Most worksite benefit carriers, brokers and administrators expect to increase the number of new groups they acquire this year.
Researchers at Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc., Avon, Conn., have published that finding in a summary of results from a year-end survey of about 120 carriers, brokers and independent plan administrators in the worksite market.
The percentage of survey participants who said they expect to sell more cases in the coming year fell to 83% for the latest survey, from 93% a year ago.