
Risk benefit trends your business should watch
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A number of unexpected factors are shaping group risk insurance in our post-pandemic world – heightened awareness of what they’re getting amongst employees, flexible benefits structures and an entirely new definition of what it means to be ‘at work.’
Join Big Business Insights podcast host Blessing Utete and Old Mutual’s Group Assurance Business Executive, Mariaan de Jongh, as they discuss these trends, how they are changing group benefits products and choices, and importantly, how it could influence your company’s employee value proposition in the future.
You’ll gather insights on:
Trends in group risk benefits and what’s driving themDeath and disability benefits in a post-Covid South AfricaThe rise of flexible structures and how employees are exercising more choiceWhat employers should consider before allowing flexibilityThe value of funeral benefits many employees seem to miss, and why.
Listen now.
Join Big Business Insights podcast host Blessing Utete and Old Mutual’s Group Assurance Business Executive, Mariaan de Jongh, as they discuss these trends, how they are changing group benefits products and choices, and importantly, how it could influence your company’s employee value proposition in the future.
You’ll gather insights on:
Trends in group risk benefits and what’s driving themDeath and disability benefits in a post-Covid South AfricaThe rise of flexible structures and how employees are exercising more choiceWhat employers should consider before allowing flexibilityThe value of funeral benefits many employees seem to miss, and why.
Listen now.
Chapters
- 00:03 Introduction
- 00:56 The trends we are seeing from an employee benefits perspective
- 01:44 What do death and disability benefits look like post-Covid?
- 02:33 Is there anything new being offered from a benefits perspective?
- 02:59 What is happening with the pace at which claims are being settled?
- 03:34 What does choosing multiple versions of employee benefits look like and what are the effects?
- 05:20 What would you suggest an employee considers when they think of going flexible?
- 05:53 From an organisational perspective, how should human capital or the human resources teams manage these things?
- 07:03 Funeral Benefits: why are they such a strong value proposition? And are employees generally aware of their existence and real value?
- 08:18 What needs to happen around awareness and education?
- 09:26 Closing



