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When it comes to benefit offerings, employees want options. And employers want to give their employees choices, despite facing escalating costs, limited budgets, etc.

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Revised December 10, 2024

The disability claims process is a lot more complicated than just the employer/employee submitting a claim application and then waiting for an approval/denial...

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Revised December 2023

Updating your life insurance beneficiary is one of those tasks you always mean to do but always put off, like cleaning out your junk drawer or matching up your...

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Financial woes. Legal advice needed. Daycare crisis. Aging parents. Mental health issues. There’s a lot of concerns that can weigh on you while you’re at work. And employers are...

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One low-cost way public sector employers can enhance their employees’ benefit package is by offering worksite benefits. These voluntary benefits can help protect employees in the event...

3.5 minute read

Updated August 23, 2022

Public sector organizations with life and/or disability coverage should send an annual census to their insurance carrier at least once a year. Employers want...

Revised July 16, 2021

3.5 minute read

Imagine you are a large client conducting a request for proposal that requires a match to your current policy. A competitor, who advertises on national...

4.5 minute read

For public sector employers, offering retiree life insurance as a post-employment benefit is a generous and common offering, but may be problematic for the employer as time goes on....

1.5 minute read

Taking care of your health also means taking care of your eyes. That’s what a teacher from a Nebraska school district discovered when her optometrist found something unusual during a...

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Updated June 9, 2021

Many schools, cities, and counties have a Conversion and/or Portability option on their group life insurance plan. When an employee’s group term life insurance...