The typical U.S. worker spends more time getting ready for Thanksgiving than reviewing employer-sponsored health, life and disability insurance.
Researchers at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, have published that finding in a summary of a recent survey of 532 U.S. consumers ages 18 and older who are employed at least part-time.
About half of U.S. workers spend little or no time reviewing their benefits each year, and the result is that many workers do not understand how group benefits are underwritten or how much they cost, the researchers report.