Illinois

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  Employers test mix of strategies to avoid PPACA

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 23, 2013

  Beyond cutting part-timers' jobs and hours, companies are turning to temp agencies, PEOs and other solutions.

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  What it means to be an advisor

  By John Sullivan  |  May 22, 2013

  A roundtable discussion of top reps turns to an honest airing of views on politics, the economy and technology.

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  D.C. exchange attracts 4 big players

  By Allison Bell  |  May 17, 2013

  The menu could include plans from Aetna, CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare.

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  Illinois Senate OKs union-backed pension deal

  By Sara Burnett  |  May 10, 2013

  Yet lawmakers are still dickering over competing proposals for dealing with the nation’s worst state pension crisis.

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  Big ad agencies bid on Illinois PPACA exchange outreach

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  May 9, 2013

  Illinois officials began evaluating bids from 13 companies Wednesday for the marketing of the new health insurance exchange.

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  Ill. committee passes union-backed pension plan

  By Sara Burnett  |  May 9, 2013

  Illinois has the nation’s worst state pension crisis, due largely to years of lawmakers skipping or shorting their payments to the state’s five retirement systems.

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  Illinois offers $28 million for exchange "health guides"

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  May 7, 2013

  Officials say 1 million customers could buy commercial coverage through the system by 2016.

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  California: Keep Tom, Dick and Harry out of group market

  By Allison Bell  |  May 7, 2013

  Only producers and navigators should serve SHOP exchange users, officials say.

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  How to prepare for a possible fiduciary standard

  By Charles K. Hirsch  |  May 2, 2013

  Three producers weigh in on the likelihood of a universal fiduciary standard ... and what they're doing to prepare, just in case.

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  Illinois PPACA exchange attracts 6 carriers

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  May 2, 2013

  One would-be competitor is Land of Lincoln Health, a nonprofit, member-owned CO-OP.