Issue 10
Features
Catch the Next Wave in Voluntary Benefits!
Insurance, Financial and Voluntary Benefit Professionals can dramatically increase their income, plus provide valuable services to protect their clients and companies.
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Why Employers should offer Long Term Care
A company’s success or failure is oftentimes determined by the quality of its employees. Offering an attractive benefits package
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Setting up an HDHP for Employers
High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) are increasingly appearing as an option for employers to consider for their employees.
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Wellness Programs as Part of Employee Benefits
Companies who choose to offer wellness programs as part of an employee benefits package reap many rewards – not only in terms of long-term
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Patient Advocate Programs A Real A$$et To Your Voluntary Benefits Menu
Alternative Medicine, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft, Legal Services, Tuition Savings Plans, the list goes on and on. There is a vast menu of voluntary
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Robust Voluntary Products Play A Significant Role In The Overall Benefits Package
According to a survey released by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans voluntary benefits are a fundamental part of employers’
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The Importance of Due-Diligence in Selecting an Insurance Company
Insurance companies have created brands that strive to inspire trust and represent stability in the market place. These organizations rely heavily on
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Is Your Self-Funded Health Plan Stable?
While nothing can be as tranquil as a pristine snowscape, nothing can be quite as frightening as an avalanche. Most avalanches occur
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Telemedicine
I recently attended a membership meeting for an organization to give a brief introduction to the “Discount Benefits” program we are launching.
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Boost Employees’ CDHP Comfort Zone with Voluntary Benefits
Despite the continuous debate over healthcare reform in Washington, one thing is for certain – healthcare costs and medical insurance premiums
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The Pharmacy Corner
I often hear of the life changing advantages of the new group of drugs commonly referred to as Biologic. Biologic Medicines are the fastest-growing
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Discount Medical & Lifestyle Plans to the Rescue!
While encouraging news regarding economic recovery might be easing fears, many U.S. employers still intend to trim benefits and restrain pay
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What’s In Your Network? Let’s FACEbook It, If You’re not Tweeting, You’re Not LinkedIn
Social media, the buzz of 2009, is the opportunity for 2010. Unless you have been dialed into one of the social networks you’re probably asking yourself what it’s
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Preventing identity theft? Forget it.
What is Identity Theft – Really? Here’s my definition, though I am not sure if I can actually get it published in the next edition of Webster’s New World College Dictionary:
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Who is Training Who?
Many organizations, no matter their size, are confronted with the issue of hiring great people and making sure it is a good fit. Articles abound
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Stop the Group Health Participation Death Spiral with Limited Medical Solution
As group health insurance clients pass along cost increases in the form of higher premiums more and more of their employees get priced out of having
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Voluntary Insurance: Big Benefits in a Tough Economy
With slashed payrolls and national unemployment still reaching above nine percent, Americans are understandably anxious about protecting
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Elections: A Dose of Common Sense!
“In an abundance of counselors there is much wisdom.” One of King Solomon’s much loved proverbs. It was Winston Churchill who once
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2010 the Year of Voluntary Benefits and the integration of Medical Tourism
It’s exciting to see the growth of new and innovative products in the voluntary benefits industry. One the new products we are seeing adopted fast in the
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