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Hospital Indemnity Insurance a Key Voluntary Benefit

InterWest Insurance Services

Fortunately, employers can help by offering their workers voluntary hospital indemnity insurance that can provide peace of mind in case they have a serious medical episode. Hospital indemnity insurance. The worker can use this cash benefit for any purpose, including: Deductibles. Coinsurance. Transportation.

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Offer HDHP and HSAs? Follow this 4-step Voluntary Benefits Checkup

Corporate Synergies

Which voluntary benefit options are right for your employees? This 4-step voluntary benefits checkup will help you decide. As the cost of medical plans rises, employers are offering high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) as part of their employee benefit plans. As Seen In.

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HDHPs: How Voluntary Benefits Can Fill the Coverage Gap

Winston Benefits

Benefitfocus released its 2016 State of Employee Benefits study recently. Among the findings, adoption of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) is on the rise, but is still much lower than traditional PPO plans. One reason for this may be the coverage gap created by HDHPs.

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What is supplemental life insurance and how can it improve your employee benefits package?

Higginbotham

Imagine a man earns $50,000 a year has a policy with a $100,000 death benefit. When he dies, his wife receives the $100,000 death benefit. Some of this money goes to cover hospital bills and funeral costs. When you offer supplemental life insurance as a voluntary benefit, your costs are minimal.

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Helping employees understand key benefits terms

PeopleStrategy

Health benefits payment terms. Deductible : the amount an employee must pay out-of-pocket each year before their insurance kicks in; this does not apply to preventative care, like annual physicals. Co-insurance: the amount an employee must pay after meeting their deductible; under most plans, this is around 20% of full price.

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What is ancillary health insurance?

Higginbotham

Often referred to as “ancillary benefits,” ancillary insurance can include coverage for miscellaneous medical expenses incurred during a hospitalization that may not be covered by your group health insurance. There are two main types of ancillary health insurance: voluntary benefits and employer contributory benefits.

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Voluntary Benefits Improve Employee Satisfaction and Retention

InterWest Insurance Services

As a result, many employers are increasingly turning to voluntary employee benefits, which allow them to provide valued, high-demand benefits to employees at little or no cost to the company. Voluntary benefits have been becoming more popular among employers in recent years as unemployment falls.