Voluntary Benefits

Insurer MetLife Inc. plans to buy Eastern European insurance divisions from London-based Aviva PLC as part of its strategy to expand overseas and focus on markets it considers high growth.

Good news for brokers looking to score some voluntary sales: Only 39 percent of U.S. households recall having an opportunity to buy life insurance in the past two years, says a LIMRA study.

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. plans to improve primary care doctor payments and start reimbursing for care management it doesn't cover as a way boost treatment and save money.

TruHearing, a medical health organization that offers discounted hearing aids, will now offer its discount hearing services to VSP Vision Care members. VSP Vision Care is the largest not-for-profit vision benefits and services company in the United States.

Despite the fact most workers think the programs are worth it, theres a disconnect as to what workers want from it and what employers offer.

It's not just cancer. Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look, too.

According to EM-Power Services, a provider of long-term care insurance and employee benefits services, LTCI is an important benefit that should be offered by employers in 2012, especially as the U.S. is expected to face rapid growth among the age 65 and older population.

Women make up nearly half of the U.S. work force, and while their incomes are vitally important to their families, they are less likely than men to protect that income with adequate life insurance coverage. A new MetLife guide, Protecting a Diverse Workforce Steps to Address the Life Insurance...