Winter 2010
A Fresh Perspective
The Positive Impact of Employee Assistance Programs on Workplace Productivity
Industry expert, columnist and trendspotter Carol Harnett talks about how employee benefits brokers and consultants are uniquely positioned to counsel employers on how to address five common causes of disability.
Learn how to initiate the conversation and help employers utilize EAP's to decrease short-term disability claim incidence and improve ROI.
read moreThe Standard's EAP Offering:
More Advantages To Sell
What elevates an employee assistance program (EAP) from a price of entry offering into a real selling point? Find out what to look for and why The Standard's EAP offering, automatically included with our Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD) product, is a great example*. It offers benefits for managers, employees and their families that go far beyond crisis management or performance issues – from work/life services to financial counseling.
Check out more advantages that help make our EAP a valuable tool for selling group LTD.
*For groups with fewer than 2,500 lives.
read more10 Key Advantages EAP's Offer Your Clients
The pressure is on employers to offer competitive benefits, lower their costs and increase productivity. You can help them achieve all three goals by making the most of an employee assistance program (EAP). In fact, research shows that for every dollar invested in EAPs, organizations can save between $3 and $5.2
See more useful stats and the 10 key advantages EAP's offer your clients.
read moreThe Standard Launches Protector PlatinumSM,
the Next Generation in Individual Disability
Income Insurance
How can a new individual disability product help you sell more group benefits? The answer is The Standard's new Protector PlatinumSM Individual Disability Income insurance (IDI) – with separate contracts for the IDI and Guarantee Issue (GI) markets.
Guarantee Issue is available when IDI is sold at the workplace to a group of employees and can offer valuable coverage in addition to LTD. And unlike IDI, GI does not require medical underwriting, has limited financial underwriting and offers substantial discounts.
Discover the industry-leading benefits and sales opportunities Protector Platinum delivers.
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Fun, Effective Webinar: Secrets from a Working Dog
December 21 at 12 p.m. ET
Presenter: Patrick Galvin, Galvin Communications
You're invited to pick up some tips from one of man's best friends!
Webinar presenter Patrick Galvin lives and works with Bella the Boxer, America's self-proclaimed smartest work dog, and he is the coauthor with Bella of Secrets of a Working Dog: Unleash Your Potential and Achieve Success – with tips on happiness, communication, relationship building and more.
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EAP TIP #1: Compare Number Of Sessions To Number Of Issues
Employees need all the help they can get these days. That’s why it makes a difference whether an EAP offers a limited number of sessions per year – like three or five – or whether employees can get help with whatever issues come up, no matter how many challenges they face. Good to know: The Standard’s EAP includes three face-to-face sessions per issue (or six sessions with buy-up model).
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