Aflac

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  The evolution of consumer-driven health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 6, 2013

  Though there’s no denying consumer driven health care's growing popularity, there’s still a lot of work to be done.

• Sales tactics for critical illness insurance evolving

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  May 1, 2013

  Sales tactics also are evolving, not only for group and worksite plans, but for individual plans for the self-employed, very small businesses and even as an adjunct for additional homeowner protection.

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  Maybe it’s time to get back to basics

  By Denis Storey  |  April 30, 2013

  We can argue all conference long about health care reform, about what exactly’s going to happen in January and whether any of us will still have jobs by December — or next year’s Benefits Selling Expo.

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  Demand rising for critical illness policies

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  April 28, 2013

  Sales tactics also are evolving, not only for group and worksite plans, but for individual plans for the self-employed, very small businesses and even as an adjunct for additional homeowner protection.

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  Consumers unprepared for health care reform

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 25, 2013

  Health care reform will mean more choices for consumers but an Aflac WorkForces Report raises troubling questions about how prepared workers are for a new world order.

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  Does anyone know you?

  By Mark Roberts  |  March 14, 2013

  One of the most common complaints businesses have is that they don’t have enough customers, and business suffers unless the organization is a mega-corporation with a huge advertising budget. At least, that’s a common misconception.

• Aflac offers new calculator to show accident, illness costs

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 8, 2013

  Supplemental insurance provider Aflac now offers its Real Cost Calculator, an online tool that helps consumers realize the costs connected with common illnesses and injuries, such as cancer, heart attack and fractured limbs.

• Voluntary benefits expected to gain popularity

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  February 8, 2013

  As the market is preparing for the health care exchange system in 2014, voluntary benefits are expected to play a larger role, says Andrea Meyer, benefit manager of WorkSmart Systems Inc. Even under health care reform, medical insurance is projected to continue with its high deductibles, and voluntary benefits complement...

• So, a duck walks into a bar

  By Denis Storey  |  January 1, 2013

  If Aflac can do 75 percent of their business in a country that already has nationalized health care, maybe our future’s not so dark.

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  No vacation nation

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  November 21, 2012

  Sometimes the best employee benefit is being away from work.