AIA, Alera Group Insights

Providing benefit portability, helping employees manage their work/life balance and maintain financial stability can help employees during this difficult time. The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most turbulent times for employers and their employee benefit programs. A huge portion of the... Find out more »

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Below you'll find this week’s curated list of wellbeing resources.  Please feel free to share these resources, as appropriate, with your team.      Career Wellbeing  The Real Reason You... Find out more »

Unfortunately, as a consequence of the work-from-home, shelter-in-place and quarantine initiatives put in place to keep us safe from COVID-19, there has been a rise in emotional distress. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that 56 percent of Americans reported that worry or stress has led to... Find out more »

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Below please find this week’s curated list of wellbeing resources.  Please feel free to share these resources, as appropriate, with your team. Have a safe and healthy week!    Career Wellbeing 7 Practical Ways to... Find out more »

Background: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an important law that is both a civil rights and labor law and on its basic level outlaws discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. More specifically under Title VII, which governs equal employment opportunity, it... Find out more »

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!  So….when is the last time you took a vacation day?  If you said ‘pre-COVID', you’re not alone.  With nowhere to go, many employees have cancelled vacations and have no plans in sight for time off.  Without... Find out more »

WHAT IS AN ACCUMULATOR PROGRAM? Many prescription drug manufacturers offer financial assistance (e.g. coupons) to patients in order to reduce their out of pocket costs, particularly for very expensive drugs. Standard practice is for an "accumulator program" to exclude the value of such... Find out more »

In addition to payment relief to some customers, insurance companies are maintaining staff and supporting national pandemic relief efforts. Immediate Customer Solutions Many insurers are offering payment relief. For example, auto insurers have returned $10.5 billion so far to... Find out more »

I was catching up on some of Dr. Rosie Ward’s recent blogs yesterday and one point she made that resonated with me is that emotional literacy is becoming critical. She notes that whether people are processing the grief and trauma of this pandemic now or later, at some point it will... Find out more »

In a webinar I recently listened to, the presenter talked about how one of the most important things an employer can do right now is to build trust. Trust is imperative, they stated, because as employees return to the workplace, they will need to trust that their employer has done... Find out more »