More workers to receive benefits through healthcare exchanges
The Affordable Care Act has already fundamentally changed the way in which employers will provide health insurance coverage to their workers in the future, but new data suggests the same may be true of other benefits as well.
Few small businesses offer voluntary insurance, other benefits
While studies have shown that many companies are making a number of different benefit options available to their employees, this may not be particularly true of small businesses. Consequently, this might present insurance companies with considerable opportunities for growing their business.
Fewer workers being covered by employers' health insurance plans
While federal efforts to increase enrollment in health insurance plans offered by employers are to be implemented in the coming year, it appears that these efforts are mainly just making up ground that was lost in the previous decade or so.
Small businesses relying on better benefits to attract, keep workers
There are a number of economic factors weighing on small business owners these days, and these could have major impacts on their abilities to hire top workers in their field. However, despite these potential issues, more are now concentrating on providing higher-quality benefits as a means of drawing in these applicants for open positions, and keeping those already working for them in the fold.
The average age of people purchasing long-term care insurance policies is dropping
With many consumers more concerned about their finances than past generations, a larger number are securing insurance policies designed to help keep their costs low in the event they require long-term care at some point.
More consumers enrolling in wellness incentive programs
A growing number of both small and large businesses which offer their employees health insurance are now also allowing them to participate in wellness programs. These programs are designed to reduce policy costs. These days, it seems far more people are being enticed to sign up for these initiatives, especially when given a significant financial incentive to do so.
Numerous employers plan to continue granting health benefits under ACA
While there was considerable speculation in the last few years that many small businesses would alter their approaches to the ways in which they covered their workers once the major mandates as part of the Affordable Care Act went into effect at the start of 2014, new data suggests most won't change much when it comes to extending these benefits.
Employers can do more to improve retirement benefits
One of the major problems millions of workers across the country are now experiencing is that they're falling well short of their retirement expectations, and experts now say it may be time for their employers to do more to help them achieve those goals.
More using employee benefits to care for multiple generations
Many workers in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s now find themselves financially responsible for far more than just themselves. Consequently, these individuals are using their employee benefits to help cover costs for their grown children, elderly parents, or both.
Increase noted in employers undertaking new health advocacy benefits
While numerous businesses large and small now extend their employees the option of enrolling in company-sponsored health insurance programs, many are now also beginning to extend a new, related benefit that can provide even greater help.