Employee Benefits

Willis Ireland Acquires Attain Consulting - MarketWatch (press release)

Wed, 30 May 2012 01:01:52 PDT

Willis Ireland Acquires Attain Consulting
MarketWatch (press release)
Willis Ireland, which specialises in employee benefits, insurance broking and risk management, employs in excess of 230 people in Ireland. With the acquisition of Attain Consulting and Trustee Principles, the combined operation in Ireland will have an ...

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HR.com First Year Success in Online Certification Focused on Employee Benefits - PR Web (press release)

Tue, 29 May 2012 01:29:20 PDT

HR.com First Year Success in Online Certification Focused on Employee Benefits
PR Web (press release)
HR.com members interested in the area of employee benefits have the opportunity to upgrade their expertise in their own track of human resources. With the minimum credit hour requirement of 80 credits for this program, members will soon be able to ...

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Prudential Survey: More Employers Are Eyeing Employee Choice Benefits Packages - LifeHealthPro

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:06:39 PDT

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Prudential Survey: More Employers Are Eyeing Employee Choice Benefits Packages
LifeHealthPro
Prudential Financial, Newark, NJ published this finding in a new survey, “The future of Retirement and Employee Benefits: Finance Executives Share their Perspectives,” which examines strategies employers are pursuing to address the rising costs of ...

Wisconsin: 65 Percent Believe Gov't Workers Receive Better Retirement Benefits - Reason Online (blog)

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:03:05 PDT

Reason Online (blog)

Wisconsin: 65 Percent Believe Gov't Workers Receive Better Retirement Benefits
Reason Online (blog)
Instead, a slight plurality (49 percent) opposes doing so, and 46 percent support reducing public employee benefits. At the same time, the public also supports reforms that would reduce costs of public employee retirement benefits: 74 percent favor ...

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Childcare-voucher provider plans campaign to support working parents - HRmagazine.co.uk

Wed, 30 May 2012 01:31:49 PDT

HRmagazine.co.uk

Childcare-voucher provider plans campaign to support working parents
HRmagazine.co.uk
In the context of these financial pressures, employee benefits company Busy Bees Benefits has launched a national campaign to help working parents save more on the cost of childcare. Offering employee benefits such as Childcare Vouchers can save money ...

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Benefit Houdini is "Unshackling Business, one Benefit Plan at a time" - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Wed, 30 May 2012 02:30:51 PDT

Benefit Houdini is "Unshackling Business, one Benefit Plan at a time"
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Benefit Houdini puts "affordable" back in employee benefits. Question: How many customers are clinging to a dated concept of “Great” benefits by paying for their employees to have a low deductible-high benefit health plan, yet none of the employee ...

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Disability Customers Give Assurant Employee Benefits High Scores for Satisfaction - MarketWatch (press release)

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:17:42 PDT

Disability Customers Give Assurant Employee Benefits High Scores for Satisfaction
MarketWatch (press release)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Assurant Employee Benefits' long-term disability customers give the benefits provider significantly higher satisfaction ratings for several key measures compared to the industry average.

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Feds are less satisfied with their pay, survey finds - GovExec.com

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:09:03 PDT

Feds are less satisfied with their pay, survey finds
GovExec.com
At the Labor Department, the survey found additional “potential red flags for management,” noting pay was a “key driver” for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Occupational Safety and ...

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Ruling allows sisters to sue stepmom for dad's benefits - Marietta Daily Journal

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:32:56 PDT

Ruling allows sisters to sue stepmom for dad's benefits
Marietta Daily Journal
Appleton was legally separated from their father when he died and the sisters are hoping to recover about $90000 in benefits paid to her under his employee benefits plan. “This is one of the most complex matters that is going on right now,” said the ...

PlanSource Announces Successful First-Year Results With Guardian for its ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Tue, 29 May 2012 02:02:41 PDT

PlanSource Announces Successful First-Year Results With Guardian for its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our first-year results with Guardian validate our position as a leader in changing the way employee benefits are delivered and managed in the US," said Scott Carver, President of PlanSource. "In addition to the many benefits our platform delivers for ...

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