Voluntary Benefits

Benefits statements help educate employees about their total compensation packages.

This week’s round-up of news affecting the employee benefits business.

Analysis shows the Japan disaster will not have a devastating effect on either the capital of the Japanese insurance industry or the international reinsurance market, according to global professional services company

Heart and vascular conditions account for more than half of all claims paid on Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co.s critical illness insurance policies. According to Colonial Life claims statistics,

Lowered commissions, increased competition, loss-ratio mandates, buying direct from exchanges, carriers withdrawing from the medical market, and on and on and on.

Companies and their more highly compensated executives are increasingly realizing the need for individual disability insurance coverage. That means competition among insurance carriers for this book of business is also heating up. With more insurers entering this market, employers as well as brokers should do their due diligence when it...

Thereve been some significant changes in long-term care insurance offered to corporate clients in 2010. The lessons learned could lead to a dramatic shift in how LTCI is offered to groups in the future. This article will discuss some of the changes that have taken place and what to look...

In this blog, I’ll be highlighting some of the major events that occurred in the employee benefits business over the past week, as well as the news coverage surrounding them.