Our last post broke down the painful cost increases in employee benefits for 2011. As a business owner or HR professional, how can you win in the face of such daunting trends? Helping clients aggressively apply the right strategy to beat these trends is where health insurance really gets fun!

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) Dependent Coverage provision, there was a lot of focus this past year on dependent eligibility audits and the rising costs of dependents to employer plans.

The Employee Benefit Research Institute just released their 2011 Consumer Engagement in Healthcare Survey.

Segal’s 2012 Trend Survey predicts average employer healthcare renewals betwen 9.6% - 10.4%.

Everyone has an opinion and I often wish that fewer of them made it into the local news. I’m a numbers guy – just give me the facts. Well, here’s some interesting news.