Monthly Archives: April 2015

via Lockton Compliance Services After four years of wrangling with telemedicine providers, the Texas Medical Board formally adopted rules that limit the use of telemedicine. Employers offering (or considering offering) telemedicine benefits to Texas employees will want to work with … Continue reading →

via Lockton Retirement Services: The Beacon The IRS has long understood that the complexity of plan administration for employers can lead to mistakes.  Rather than requiring employers to formally apply to the IRS for approval of the correction of these … Continue reading →

via Wall Street Journal – Morgan Housel Ask me how much my cellphone costs each month, and I can tell you down to the penny. Ask me how much I pay in investment management fees each month, and I have … Continue reading →

via Barron’s Figuring out how to convert a nest egg into enough income to fund a comfortable retirement without completely draining savings is perhaps the biggest issue facing retirees and financial advisors. Wade Pfau, a soft-spoken, Princeton University-trained economist, has … Continue reading →

via Wall Street Journal The wait is over. Five years ago, the number of Roth IRAs boomed after the Internal Revenue Service eased rules for creating Roths with money held in traditional IRAs. This year, droves of investors who did conversions … Continue reading →

via Wall Street Journal Companies are expanding their wellness programs to focus on workers’ wallets in addition to their waistlines. Meredith Corp., Staples Inc. and PepsiCo Inc., among others, have begun offering programs aimed at improving employees’ financial security. Modeled after … Continue reading →

via Wall Street Journal BOSTON—Abigail Johnson was so eager for change at mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments that she once tried to oust her own father as CEO, according to executives at the time. A decade later, Ms. Johnson is finally in … Continue reading →

Lockton Health Risk Solutions Obesity has reached epidemic proportions and is having significant financial impact on employers throughout the United States. Not only is it raising costs for employers, but it’s reducing life expectancy and overall healthy life years in … Continue reading →

Over the last few years, the discussion about employee benefits in Washington has been almost exclusively centered on health reform, but for the most part, that battle has already been won and lost. The focus has now shifted toward retirement, … Continue reading →