Voluntary Benefits

According to our annual U.S. Voluntary/Worksite Sales Report, new business annualized premium (voluntary sales) for 2015 was $7.138 billion, up 3.6 percent over 2014 sales.

As baby boomers retire and Americans live longer, the nation faces a crisis in its ability to finance the long-term medical and personal aid that many of us will require in old age.

Every benefits broker should, by now, be familiar with the raw data on millennial purchasing power. According to the most recent population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, reported by the Pew Research Center just weeks ago, millennials have officially overtaken Baby Boomers as the nations largest living generation.

Zombies, seniors, and millennials, oh my! Catch up on some of the health care, retirement, and HR headlines that were popular this week.

The Council For Disability Awareness (CDA) and Life Happens nominated May as Disability Insurance Awareness Month in order to raise awareness about the importance of income protection. Statistics reveal that one in four of todays 20 year-olds will become disabled before reaching age 67!

A typical American family of four will experience the lowest annual increase in its health care bill this year since 2001.