A group disability insurer has responded to employer interest in flexible benefits options.
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, has introduced a family of new voluntary long-term disability products and "buy-up" LTD products.
The LTD program gives employers the ability to combine core employer-paid coverage with voluntary, employee-paid supplemental coverage, according to Guardian, New York.
Guardian says it also has introduced a billing format that will simplify the process of deducting employees' payments from the payroll, and it has developed a booklet that will explain all voluntary LTD options and buy-ups available for each class of employees.
Employees can use buy-ups to adjust the elimination period, the benefit period duration and the benefit payment amount.
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