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Earn more commission and create happier customers with these insurance products. Are your clients looking to make up the gaps left by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in their employees’ benefits packages? Are you a health insurance broker looking to replace revenues lost as a result of ACA? Or maybe you’re a Property & Casualty
Employee benefits are complicated. But you, the broker, can help. Nearly half of all employees spend a mere 30 minutes choosing their benefits plan, according to this report from Namely, an all-in-one HR platform. What’s even more startling is that most employees (73 percent) simply roll over the same benefits from year to year. Why
Disability insurance can reduce costs for employers. No matter how diligent an employer is about workplace safety, accidents happen. Workplace accidents—and employees who lose time due to workers’ compensation claims—can damage company morale and cost employers additional time and money. However, a recent report shows that 47 percent of large companies who offer disability insurance
Providing a strong dental benefits package may help improve the health of employees and reduce costs linked to employee illness. With the rising costs of employer-paid health insurance, not to mention the tangible costs of employee sick time, smart business owners focus on employee wellness as a way to increase productivity and reduce costs. From
Selling 401K retirement plans to your existing customers is all a matter of trust. You may have heard about a number of small businesses being sued for their poor choices in 401K retirement plans. Frustrated over high fees, poorly performing funds, and perceived conflicts of interest, employees are suing their employers for the lack of
Survey says: Employees want ancillary benefits. HR directors, recruiters, small business owners, and CEOs, especially in the fields of healthcare and the tech sector, where top employees are in high demand, frequently seek ways to differentiate their company and attract the best talent. Some companies resort to gimmicks, others to generous BYOD policies that leave
Today’s HR directors can provide equitable employee benefits to all. If you or your spouse has read or seen the new novel “Meternity,” you might find the premise unrealistic – if not completely ridiculous. The book’s author, Meghann Foye believes women who choose not to have children should still receive paid time off during their child-bearing
How Ancillary Benefits Like Dental Insurance, Group Life / AD&D, and Disability Coverage Will Make Your Customers Happy With the profound effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the insurance industry, smart insurance agents are looking to ancillary benefit sales to make up for lost profits and earn more commission with less work. (Let’s
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Effective January 1, 2018, New York joins the progressive states of California, New Jersey and Rhode Island to require mandatory Paid Family Leave for all qualifying employees. This affects all business owners in New York State, not just those with 50+ employees. If you’re an insurance broker already providing Disability Benefits Law (DBL)
Have you considered offering vision coverage to your customers as a logical upsell to their insurance benefits package? Approximately 75 percent of all adults use glasses or contacts for corrective vision, says a report from the Vision Council of America. With daily wear, disposable contact lenses costing more than $100 for a 6-month supply, and
As you know, here at DBL Center Ltd., we are proponents of consultative selling – digging deep to understand your client’s needs and then recommending the products that meet those needs. If you are currently selling enhanced disability coverage and want to expand your book of business to other ancillary benefits, dental insurance coverage is
Are you an insurance broker who has seen your commissions drop due to the Affordable Care Act and health insurance providers’ new policies? Struggling with falling commissions and uncertainty about the future of the industry, two years ago 49 percent of insurance brokers were thinking about leaving the industry, while 67 percent said they knew