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Nearly half of employers plan to include voluntary benefits in the next year
Almost half of employers surveyed in July by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company say they plan to add voluntary benefits to their plans within the next year.
More than 750 benefits administrators and human resource managers were surveyed at the Society for Human Resource Management annual conference in Las Vegas.
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Employers with voluntary benefits stand out
oluntary benefits help organizations retain employees and attract fresh talent, a new survey finds.
According to the WellPoint Inc. research, 83% of American employees think more highly of employers that offer voluntary insurance benefits than those that don’t.
This extends to job seekers as well, almost all of whom (nearly 90%) consider it important that companies offer a full range of health benefits, including voluntary, when accepting a new position. A full 56% consider it “very important.”
Voluntary benefits can improve employees’ overall perception of benefits as well. Whereas 82% of employees whose companies offer voluntary benefits are content with their packages, that satisfaction declined by 30% for those companies which fail to offer such benefits. Continue reading
Identity theft still cause for concern
There are fresh reminders about the importance of identity theft protection in the worksite market.
ARAG, a major legal-insurance provider that also offers I.D. theft prevention and resolution assistance, cited two recent reports that add food for thought on this hot topic to bolster its 2009 study with Russell Research about the top 10 legal concerns for Americans. Continue reading

