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Communicating benefits boosts employee satisfaction, bottom line
Employee satisfaction and the bottom lines for businesses improve with a strong benefits communication plan, a new white paper from Colonial Life suggests. “Strong communication may be the single most...
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Former Colonial Penn employee charged in identity theft scam
An ex-employee of Philadelphia-based Colonial Penn Life Insurance faces numerous criminal charges for using company computers to steal the information of at least 120 customers. A federal grand jury...
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More employers plan tweaks to employee-benefit plans in next year
More than 40% of employers plan to change their employee benefits plans in the next 12 months, according to a survey of employers conducted by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. About half of...
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Report: Benefit enrollments should not be ‘one and done’ for employers
Companies that look at benefit enrollments as a “one and done” process are missing a golden opportunity, according to a new white paper. Marianne Adams Employers should trade that approach for one of...
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Agent paid $67,000 for allegedly bogus health insurance applications
An insurance agent from Goldsboro, N.C., is accused of filing false applications for health insurance for 269 employees and nine companies that did not exist, resulting in commission payments totaling...
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Talk isn’t cheap for employees trying to understand workplace benefits
Employees have a clearer understanding of the benefits available to them at work if they participate in a one-on-one benefits counseling session during enrollment, a new study finds. Almost all (97%)...
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Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them
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. Less than one-fifth of...
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Employees value good benefits education, financial protection
American workers say understanding their benefits is very important — and there’s a lot their employers could do to improve benefits communication. That’s according to new research commissioned by...
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New Colonial Life program helps employers with ACA reporting
Colonial Life has launched a new program to help employers struggling to comply with upcoming deadlines for health coverage reporting required by the Affordable Care Act. Employers who have at least 50...
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