Voluntary Benefits

I was talking to a broker the other day about pre-taxing benefits in a small business and he said, It isn't 1998 anymore."

As the economy improves, brokers and employers are doing more to expand benefit offerings to workers who are now less concerned about job security and more concerned about job benefits.

The annual Benefits Selling/Eastbridge voluntary benefits survey was conducted during March and April of this year, and almost 350 producers responded, representing a combination of employee benefit brokers, traditional voluntary brokers, enrollment companies, and agents.

Incorporating a legal insurance plan into workplace wellness programs serves mental and financial wellness needs in much the same way fitness classes aim to address the physical health.

The Obama administration is taking another step in its goal of reforming how doctors are compensated by Medicare.

Group health benefits brokers used to look at Gary Ware with sympathetic eyes. As traditional brokers saw it, said Ware a voluntary benefits specialist selling voluntary products is a labor-intensive task that requires scores of individual sales to see a meaningful return on all of that effort.