U.S. employer health care costs are projected to rise 9.5% in 2026, exceeding $17,000 per employee, the global professional services firm AON recently reported. This marks the third consecutive year ...

As health care costs and employer-sponsored insurance premiums rise year after year, the burden on both employer and employee grows more onerous with little relief in sight. A recent survey of 1,700 ...

A bill in the state General Assembly that imposes several mandates on self-funded, employer-sponsored health plans has drawn strong opposition from brokers and businesses, who say it will spike ...

In recent years, prescription drug prices have been top-of-mind for state legislators, who have responded by passing laws that seek to control that pricing in a variety of ways, including by ...

Fewer employee benefits are as hotly debated and misunderstood as level-funded and self-insured health plans. There's no denying an ability to tailor benefits to the workforce for cost savings and a ...

In the face of growing health care costs, many employers have turned to self-insured plans, where they assume the financial risks on the chance that they might save some money. And it’s a popular ...

With a self-insured health plan, your employer pays for your medical claims directly. With a fully insured plan, an insurance company pays claims on behalf of an employer. Both fully insured and ...

Can an employer offer a different level of medical benefits to certain segments of the employee corps? What if the benefits plan is a self-funded plan under section 105 of the Internal Revenue Code?

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Level-funded health plans are growing in popularity as small-group employers look to save money on their workers’ health coverage. In addition, level-funded plans are attractive because they are ...

STUART, Fla., Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Health In Tech, Inc. ("Health in Tech") (Nasdaq: HIT), an AI-enabled Insurtech platform company, today announced a significant expansion of its stop-loss ...

Nearly three years after exiting the state’s small group fully insured health insurance market, Farmington-based insurer ConnectiCare has told brokers it plans to end its self-funded and level-funded ...