Voluntary Benefits

Rising benefits costs are forcing employers to make difficult trade-offs

Marketing advisory firm Eastbridge Consulting Group announced Tuesday it has recognized CIGNA as a leader in voluntary sales growth for 2010.

Among the top 15 companies in the market, there was a mixture of results. As a group:

Over the past year there has been a lot of buzz about the term medical tourism. With health care costs continually rising, the attractiveness of providing medical care at up to 90 percent savings is pretty hard to ignore.

Eastbridges annual U.S. Worksite Sales Report for 2010 was recently released and, according to the findings, sales for the year were down compared to 2009.

Earlier this week, I conducted a continuing education class on voluntary benefits from the employers viewpoint for the Nebraska chapter of CEBS.