insurance NewsSzeto previously served actuarial roles at MetLife Inc., NY, Inviva Inc., NY, and Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, NJ He has a bachelor's degree from New ...  Tags: retirement vendors The Report on Tax Reform Options: Simplification, Compliance, and Corporate Taxation (PDF) Posted today 130 pages. See Section II.b. Option Group B: Simplifying Savings and Retirement Incentives. (The President?s Economic Recovery Advisory Board)  Tags: retirement plan types [Official Guidance] Text of Official Summary of the Automatic IRA Act, H.R. 3760 (PDF) Posted today 6 pages. (American Benefits Council)  Tags: retirement plan types
Human Resources
Click Topic Below For Headlines KMSI Announces 'KMx Total Solution Program for Learn.com Clients' Posted today McKee Foods Selects MrTedTalentLink From StepStone Solutions Posted today StepStone Solutions, a leading provider of total talent management solutions, today announced that MrTedTalentLink has been selected by McKee Foods Corporation.  KMSI Announces "KMx Total Solution Program for Learn.com Clients" Posted today Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. a leader in Web-Based Training and eLearning Technologies, today announced its "KMx Total Solution Program for Learn.com Clients" special offer.  Technip has selected Jobpartners’ talent management & recruitment ... Posted today McKee Foods selects MrTedTalentLink from StepStone Solutions Posted today StepStone Solutions, a leading provider of total talent management solutions, today announced that MrTedTalentLink has been selected by McKee Foods Corporation. 
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