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Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them

Jaime L. Brockway — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:12:48 +0000

Few employers think their workers understand their benefit packages, which can be corrected by one-to-one benefits counseling sessions during enrollment, a new survey says.

Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them via IFAwebnews.

Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment

IFAwebnews Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:18 +0000

Nearly half (49%) of 401(k) plan sponsors are offering features to automatically increase participants' contributions as they seek to improve their employees' preparation for retirement, a new Deloitte study finds.

Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment via IFAwebnews.

Life insurance activity showed ‘marked resilience’ in 2011

Bob Graham — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:50:33 +0000

The life insurance application activity for last year finished slightly above the 2010 level, spurred in part by 5.8% year-over-year growth in December.

Life insurance activity showed ‘marked resilience’ in 2011 via IFAwebnews.

Family dinners go better when sound financial planning is appetizer

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:37:42 +0000

Financial planning can have a positive effect on familial relationships for Americans who have limits on how much financial assistance they can offer to family members, a new study says.

Family dinners go better when sound financial planning is appetizer via IFAwebnews.

Consumers disregard insurance packages, favor lower rates

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:34:57 +0000

Home and auto insurance buyers were less interested in home-auto package discounts in 2011 than the year prior, and more aware of competitive premium rates, a new study says.

Consumers disregard insurance packages, favor lower rates via IFAwebnews.

Consumers don’t understand health insurance, need transparency

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:02:04 +0000

More than half of adults report they are confused about health insurance when choosing which plan to purchase, a new survey found.

Consumers don’t understand health insurance, need transparency via IFAwebnews.

Business owners see value of private health plans over government option

Jaime L. Brockway — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:47:07 +0000

Most independent business owners do not plan on buying health insurance from the government because most believe it is wrong to require Americans to have health insurance, a new survey says.

Business owners see value of private health plans over government option via IFAwebnews.

Financial advisors, consumers must be on same page with disability insurance

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:17:08 +0000

“Significant” opportunities exist for financial advisors to better educate consumers about the risk of income loss from illnesses or accidents, and to better prepare them to mitigate loss, a new survey says.

Financial advisors, consumers must be on same page with disability insurance via IFAwebnews.

Value to workers, not cost-cutting, key voluntary-benefits driver

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:04:59 +0000

Employers are offering voluntary benefits more to benefit their employees than to cut costs, n cost driven, according to new research.

Value to workers, not cost-cutting, key voluntary-benefits driver via IFAwebnews.

Insurers must prevent auto claimants from feeling ‘total loss’

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:35:59 +0000

Insurers must be quick and fair throughout the claims process, communicating more with customers, to improve people's satisfaction when making an auto insurance claim, a new study says.

Insurers must prevent auto claimants from feeling ‘total loss’ via IFAwebnews.