White-glove service eases sting of funeral planning
Everest Funeral Concierge offers standalone service to help bereaved employees and their families in their time of need.
Life insurance
Life insurance report suggests need for better education
While Life Insurance Awareness Month in September offers an opportunity for promotion, a year-round campaign would fill coverage gaps.
More financially secure women spotlight L&A sales gap
Females may be holding the purse strings for $30 trillion by 2030, representing more than four times the investable assets they controlled just a decade ago.
Benefits Think How benefits can offer an empathetic approach to processing death
Advisers can do a better job of helping clients understand how to be there during difficult transitions and ensure their employees are appropriately covered.
Elsa Glorioso
OneDigital
Infographic Life insurance myth vs. fact
For Life Insurance Awareness Month, get the facts on life insurance to bust some common consumer myths.
Benefits Think Life insurance provides essential replacement income for your family
Life insurance helps replace your income after you die by paying a benefit directly to any beneficiaries you choose, such as your spouse, partner, children or other loved ones.
Jennifer Gassaway
Standard Insurance Company
Benefits Think When you take the commission, you owe clients the consultation
When benefits advisers accept commissions on group policies, we owe a consultation to help ensure the promises we sell have integrity.
Kevin Curran
PresentLeave
Why this CEO says supplemental health benefits will be key for businesses next year
A conversation with Alex Frommeyer, CEO of benefits provider Beam.
Benefits Think Life insurance benefits are a critical yet overlooked tool in creating financial security
This year, just 52% of American adults report they have life insurance coverage, and 40% believe they need to either buy or increase their coverage. What’s preventing them from doing so?
Juliane Kowalski
MetLife
For one family, life insurance education was the missing link to financial stability
Almost 102 million Americans don’t have life insurance, and most with coverage have far less than recommended.
Employees shouldn’t be blindsided by end of life decisions. How benefits can help ease the burden
End of life benefits can help employees plan for the future for themselves and their loved ones.
Benefits Think How the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for life insurance benefits
An employer’s insurance offerings are a core consideration when choosing a job, so it’s critical that in addition to comprehensive health insurance, you’re also offering robust life insurance options.
Greg Poulakos
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
The three E’s of employer-provided life insurance: Education, encouragement, enrollment
Educating employees about the available options is crucial to increasing participation in your company’s life insurance plans.
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Greg Poulakos
President, disability/absence and supplemental health
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ethos insures individual employees with Ease
The benefit and HR platform for small businesses now offers life insurance policies to individuals.
Financially stressed employees don’t invest in life insurance
Workers may be missing the mark when it comes to supplemental benefits, but advisers can help close the gaps.
Voya Financial, ADP join forces on voluntary benefit administration
The agreement will create a more integrated experience for employers and their employees.
Benefits Think Employees are skimping on supplemental health benefits. Here’s what clients can do
Employers should plan ahead of open enrollment to educate workers about the advantages of these plans.
Marc Jeffreys
Gradient AI
Benefits Think Employees are skimping on supplemental health benefits. Here’s what clients can do
Employers should plan ahead of open enrollment to educate workers about the advantages of these plans.
Marc Jeffreys
Gradient AI
Benefits Think Employees are skimping on supplemental health benefits. Here’s what employers can do
Employers should plan ahead of open enrollment to educate workers about the advantages of these plans.
Marc Jeffreys
Gradient AI
Sears retirees fight life insurance termination as heirs get zip
Retired Sears workers want to create a committee to protect their interests after a retiree died shortly after his life insurance was canceled.
