Benefit enrollment season is an ideal time to overcome this bias by systematically evaluating healthcare benefits to reduce costs and make long-term financial plans more efficient.
A health agents’ association told Congress this week that health coverage cannot become meaningfully more affordable without addressing healthcare’s underlying cost.
Although women often have a critical need for long-term care insurance, it’s often not easy for them to get it.
GLP-1 medications are giving Americans greater optimism about living longer, healthier lives, but their cost is also creating a new retirement challenge.
Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, introduced Health Sense, a personalized customer and clinical support model that connects information about a person’s health, care, benefits, costs and previous interactions.
More than one in four U.S. adults (27%) reported that they or their family members owed medical debt in 2025, including 26% of adults with health insurance, according to a new Urban Institute analysis supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Preparing for the future can help families provide clarity and support during some of life’s most difficult moments.
For benefits brokers, technology has become an increasingly important part of the client conversation.
President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that the federal government will make one-time payments of $90 per person to about 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees.
A proactive approach to oral and overall health is the focus of a new employer benefits solution launched by United Concordia Dental.
As organizations prepare for annual enrollment, new research from Lincoln Financial and the Employee Benefit Research Institute reinforces the critical role education and communication play in helping employees understand their voluntary benefit options.
As a growing number of retirees face steep increases in healthcare costs, many financial professionals are helping them incorporate healthcare expenses into their retirement planning.
An industry focus on treating metabolic health and reduce obesity and related disease will benefit insurers, a LIMRA panel said.
Couples often face a dilemma when only one spouse qualifies for long-term-care insurance coverage, leaving them on the financial hook to pay for the expenses that are associated with the LTC costs of the spouse who has not qualified for the product.
On the same day that the Trump administration placed a temporary moratorium on registering new agents to enroll consumers in Affordable Care Act coverage, the administration announced it is canceling ACA coverage for about 750,000 people.
The four questions to help form a plan for aging independently.
Instead of waiting until January to begin prospecting, successful agents start planting the seeds now.
As more insurers limit GLP-1 coverage to patients for weight loss only, employers are searching for ways to preserve access for weight loss alone.
As employers begin to evaluate benefit plans for 2027, many confront a difficult challenge.
