{"id":386,"date":"2012-01-17T21:22:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T21:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vantagenllc.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2023-05-09T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:41:56","slug":"online-enrollment-is-the-new-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitepreviews.org\/bt-vantagen\/386\/online-enrollment-is-the-new-norm\/","title":{"rendered":"Online enrollment is the new norm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardianlife.com\/\">www.guardianlife.com<\/a>) recently spotlighted enrollment trends identified through a national survey.\u00a0 The findings indicate that online enrollment has more than doubled in the past five years &#8211; from 29% in 2005 to 62% in 2010.\u00a0 Other key findings included the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nine in ten workers (91%) surveyed rated their online enrollment experience as \u201cvery easy\u201d compared with 78% of those using paper.<\/li>\n<li>Convenience (89%) and time savings (85%) were cited as the top reasons employees prefer online enrollment.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s not just the Millenials that are driving this preference.\u00a0 The study found that \u201cemployees of all ages found value in a consolidated benefits web portal.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a benefits administrator, we agree that online enrollment now qualifies as the \u201cnew norm\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s not worth arguing accessibility any longer.\u00a0 The new world of cheap bandwidth and personal computing, smart phones, tablets and web enabled gaming systems has put the web within reach of most employees.\u00a0 When it\u2019s still a factor, the accessibility issue can be easily solved when online enrollment is paired with a phone enrollment option.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of being online are significant.\u00a0 Eliminating paper from the enrollment process streamlines the enrollment process, reduces enrollment steps for employees, reduces processing burdens on organizations and allows for tighter control over the quality and accuracy of enrollment information.\u00a0 You can easily argue that all of these elements have positive financial impacts.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not online, let 2012 be the year you find a reason to make getting there a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u201cEnrollment and the Web: The New Norm\u201d, Benefits &amp; Behavior 2011: Spotlight on Enrollment Trends, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian (www.guardianlife.com) recently spotlighted enrollment trends identified through a national survey.\u00a0 The findings indicate that online enrollment has more than doubled in the past five years &#8211; from 29% in 2005 to 62% in 2010.\u00a0 Other key findings included the following: Nine in ten workers (91%) surveyed rated their online enrollment experience as \u201cvery easy\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11,17],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-benefits-administration","tag-employee-benefits-administration","tag-online-enrollment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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