LONG-TERM DISABILITY: All Hands on Deck; Leading Insurers Come Together for...
Byline: Tristan Lejeune The nonprofit Council for Disability Awareness warns that the number of employees protected by private disability income insurance declined in 2011 for the third consecutive...
View ArticleEXCHANGES: Two Major Employers Embrace Private Health Insurance Exchange
Byline: Editorial Staff In a move that could herald a sea change in health benefits, Sears Holdings Corp. and Darden Restaurants, Inc. this year will begin allowing employees to purchase health...
View ArticleTailor Made; Practitioners, Providers Offer Strategies for Breaking the Mold...
Byline: Kathleen Koster As wellness and chronic disease initiatives mature, employers are shifting their programs' focus from rewarding basic participation to encouraging outcomes-based goals. To move...
View ArticleCOMPLIANCE: Lack of Plan Documentation Opens Employers to Litigation; Don't...
Byline: Ed Bray, J.d. Up until a few months ago, I worked as a director of compliance for a health and welfare benefits consultancy where I would have frequent conversations with external counsel,...
View Article10,000 Hours of Education; 15 Employers from Public and Private Sectors...
Byline: Lynn Gresham The results are in on the first annual EBN-EBA Financial Fitness Challenge, and they are impressive. Small but mighty River City Bank in Sacramento, Calif., took top honors in this...
View Article-Exclusion of Money Market Instrument May Impact Islamic Finance in Oman
Global Banking News-November 1, 2012--Exclusion of money market instrument may impact Islamic finance in Oman(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 01 November 2012...
View ArticleQatar Ranked Most Competitive Economy in MENA
Qatar reaffirms once again its position as the most competitive economy in the region by moving up three places to 11th position in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index The Middle...
View ArticleNew Rules May Hurt Omani Islamic Banks
Draft rules for Islamic banking in the Sultanate include restrictions on money market instruments which may hamper Islamic banks' liquidity management The draft rules exclude commodity Murabaha and...
View ArticleA Few Words about the Bad Boys of Capitalism; Private Equity, with Its...
Byline: Heather Landy You needn't be a Democrat to appreciate Saturday Night Live's recent spoof on an anti-Romney attack ad, skewering the GOP nominee's affiliation with private equity. Kenan Thompson...
View ArticleATM Lawsuits Keep Coming; New Hotbed for Complaints of ADA Violations: Texas
Byline: Ed Roberts A blind woman in texas has sued 19 banks and credit unions for their alleged failure to comply with updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiff, Victoria Gilkerson,...
View ArticleNinth U.S. City Adopts a Responsible-Banking Law; New Ordinance in San Diego...
Byline: Kate Berry There's a growing list of major U.S cities that are requiring banks to prove that they are adequately serving low- and moderate-income consumers. The San Diego City Council...
View Article'Kill Switch' Design Worries Brokers
Byline: Peter Chapman Brokerage executives are anxious about mechanisms designed by stock exchanges that will automatically shut off a firm's incoming orders. Although the exchanges are considering a...
View ArticleStorytelling as Motivation; Targeted Information Converts Dry Spreadsheet...
Byline: Beth Taylor You know data is the lifeblood of a corporate wellness program, but is your data telling the right story? Convincing a client to invest in their employees' health is not always an...
View ArticleTake Your Career to the Next Level; Evolved Business Practices Are Necessary...
Byline: Mark Gaunya As Albert Einstein defined it, "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result." Are you trapped in this cycle? If so, embrace the guiding...
View ArticleBanking's Kodak Moment; the Picture Is Changing for Retail Banking. Leaders...
Byline: Robert Voth Technology is a demanding adversary to senior management teams in consumer banking. Many have failed to predict and harness its dual powers of innovation and destruction. Winning...
View ArticleWalmart's Royal Flush; When Walmart and American Express Launched Their Joint...
Byline: Sean Sposito After years of providing financial services, Walmart is becoming a more formidable bank competitor with the addition of American Express's checking account alternative,Bluebird....
View ArticleForegoing Paper and Faxes; D.L. Evans Bank Found That Opening New Accounts,...
Byline: Shane Kite Situated in south-central Idaho's Magic Valley, D.L. Evans Bank was founded in 1904, a year before the westward flowing Snake River was first dammed and diverted to fill canals...
View ArticleSmooth Talking; If Your Goal Is to Win New Clients and Influence Bank Trust...
Byline: Todd Colbeck Do you have trouble getting internal support from people like trust officers and loan officers referring you? This is often a source of frustration for bank advisors. In theory,...
View ArticleThe Importance of Trust; Laura Pedroncelli's High-Tech Clients Are Focused on...
Byline: Dave Lindorff W hen a new client walks into Laura Pedroncelli's office seeking financial advice, the first thing he or she is apt to do is pull out a spread- sheet, says the 45-year-old...
View ArticleClients' Faculties vs. Your Fiduciary Duty; Advisors Have to Walk a Tightrope...
Byline: Margarida Correia In mid-September, Maggie received an unexpected visit from an insurance salesman. And the 83-year-old widow did something she shouldn't have: She wrote a check for $10,000 for...
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