MeLife has been dominating
insurance and financial services stage for more than 50 years. The company has built up a huge network that spans throughout the United States and the Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. MetLife has always been known for its quality disability products and services. With over $2.35 billion of premiums and equivalents in force, the company is considered industry’s one of the biggest disability carrier. MetLife Disability was recently listed as the largest group disability carrier on Workforce Management's 2010 Hot List of group disability insurance carriers. MetLife has recently come up with a new program, called Disability Health and Wellness Connection. According to the company, the program has been designed to help companies engage employees in managing their health and potentially reduce the number and duration of disability-related absences. The program is offered at no additional cost to new and current group customers with 3,000 or more employees.
“Employees with a disability-related illness or injury or who are living with a chronic health condition are among the highest users of an employer's medical benefits - underscoring the importance of coordinating management of these claims to more effectively control costs and aid employees in their recovery. Since employees experiencing a serious medical situation typically have heightened receptivity to health and wellness information and programs that can improve their circumstances, the MetLife Disability Health and Wellness Connection helps employers leverage this timing and give employees access to the additional assistance they need,” Paul Taylor, vice president of MetLife’s Group Disability Products, explained.
Through its Disability Health and Wellness Connection program, the insurance giant seeks to promote the use of employers' existing employee assistance programs (EAPs), health and wellness programs and disease management programs. The idea is to assist employers in achieving their primary benefits objectives of controlling costs and improving employee productivity.
According to MetLife's 8th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends, some 70 percent of employees say they participate in wellness programs because they desire good health. As such, receipt of a disability claim can be an optimal time to make sure employees are aware of the employer's programs that may help in their recovery and better manage their health for the long-term.
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MetLife officials have informed that MetLife's Disability Health and Wellness Connection works with employers' current medical carriers, wellness providers and disease management providers to improve employees' understanding of wellness programs through education, and helps facilitate access to plan providers' information for employees throughout the duration of a disability claim. Additionally, Disability Health and Wellness Connection helps employers promote a healthier workforce by identifying trends and top drivers impacting absenteeism and health plan costs.
Edited by
Alice Straight
