Voluntary Benefits

Employers are moving toward voluntary enrollment and an arrangement that has employees participating in at least some of the costs.

U.S. regulators have labeled insurer American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co.'s finance arm as potential threats to the financial system, designations that bring stricter government oversight.

Fortune magazine released its latest list of the top 500 companies. Who are the top life-health carriers on the list?

Along with many other goodies (sarcasm implied), health care reform has brought ERISA compliance to the forefront and if you are a broker or employer you better listen up.

Some employers have been offering auto, homeowners and other types of personal property and casualty insurance products to their employees for nearly half a century, but the worksite offerings are really taking off now that employers are broadening their menu of voluntary products to offset reduced health care benefits.

Last month we reviewed the voluntary industrys overall sales for 2012.