Voluntary Benefits

62 percent of employers surveyed informally fund their executive defined contribution plans at 100 percent of pre-tax accrued liability. 47 percent of employers surveyed, who sponsor executive defined contribution plans, favor the use of

ING Employee Benefits has announced its new critical illness insurance product, Premier Critical Illness, to complement traditional health and disability insurance. PCI insurance pays a lump-sum benefit

If ever there sprouted a seed of doubt, let it shrivel up and die. Before you jot down "career change" on your list of New Year's resolutions (which you won't keep anyway), consider this: benefits still rule. In fact, after that

Of all the benefits available to independent brokers, the employee assistance program seems to be the most neglected. Most brokers do not understand the complex behavioral health care needs of the employers they serve or the differences among the

10 million jobs will be unfilled by 2010 as more boomers retire. 37.7 percent of working-age people with disabilities were employed in 2006. 79.7 percent of working-age able-bodied Americans were employed in 2006. Source: The Hart

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