How Hodges-Mace encourages employees to own their open enrollment
To improve the onboarding experience, co-CEOs Greg Hodges and Peter Mace share how they advise clients through targeted questions.
Voluntary benefits
Benefits innovator spotlight: Comcast
The mass media conglomerate’s robust benefits package ranges from eldercare and adoption assistance to entertainment perks, such as free TV and Internet services.
Benefits Think Why — and how — advisers should talk to clients about juvenile life insurance
Assumptions about this product, such as lack of employee interest, are not accurate, says Colonial Life’s Pam Jenkins.
Pam Jenkins
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.
Benefits innovator spotlight: PwC
The accounting and consulting firm is helping its employees tackle their student loan debt.
Benefits innovator spotlight: Boxed
The startup pays for employees’ weddings as well as college tuition of workers’ children.
Taking a political stance on benefits
Campaign issues are impacting employers in the United States, a new survey finds.
Benefits Think Finding inspiration in benefits innovation
It’s no secret that new trends are continuing to shape the industry, while new technologies are changing how benefits professionals do their job.
Kathryn Mayer
Employee Benefit News
China Oceanwide agrees to buy Genworth for $2.7B cash
Genworth CEO Tom McInerney has been selling assets to ensure the insurer has sufficient liquidity after it was hit by losses on its long-term care coverage.
Taking a political stance on benefits
Campaign issues are impacting employers in the United States, a new survey finds.
MetLife to phase out Snoopy branding as CEO reshapes insurer
Largest U.S. life insurer, will phase out the use of Peanuts characters in its marketing.
Hospital indemnity programs expand options
With new ACA regulations potentially changing how plans operate, Bill Bade of Milliman offers solutions on to stay prepared.
How the right benefits balance can pay dividends
Prudential Financial analysis shows improved financial wellness, productivity from customized packages.
7 companies that are redefining benefit packages
Hot new offerings such as wedding payments and professional development opportunities are helping employers like JPMorgan Chase to attract and retain top talent.
Strong disability support leads to strong workforce
Experts offer tips on how best to get employees on leave back into the office.
Benefits Think How millennials can evolve a company’s benefits
Young professionals want a flexible work environment in a technology-enabled job that caters to their needs in their professional and personal life.
Tina Craft
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think How to help even the wealthiest clients see the need for LTC planning
A health problem in retirement can easily double monthly income needed, says MDRT’s William Marvin Richardson.
William Marvin Richardson III
Northwestern Mutual
Why brokers need their own ben admin platform
Ease of use, increased voluntary sales among several reasons, speaker at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Summit says.
Benefits Think 4 steps to starting a disability program
Brian Kost of Standard Insurance Co. guides the way to avoiding the pitfalls of implementing a new hardship plan.
Brian Kost
Standard Insurance Company
How brokers can increase revenue while serving clients
Telemedicine, ID protection and financial guidance are all hot discount benefits through which industry vets Frank Villares and Debra Tucker say advisers can stand out from competitors.
Benefits bundling seen as a strategic advantage
Combining voluntary with major medical offerings in today’s self-service technology environment allows brokers to improve participation.
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