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Insurers face billions in underwriting losses
By Kristen SmithbergIndividual and small group health plans faced losses in 2025 as medical claims continued to climb, accelerating a shift toward alternative benefit models.
Anything related to share of benefits paid by the employee--their share of insurance premiums, voluntary benefits such as student-loan repayment, pet insurance, accident insurance. How to shop for these benefits and present them to employees in a way that encourages them to buy and use them.
Individual and small group health plans faced losses in 2025 as medical claims continued to climb, accelerating a shift toward alternative benefit models.