Voluntary Benefits

Increasing deductibles and law mandates are making supplemental plans a good sell to employers and to the self-insured.

WellPoint Inc. is leading companies that have poured $13.4 million into defeating a ballot initiative that would give California regulators the power to reject increases in health policy premiums.

Missed any of the action at the 2014 Benefits Selling Expo in Colorado Springs, Colo.? Here are a few of the big headlines.

A Connect for Health Colorado affiliate could enter the lead generation business.

This is a follow up to my column in the November issue, when I tried a bit of crowdsourcing to discover how the voluntary benefits business can do better at retaining customers.

Steve Brady, national accounts sales director at The Standard in Portland, Ore., remembers a group of ship pilots who work the waters of Puget Sound.