Voluntary Benefits

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, when the industry touts the benefits of having life insurance. So what can the industry do?

Three quarters of Americans believe life insurance coverage represents a critical piece of financial security. Yet only 49 percent actually have a life insurance policy.

Fully 75 percent of Americans, the CDC said, have heart ages older than their actual age.

Life is expensive these days especially if it's insured.

This is the last in our series of columns on the voluntary industry sales results for 2014. This article spotlights sales by distribution segment.

Brokers are discovering a growing appetite among employer customers for voluntary products to be included in benefits packages for employees.