The Hartford Integrates Dental, Vision Coverage With Its Disability, Life Insurance For Small Businesses
July 18 2016 - 10:06AM
Business Wire
Updated quoting platform produces holistic packages, quotes
instantly
The Hartford has integrated dental and vision coverage with its
group disability and life insurance enabling brokers to create
comprehensive benefits packages for small businesses with fewer
than 50 employees. The dental and vision coverage has been added to
The Hartford’s online benefits quoting platform.1
“Employers want to bundle benefits to create a complete package
that helps protect employees’ financial and physical health,” said
Donato Monaco, vice president of The Hartford Small Business
Benefits Solutions. “The addition of dental and vision makes our
quoting platform a one-stop shopping site for small business
brokers.”
Using the secure platform, brokers can obtain a quote and
proposal for disability, life, accidental death &
dismemberment, dental, and vision coverage for companies with four
to 49 employees. The web-based resource allows brokers to respond
quickly to their customers by leveraging real-time data and using
e-signatures. Dental and vision policies are underwritten by United
Concordia Dental carriers and administered, in part, by Howell
Benefit Services, Inc., which is The Hartford’s third-party
administrator.
In addition to benefits brokers, property and casualty agents
(P&C), who want to quote The Hartford’s small business group
benefits, including dental and vision, can now also access the
online benefits quoting platform through a link on the insurer’s
ICON agency quoting platform.
“We’re seeing more P&C agents who want to offer their small
business clients a quote on a full spectrum of insurance – from
business insurance to benefits – and that is why we updated our
platforms,” Monaco said.
Dental and vision is the most recent product expansion in
support of The Hartford’s growth strategy. Last month The Hartford
appointed Jim Villa as the new head accident and health (A&H),
responsible for expanding the insurer’s A&H product suite.
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1 Dental and vision coverage is available through Howell
Benefits Services, Inc., which partnered with The Hartford to
create and update its online benefits quoting platform in 2014 and
2015, respectively. Dental plans are administered by United
Concordia Companies, Inc., and underwritten by United Concordia
Life and Health Insurance Company, United Concordia Dental
Corporation of Alabama, United Concordia Insurance Company of New
York, United Concordia Insurance Company. For information about
which companies are licensed in your state, visit the “Disclaimers”
link at www.UnitedConcordia.com. Administrative and claims offices
located at 4401 Deer Path Road, Harrisburg, PA 17110 (888)
483-9930. The Vision Rider is available only with a Group Dental
Policy. United Concordia Vision benefits are administered by Davis
Vision Insurance Administrators in CA and by Davis Vision, Inc. in
all other states. Vision discounts are not insurance and are
available only from Davis Vision contracted providers.
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The HartfordKelly J. Carter,
860-547-2122kelly.carter@thehartford.comorTom Hambrick,
860-547-9746Thomas.hambrick@thehartford.com
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