Aon's 2009 Benefits and Talent survey spotlights areas of importance for the years ahead
For the fourth consecutive year, Aon Consulting surveyed employers across the United States to examine their benefits and talent management practices and challenges. Conducted in March 2009 during a period of...
Through flush times and economic downturns, smart thinkers will keep your business moving forward. So how do you engage them for the long haul?
Retaining talent is a tough proposition for even the best organizations. In an era of online job searches and global recruiting it’s no easy task to retain the brightest and the best. And the current economic...
Globetrotters generate retirement benefit challenges that require new strategies
Multinational corporations are faced with providing benefits for globally mobile employees that are appropriate across multiple countries—specifically, retirement and post-retirement medical benefits....
With benefits management becoming an increasingly important part of corporate governance, international businesses are looking to global partners to devise best-in-class plans
As multinational corporations expanded in the 1980s and ‘90s, they often allowed local country (or operations) managers to choose benefit-plan designs, carriers, insurance brokers and other advisors. Those individuals...
This latest study reveals how firms are tackling recruiting and employee retention challenges
The challenges of attracting, retaining and developing great people lie at the heart of building any organization. Providing good health care benefits and helping people invest for a life after their career are...
Aon outlines five pillars of governance and elements of a sound retirement plan
Whether your company has a formal retirement governance framework in place or not, retirement programs will occupy a significant space in governance as companies look to mitigate financial risks. Board directors...
Smart strategies for managing risks in these important investment portfolios
Amid the global recession in 2008 and 2009, pension plans' assets lost enough of their value that many defined benefit plans became significantly underfunded. From equity risks to interest rate changes, navigating...
Savvy organizations are getting their employees—and healthcare budgets—back in shape
It's time to file a missing person's report on the world's workforce. A serious case of employee absenteeism (out due to illness) and presenteeism (underperforming due to illness) has come on like a bad flu, and...
Eight risks and behaviors that drive up health care and productivity costs for businesses around the world—and the one key to taking control
It's a variation on the old "for want of a nail, the kingdom was lost" tale. And it has implications for every company in the world.
Helping attract and retain talent with enhanced benefits
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) may not be a brand you think of often. But the products and services it provides, from Otis elevators to Kidde fire alarms, broadly affect the everyday world. A widely diversified company...
