Voluntary Benefits

The Social Security Administration recently announces beneficiaries will not receive higher benefit checks for a second consecutive year.

Single and never married employees are less likely to enroll in life insurance and disability insurance, though most who participate in these benefits say they will be important in the next five years.

In the past year, 20 percent of employees added a new voluntary coverage through their employer

In a recent independent customer satisfaction survey, nine out of 10 customers receiving Unum's voluntary short-term disability or accident insurance say they would recommend the company to their co-workers.

Minneapolis-based ING is expanding its marketing activities in the U.S. employee benefits division to gain more voluntary employee benefits business.

In the third quarter, whole life insurance sales improved 6 percent and increased by 15 percent in the first nine months of 2010, finds LIMRA's U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales survey.