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March 12, 2019
According to a recent survey by The Standard, 59% of employers find it difficult to keep up with absence and disability management best practices. Employers generally find three key issues as their main stumbling blocks when it comes to employee absence and disability: program measurement, legal compliance and accommodations support.
News Organization: Business News Daily
March 7, 2019
This article, by Jill Frohardt, second vice president of individual disability insurance sales at The Standard, discusses how male clients are traditionally approached about income protection more often than female clients, even though more women are becoming their families' breadwinners. It also highlights the importance of showcasing how a family caregiving benefit can help them plan for the future.
News Organization: Advisor Today
February 25, 2019
This HR Daily Advisor Q&A with Breanna Scott, director of product and service management at The Standard, highlights the current state of paid family leave and trends employers may see in 2019.
News Organization: HR Daily Advisor
January 22, 2019
Dr. Dan Jolivet, practice consultant with The Standard's Workplace Possibilities SM program and Terri L. Rhodes, CEO of the Disability Management Employer Coalition, note that how employers choose to understand and address behavioral health conditions can ultimately help to better support employees and also de-stigmatize how these conditions are thought of in the workplace.
News Organization: BenefitsPRO
January 15, 2019
How can you balance technology and tailored solutions when having the conversation about retirement planning? Ken Waineo, senior director of business development for Retirement Plan Sales at The Standard, highlights managed services.
News Organization: Advisor Today
January 15, 2019
Behavioral health symptoms can escalate to impact performance, but how can employers spot these symptoms ahead of time? Dan Jolivet, Workplace Possibilities SM practice consultant at The Standard, and Terri Rhodes, CEO for the Disability Management Employer Coalition, explain.
News Organization: Workforce
January 14, 2019
Get clients thinking about their long-term goals and how annuities can help meet them. Read the Advisor Today article by Chris Conklin, vice president of individual annuities at The Standard.
News Organization: Advisor Today
January 9, 2019
Jill Frohardt, second vice president of Individual Disability Insurance sales at The Standard, highlights ways to talk about IDI to the three most prominent generations currently in the workforce: baby boomers, Gen Xers and millennials. Understand your clients' generational values and milestones in your discussions about income protection and the need for disability insurance.
News Organization: BenefitsPRO
January 4, 2019
Chris Conklin, vice president of individual annuities at The Standard, highlights the variety of new annuity options as ways to meet clients' financial goals. Chris suggests focusing on options that are easy to understand, use of well-known indices and flexible surrender charge periods when considering solutions for clients.
News Organization: InsuranceNewsNet
January 3, 2019
While ringing in the new year, Jeff Smith, Workplace Possibilities SM practice consultant at The Standard, advises HR professionals to use their disability carriers as a resource for ADAAA compliance and accommodations, and to consider how a consultant can offer employees a neutral third-party perspective when seeking support in the workplace.
News Organization: California Broker