About 80% of voluntary benefit carriers plan to introduce at least 1 worksite product over the next year or so.
About 30% of the carriers expect to introduce more products over the next year than they usually do, according to researchers at Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc., Avon, Conn.
Another 49% expect to introduce about the same number of new products, and 22% expect to introduce no new voluntary products, Eastbridge researchers report.