Unum integrate a FREE EAP into their Group Income Protection (GIP) products
No such thing as a free lunch? Well, such is Unum’s belief in the merits of an EAP (employee assistance programme) that they have decided to include as standard a good quality, reasonably comprehensive EAP within their GIP products. Ceridian provide the EAP service, which includes face-to-face counselling sessions and advice and support for childcare and eldercare issues (even extending to location and ‘matching’ of appropriate carers).
We think this is a significant development for our clients – whether or not your current GIP provider is Unum.
If you do not currently offer a GIP benefit (or self insure in some capacity), then now may be the time to review again the economics of managing/funding your long-term sickness issues.
This is a fiercely competitive market-place with new entrants arriving. Great value is obtainable – and this is all central to the efficiencies that can spring from an integrated wellness strategy (see above item).
Please contact your usual consultant for guidance on any of these issues.
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