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What Workers Need to Know About Group Life Insurance

InterWest Insurance Services

Voluntary group life insurance is offered to employees as an optional benefit, and often employers will pay the small premium as an employee retention tool and to provide workers some peace of mind for their families. Internal Revenue Code Section 79 governs the taxation of this employer-provided life insurance.

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What Companies Should Know Before Offering Employee Life Insurance

Pacific Prime

Companies offering employee life insurance as part of their employee benefits package is an excellent talent retention strategy. A life insurance policy will help protect the employees’ dependents from financial pressure when meeting outgoing expenses in the event of the former’s untimely passing.

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Life insurance for parents: Everything you need to know

Higginbotham

While it’s impossible to predict the future, securing life insurance can help provide for your children’s needs in case you’re not there as they grow up. How much life insurance do parents need? Expenses may include funeral costs, groceries, utilities, insurance, mortgage and educational costs.

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The pros and cons of term life insurance vs. permanent life insurance

Higginbotham

One of the first and most important responsibilities embraced by every breadwinner is life insurance. Should they lose your support, life insurance will immediately pay your beneficiary the cash value of the life insurance policy, with no taxes owed, providing a lifeline to resolve debts and pay living expenses.

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Navigating business risks with corporate-owned life insurance

Higginbotham

One strategic solution that has gained prominence among businesses is corporate-owned life insurance (COLI). What is corporate-owned life insurance? Corporate-owned life insurance is a type of life insurance in which the company itself takes out a policy on the lives of its employees.

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Is indexed universal life insurance right for you?

Higginbotham

Life insurance can be a practical way of making sure that your loved ones are taken care of even after you’re gone. However, there’s more than one type of life insurance policy, and some can provide you with more features than just a death benefit. Term life insurance covers a predetermined period of time.

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Parsing MHPAEA Claims Under the Proposed Rule: E.W. v. Health Net Life Insurance Company

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Health Net Life Insurance Company appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. The proposed regulations were issued earlier this year by the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the Departments). Our previous MHPAEA content is […] The post Parsing MHPAEA Claims Under the Proposed Rule: E.W.