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Employee Benefits
Q&A
May 12, 2010
J.K. WallJoe Guzman is a co-founder of Indianapolis-based Ascend USA, the new trade adopted after Guzman merged his
benefits brokerage, Benefits Strategies Inc., with benefits business Steven Goodin. The eight-person firm expects to hire
as many 15 new employees in the next year. Those workers will help Ascend diversify from health benefits into brokering commercial
insurance products.
MoreWellPoint faces biggest changes under new law
March 31, 2010
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based health insurer has more individual and small-business customers than its major competitors, increasing
the impact of health reform.
MoreReform offers risk, opportunities for Lilly, WellPoint
March 22, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsDrugmakers and insurers could gain millions of customers under the legislation, but the industry also will pay new fees and
face stricter rules that may shrink profit and fuel mergers.
MoreWellPoint gets tax delay in Obama health plan
February 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsInsurers WellPoint Inc. and others would get a delay in taxes on premiums and high-cost medical benefits, along with additional
funding for expanding Medicaid, under a White House proposal
MoreObama endorses new taxes, more drugmaker fees
February 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsObama, seeking to break an impasse over health-care legislation, proposes a plan that includes the first Medicare tax on unearned
income such as capital gains and higher fees on drugmakers.
MoreWintry weather testing work snow-day policies
February 15, 2010
Scott OlsonCoping with wintery blasts is made easier by advancements in work-from-home technology. But different kinds of companies have
different policies when it comes to giving employees the option to telecommute or blow off the workday altogether.
MoreGrass-roots groups prepare to fill gaps in health care reform
January 2, 2010
J.K. WallLegislation set to come out of Washington will not change the most fundamental problems of the health
care system, leaving it up to states, cities and companies to figure out what to do about it.
MoreShepherd Insurance buys rival DeTrude & Co.
December 2, 2009
J.K. WallThe acquisition of DeTrude & Co. by Shepherd Insurance marks the 13th purchase of an Indianapolis-area benefits brokerage
since mid-2007.
MoreEmployer costs surge despite low inflation
November 25, 2009
J.K. WallEmployers are seeing their health care costs rise even though inflation is at a virtual standstill.
MoreFewer firms reimbursing workers for tuition
November 21, 2009
Scott OlsonAs corporations continue to dig out from the worst recession in decades, tuition-reimbursement programs are a common
casualty. A survey estimates that 63 percent of companies will
offer undergraduate educational assistance this year compared to 67 percent in 2005.
MoreWellPoint, Obama administration battle over cost of health reform to employers
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffAt this point in the health reform debate, you have to take numbers from any side with a grain of salt. That said, Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. has done perhaps the only local analysis of how proposed reforms would affect the cost of health insurance
for employers.
MoreGoodwill executive to lead national health care board
October 24, 2009
Scott OlsonGoodwill Industries executive Keith Reissaus has been tapped to run Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, an industry coalition.
Reissaus gained control of health care costs by giving employees incentives to care about their health.
MoreBaucus health reform bill draws fire in Indiana, too
October 17, 2009
IBJ StaffThe health insurance industry’s sudden counterpunch to the Senate version of health reform echoed in Indiana and
opened a key issue for the rest of the debate: Will covering half of the country’s uninsured mean raising premiums for
the 85 percent of Americans who already have insurance?
MoreMy Health Care Manager lands $3 million investment
October 10, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe company, which guides working adults and their parents through the maze of decisions and agencies involved in care for
seniors, plans to use the money primarily to augment its sales staff and operations.
MoreWeight-loss challenges at local firms raise money for charity
September 19, 2009
IBJ StaffEmployees at five different companies collectively lost 805 pounds over six weeks this summer. They also
raised $805 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Indiana.
MoreMonarch program persuades young, male workers to care about their health
August 24, 2009
Marc D. AllanIndianapolis-based Monarch Beverage is among hundreds of central Indiana companies that
have introduced wellness programs to counteract the rising costs of health insurance and Worker’s Compensation.
MoreHETRICK: Will we distinguish the faux news from the real?
August 24, 2009
Bruce HetrickThere was a time, of course, when journalists had the time, space, resources and respect to sort things out for us.
MoreMy Health Care Manager looks to grow fast
August 24, 2009
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based startup My Health Care Manager has signed an agreement with Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. that will eventually put My Health Care Manager’s elder care service in front of the health insurer’s
thousands of employer clients and their workers around the country.
MoreHICKS: Health care experts make poor economists
August 17, 2009
Mike HicksIn almost every place that two or more Americans gather, health care is debated. Because the bills before Congress are
inaccessible, the debate has shifted instead to principles such as the role of government and individual freedoms. I think
this a healthy thing.
MoreIndianapolis benefits firms merge
July 8, 2009
J.K. WallTwo Indianapolis benefits consulting firms have finalized their merger, the companies announced this morning. Terms of the
deal between Benefit Associates Inc. and Benefit Consultants Inc., in the works since March, were not disclosed.
MoreA.J. Gallagher & Co. strikes again, hires two more benefits brokers
June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffNational acquisition-and-merger rage among benefits firms continues as Gallagher swallows groups in Noblesville and Louisville.
Gallagher's Carmel office grows its client portfolio to 300.
MoreGovernment-run insurance plan draws mixed reviews from employers
June 22, 2009
J.K. WallBusinesses all want to see reform of the health care system, but they diverge on how much the U.S. government's entrance into
the insurance market would help or hurt them.
MoreGallagher buys two more brokers to increase size
December 8, 2008
Dane Hudson continues an acquisition binge aimed at making Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. a stronger health benefits broker in
the Indianapolis market.
MoreExecutives must stress wellness program benefits consistently
November 10, 2008
Health care benefits that promote wellness should be an ongoing executive suite focus, not simply an annual budget concern.
MoreJanitors want Lilly, WellPoint to push for better health benefits
April 14, 2008
J.K. WallService Employees International Union Local 3 is backing local janitors as they restart contract negotiations April 16 with
five of the largest janitorial contractors in Indianapolis. SEIU now is taking direct aim at Lilly, health insurer WellPoint
Inc. and even some local hospitals, hoping they will pressure the janitorial contractors to come to terms.
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