Small Employers Dropping Life Insurance
Nearly one in four small employers are no longer offering life insurance — often considered the bedrock of the benefits package, along with major medical — to their employees, according…
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Employee Benefit Satisfaction Has Direct Relation to Job Fulfillment
A link between the satisfaction workers feel about their benefits — both employment based and voluntary — has a direct relation with retention opportunities for employers. Eight in 10 employees…
Increasing Employee Engagement with Alternative Benefits Offerings
As a trusted partner and advisor, benefits brokers have the opportunity to educate and counsel employees year-round on benefits offerings to keep them engaged. All too often though, benefits professionals…
Taking A U-Turn On Benefits, Big Employers Vow To Continue Offering Health Insurance
The shrinking unemployment rate has been a healthy turn for people with job-based benefits. Eager to attract help in a tight labor market and unsure of Obamacare’s future, large employers…
U.S. Life/Health Industry’s Net Income Slipped 3.1%
A.M. Best: Preliminary Results Show U.S. Life/Health Industry’s Net Income Slipped 3.1% The U.S. life/health industry reported a 22.8% year-over-year increase in pretax net operating income to $66.2 billion in…
Hodges-Mace Launches SmartBen NOW Centralized Benefits Dashboard and Mobile App
Hodges-Mace, LLC announced the release of SmartBen NOW, a mobile app and centralized benefits dashboard solving one of the top frustrations in employee benefits: how to gather and present critical…