Why work with The Standard on employee benefits?
Because we specialize in them. And that means we can deliver unique offerings like:
Our custom approach for you helps us deliver the best experience possible for your organization.
The net result? Balancing your clients’ business and employee needs, or what we call, Better Results. Less Noise.
“Going above and beyond” for customers is our true north. It’s why most of the brokers we serve rate us highly and plan to continue the relationship.1 For national accounts, our ongoing customer relationships average more than nine years.
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Premium persistency
7-year persistency track record
Balancing the needs of business and employees. We’ll work with you to give clients customized solutions that lead to more productive, engaged employees ― and also help the bottom line.
You’ll find we listen closely to your clients’ challenges and goals. We understand the complexities you’re trying to solve and will work with you to find the best approach for your customers. Our experience in creating flexible plan designs means we may tell you “yes” when other carriers say “no.”
Our Workplace PossibilitiesSM program treats disability differently. Included with our Short and Long Term Disability plans, this program has a nine-year track record of reducing claim duration, and yielding better absence and disability results.2 It’s an important part of how we make multiple benefits work together to treat the whole person and increase workforce productivity.
Learn more about our holistic approach to disability management
We help reduce your clients’ costs in a number of ways. They’ll have access to products and services designed to help them lower their absence and disability expenses. With our claims service, they’ll hear fewer complaints from employees that create headaches for HR teams. Working with us will let them reduce much of their administrative burden and minimize the impact of disability on their operations. Finally, by getting their employees back to work safely and quickly and addressing the causes of disability in the workplace, we can save them money in the long run.
The Regulatory Risk: Absence Management services can ensure employers comply with federal and state regulations for most types of leave, including FML. This offering also helps them avoid ADAAA mistakes that might lead to fines and lawsuits.
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The Human Risk: Disability is the human risk that can put businesses at risk for lost productivity. To protect your clients, we do more than process claims. We manage them to the best possible outcome with a focus on return to work. Our approach combines LTD, STD and Absence with our unique Workplace Possibilities program. The process has many touch points that allow us to assess an employee’s needs and develop ways for that person to stay at work or return to work sooner.
When employees have a positive claims experience and HR has fewer hassles, that means less noise for you. How do we do it? With expert, creative people who collaborate with your clients every step of the way, from implementation to claims management and plan administration.
We deliver employee benefits differently by keeping service accessible and personal with nearly 40 employee benefits sales and services offices across the country. For implementation, your clients work with a single point of contact — one highly trained implementation manager who leads the account service team throughout the process. We also bring our disability and absence service to clients, with onsite stay-at-work or return-to-work interventions and onsite administrative support.
Flexible implementation means fewer hassles and headaches for HR staff when it comes to onboarding, billing, claims set-up and enrollment. Our team will kick off the process before enrollment begins and support you at every stage.
We process claims promptly, accurately and with compassion. When an employee faces a disability, we keep the claims process straightforward so they feel satisfied with the service they receive. This approach keeps complaints down and reduces escalation. This same level of service and caring helps Life and AD&D beneficiaries experience less stress as they deal with a loved one’s death.
We build our processes and systems with their teams in mind. We understand the increasing demands on HR execs and do what we can to reduce the administrative burden. Our robust teams of people are ready to help.
What's made [our] partnership unique is that it's not been about rate. It's been about what's the right thing. It's ... bringing in the best benefit at the right cost.
Alex Ward, Regional VP, Hodges-Mace, LLC
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You’ll have access to thought leadership, continuing education, seminars and research when you work with us. These resources are a great way to enhance your knowledge and add value for your clients.
This e-book looks at the high cost of disability. It shows where costs can cluster within a workforce, and how a new approach to disability can produce better results for your clients and their employees.
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1 The Standard Insurance Company internal data as of Dec. 31, 2016
2 Employee Disability Study, The Standard Insurance Company, August 2017
The Standard is a marketing name for Standard Insurance Company (Portland, Oregon), licensed in all states except New York, and The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York (White Plains, New York), licensed only in New York. Products and availability vary by state and are solely the responsibility of the applicable insurance company.
