Benefits 101: Why digital estate planning is a must-have employee benefit

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Financial wellness benefits have become a hot button topic in the last two years, as the pandemic forced many workers to rethink how they manage their money and assets for an uncertain future. Yet, it seems many employers have left out a critical piece to their financial wellness arsenal.

Estate planning allows people to define how they want their assets distributed once they have passed away or become incapacitated. According to Wealth.com, an estate planning platform that launched this month, only 13% of workers have estate planning included as an employer-provided benefit, despite 72% being interested in using these services.

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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