Why would an employer not allow or support voluntary benefits in their business. Having ran a small 30 employee business before making the decision to enter insurance, we had supplemental products from Colonial. I really don't understand why these products are such a hard sell. The cost to the employer is relatively nil, the admin part is a piece of cake and employees get portable coverage where they may not in the the group setting. I'm just a bit perplexed about what objections you guys usually run into. Thanks for any info!!
Why would an employer not offer
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Simple. Apathy.
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You are probably right. One of the worst excuses I have heard is the human resources person didn't believe in the products, so refused to let the products come in. About six months later his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Do you reckon his perspective has changed??????? Maybe I should call him pronto.
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I was doing some cold calling last week, was talking to a man and noticed he seemed distant and non responsive, I was calling to talk to his wife about med supp, she was turning 65 soon and his response was that his wife was just diagnosed with cancer and was given a few days to live, that was on Tuesday and noticed in the paper on Friday ,she had passed on Thursday.Death or illness is nothing to tread lightly, that bug is just waiting around the corner..I know he has hit my family too many times this year.But yes, it will change the perspective of how one sees the need for insurance.
Business owners are burnt out with people walking in their door and "selling stuff". Unfortunately, some people in our profession have underwealmed them. We need to build credibility to our profession by providing value. Many agents have walk in with a brochure in hand and barfed all over them. Unfortunately, some leading companies in our profession teach new agents the least professional way to approach potential buyers. If we don't change our approach, we will never establish value.
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We should approach the business with the respect of the business owner's time and resources. Our approach should offer them an improvement to their business. The challenge is to find "buyers" in a professional manner. We need to demand better marketing tools from the carriers that show benefits to their business. We should demand that the agents that we train and team up with produce professional marketing approaches that build our credibility to our market. Insurance professionals are rated quite low in "trust" ranking. I know that many people in this business are professional but there is a large movement of unprofessional practices of interrepting business owners in hope a landing one prospect at the expense of being a nuisance to a large quantity of other prospects. We need leadership at the corporate level to change this. We are offending our market and I do not like the future if we keep this up. We need business owners for the long term.
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I run into this often.
The supplemental policies Aflac & Colonial can be viewed as not the best options for the employees. Most of the plan designs are for people that can't save money. I do like the cancer policy. I was on a case where the controller flat out said she would no allow these plans to be sold to her employees this was because of the cost vs benefit.
When it comes to Group voluntary products STD, LTD, Dental. The big problem I run into is out of a group of 30 I have a hard time getting the minium particapation to take the plan. Most of the time I need atleast 10 to take it. Dental is a bit easier to sell.
Right now with the high gas prices any voluntary policy is going to be tough.
The supplemental policies Aflac & Colonial can be viewed as not the best options for the employees. Most of the plan designs are for people that can't save money. I do like the cancer policy. I was on a case where the controller flat out said she would no allow these plans to be sold to her employees this was because of the cost vs benefit.
When it comes to Group voluntary products STD, LTD, Dental. The big problem I run into is out of a group of 30 I have a hard time getting the minium particapation to take the plan. Most of the time I need atleast 10 to take it. Dental is a bit easier to sell.
Right now with the high gas prices any voluntary policy is going to be tough.
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I don't find the controllers thinking to make sense. I've had Colonial for about ten years and have used the accident policy twice. Where was she getting her numbers? Short term disability and cancer insurance are two of Colonials products I really like. I know people who have said the Cancer policy saved them financially after being diagnosed.
I bet the Controllers opinion would change should she become disabled, have a critical illness or God forbid be diagnosed with Cancer. All insurance, except Life is a game of chance. I'd rather let someone else carry the risk.
I bet the Controllers opinion would change should she become disabled, have a critical illness or God forbid be diagnosed with Cancer. All insurance, except Life is a game of chance. I'd rather let someone else carry the risk.
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