2008-12-22 Business Insurance

Financial crisis puts focus on pension funding, plan design

Consumer-driven health plans gain more ground in 2008 as do health-related productivity, wellness...

2008-12-17 Canada Benefits

The legislation for solvency funding relief proposed by the Ontario government on Dec. 16 is likely to be welcomed by plan sponsors. But according to experts, whether or not the criteria will ever be met is...

2008-12-15 Columbus Business First

Average raises of 2.3% expected for Hawaii workers in 09

Hawaii employers still plan to give their workers pay raises next year, even as business slows and the U.S. economy staggers through recession. But the size of the planned raises was cut back in recent weeks as companies were confronted by indications that the downturn might be deeper and longer lasting...

2008-12-05 The Scotsman

Scotland must do better on financial education for all

THE financial sector has faced a barrage of criticism recently. There can be little argument that much of it is justified, given tumbling markets and the need to nationalise...

2008-12-02 Insurance News Net

Business Insurance Names 25 as Women to Watch

2008 marks third year of annual feature on women leaders CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Business Insurance magazine has named 25 insurance industry executives to its 2008 Women to Watch list, an annual feature spotlighting women doing outstanding work in commercial insurance, risk management and.

2008-12-01 Canada Benefits

Relief Plan Gets Poor Marks

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flahertys recent proposal to offer funding relief to federally regulated pension plans is under fire for being unworkable in the current economic...

2008-12-01 Senior Market Advisor

A vote for the middle ground

I canā t help but deduce thatā s the driving force behind this vociferous election cycle. Itā s a conventional wisdom shared by the older generation who backed Republican presidential candidate...

2008-11-30 Business Insurance

Ruth A. Hunt

Ms. Hunt Principal, Communication and National Health Care Communication Strategy Leader Buck Consultants L.L.C. Minneapolis Ruth Hunt is a principal and national thought leader for organizational and change communications with Buck Consultants.

2008-11-19 Canada Benefits

Getting the Message Across

As we continue through these challenging financial times, I get asked some pretty interesting questions. Many of these questions relate to the decline of the financial engineering empire as we know itthe re-engineering of global financial institutions, the disappearance of formerly global brands...

2008-11-13 Health Insurance

Cost 'not main driver' for UK workplace wellness strategies

Cutting healthcare costs is not the main motivation for British companies to introduce a workplace wellness programme, research suggests. Buck Consultants, the human resource and benefit consulting firm, said that while the top reason that US companies decide to introduce workplace wellness...

2008-11-07 Online Recruitment

Rex Gale has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in the firm's Dallas office

With more than 20 years of consulting experience, his expertise includes human resources strategy, total rewards, human capital management, and change...

2008-11-07 USA Today

States try to stem losses in public pension funds

As the volatile stock market eats away at the assets of public pension funds, states are moving aggressively to mitigate their losses. Some states are raising the amount that employers and employees contribute to traditional pensions, which guarantee a set monthly payment based on employees' salary and...

2008-11-04 Canada Benefits

Recruiting Talent Using Pensions and Benefits

The war for talent can be hard fought and full of many challenges, but using pensions and benefits as a means to attract potential employees can help win the...

2008-11-04 World at Work

Employers Want to Provide Health Insurance, Dont Want a Mandate

U.S.-based employers want to continue to provide health coverage to their employees, but dont want to be mandated to do so, according to results of a new...

2008-11-03 National Underwriter Life & Health

Buck: Most Employers Oppose Health Mandate

A majority of U.S employers want to continue to provide health care coverage but are against the idea of the government requiring them to do so. Researchers at Buck Consultants, New York, a unit of Affiliated Computer Services...

2008-11-03 Human Resources Magazine UK

Absence rates fall with attempts to improve morale

According to Buck Consultants, who surveyed 600 companies in 25 countries, less than half (46%) that adopted an absence management strategy have reported a moderate to high reduction in employee absence as a result compared with 61% who made an effort to improve morale and...

2008-11-03 Business Insurance

Some attribute drop in medical service use to rise in consumer-driven health plans

Some health care experts attribute recent findings showing a decline in the use of medical services to the consumerism movement and hope the current economic downturn will persuade many employees to consider lower-cost health care...

2008-11-01 PR Web

Employers Vote on Presidential Candidates Health Care Platforms: Prefer Middle Ground Between the Two Approaches

The majority of U.S.-based employers want to continue to provide health care coverage, yet oppose a government mandate to do so, a survey released today indicates. Employers prefer a middle ground between the presidential candidates health care...

2008-10-31 PLANSPONSOR.com

Employers Oppose Govt. Health Coverage Requirement

A Buck Consultants news release said employers surveyed preferred a middle ground between the presidential candidates' health care proposals (see Political Partings).

2008-10-28 Online Recruitment

Salary Increases Holding Stable for 2009; Pay for Performance Increasing

Average salary increases for fiscal year 2008 and increases planned for 2009 are consistent with plans developed last year, despite current economic uncertainty, finds a Buck Consultants...