| Above the Fold |
March 28, 2011 |
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| Welcome to BenefitsPro |
| By Denis Storey |
| We're doing nothing less today than building a community from the ground up. Consider this — and what we've started at www.BenefitsPro.com — the foundation. We need you to raise up the frame, lay down the floors and break out the paint. Help us finished what we've started. Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Broker battle continues on the Hill |
| By Jenny Ivy |
| Members of Congress and state insurance regulators are weighing whether to exempt agent and broker commissions from medical loss ratio calculation. Under federal health reform insurers must spend 80 percent of individual and small-group premiums and 85 percent of large-group premiums on medical costs. Read more |
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| Trends point to integrated disability management initiatives |
| By Amy Wolff Sorter |
| According to Edwin Quick, chair-elect of the Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission, a single-track, separate view of benefits plans is over. Disability management plans, in particular, need to be integrated into an entire benefits program rather than being reserved for return-to-work and stay-at-home purposes. Read more |
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| Women less prepared for retirement, survey says |
| By Heather Trese |
| While 27 percent of men believe they are doing a good job preparing financially for retirement, just 18 percent of women say the same. Additionally, men are less concerned about having enough money to take care of basic expenses during retirement (32 percent of men versus 24 percent of women). Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Amateur hour at SEC as House calls bluff |
| By Chris Carosa |
| Last summer, the SEC took a simple task — leveling the playing field between the different entities that can legally provide investment advice — and made a political hot potato out of it. Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 At the root of taxpayer anger is the fact that they don't have pensions themselves and are unwilling to sacrifice to pay someone elses. 
-- Tricord, Concern grows over Calif. public pensions |
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