Benefits Think It’s time for benefit tech partnerships
Never in the history of employee benefits have strategic partnerships mattered more than they do today.
Mike Ehrle
Hodges-Mace
Benefit management
New benefit gives employees money back if they go injury-free
Guardian Life Insurance’s accident product features will pay employees back if they don’t get hurt for five years.
Bank of America’s employee satisfaction at record high — thanks to its paid parental leave policy
Leave benefits have helped the company drive its ability to keep employees and help them grow their careers.
Benefits Think Should I be getting an updated IRS determination letter?
An employer’s ability to obtain an updated letter for an individually designed plan has been curtailed in recent years, after the IRS limited the program to only newly adopted or terminating plans.
Leigh C. Riley
Foley & Lardner
Student loans are the ‘big’ benefit trend, Goldman Sachs Ayco CEO says
The financial crisis isn’t just impacting millennials, and a new social contract between employers and employees is emerging, Larry Restieri says.
USI plans organic growth with third reported acquisition
The brokerage's acquisition of Employee Benefit Concepts is just latest of the firm's reported mergers this year.
Benefits Think Finding the right voluntary benefits broker may be trickier than clients realize
The best bet for small and midsize companies is to use a third party that doesn't sell insurance products or receive commissions when clients select products.
Jay Schmitt
Strategic Benefits Advisor
Benefits Think Finding the right voluntary benefits broker may be trickier than plan sponsors realize
The best bet for small and midsize companies is to engage an unbiased third party that neither sells insurance products nor receives commissions when its clients select insurance products.
Jay Schmitt
Strategic Benefits Advisor
Benefits Think As a savvy market strategy, try narrowing your focus to grow your revenues
One of the most powerful and effective opportunities is market segmentation. Here’s how to do it.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
8 employers that boosted paternity leave
Father’s Day may be over, but here’s a look at some employers that have increased benefits for new dads.
Recognizing job-related stress, clients zero in on mental health benefits
More employers are adding on-site counseling and online programs to address anxiety, depression, sleep and pain.
Recognizing job-related stress, employers zero in on mental health benefits
More employers are adding on-site counseling and online programs to address anxiety, depression, sleep and pain.
EY more than doubles number of fathers taking paid parental leave
Two-thirds of EY’s employees are millennials and many are dual-career couples, which makes benefits that encourage flexibility a high priority,
Brokers concerned about Washington’s impact on benefits in 2020 election
“I do have a lot of long-term worries about erosion of the employer providing group health insurance,” says one consultant.
Benefits Think One overlooked way to promote well-being: Target oral health
Innovation in the dental industry is moving more rapidly than you might think — and smart employers are jumping on board.
Tom Palmer
United Concordia Dental
Wall Street dads find parental leave easier to get than to take
Bankers across the industry say it’s easier to change policy than to revamp the company culture that shapes the way employees think and act.
Using benefits to curb employee stress
Unengaged employees cost the U.S. as much as $605 billion a year in lost productivity. But these benefits could help.
Using benefits to curb employee stress
Unengaged employees cost the U.S. as much as $605 billion a year in lost productivity. But these benefits could help.
How Prudential used benefits to reduce workers’ financial stress
By giving employees tools to more efficiently manage their personal finances, employers can gain increased productivity and a more focused, satisfied workforce.
This is the voluntary benefit employers are most interested in
Employers are interested in rolling out pet insurance and long-term care benefits, but more are seeking out this offering for their workers.
