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Employee benefits that empower well‑being

Your people are your most valuable asset. Support their needs at every stage of life with impactful benefits that let you deliver more with ease — so you can work with empathy, and your business works smarter.

Make a real impact
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In a time of great uncertainty, employees and employers agree on the need for more holistic well-being, including physical, mental, financial, professional, and societal wellness.

Harnessing Growth in Workforce Benefits: The next horizon

LIMRA, July 2025

Latest benefit trends

Offerings must address emerging workforce needs

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1. Seamless paid family leave support

Creating better leave experiences will only grow in importance, especially for employers spanning multiple states with varying programs and requirements. Versatile solutions that offer more consistency and ease while also keeping employers compliant will be crucial to long-term satisfaction.

Expand your paid leave knowledge
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2. Personalized benefits communication

With up to five generations in the workforce, it's more important than ever for employees to understand how their benefits can help them. Human resources departments must keep a steady drumbeat of benefits education beyond open enrollment time, personalized to different life stages and scenarios.

That's why you need a strategy
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3. Expanding benefits technology

As employers are being asked to do more, many struggle with the added workload. By adopting technology that makes benefits management faster and more accurate, HR departments are able to make more room for supporting employees.

See how this technology works
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4. Stronger mental health support

Many employers are expanding mental health offerings to include dedicated mental wellness benefits, as well as mental health support for life events that require caregiving, or support for illnesses, like cancer.

Take a deeper look
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5. More family care benefits

Employees want benefits that extend to their entire family. That's why many employers are expanding their offerings to cover family members in a variety of areas, from supporting children's oral health, to family mental wellness care, to caregiving support.

It's all part of supporting well-being
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6. Smooth paid leave experiences

Positive experiences backed by a simple, integrated benefits management system can create a ripple effect: Employee satisfaction and trust in company leadership is higher, and employers spend less time managing complexities and compliance.

Offer a well-rounded approach
Family spending time at home

1. Seamless paid family leave support

Creating better leave experiences will only grow in importance, especially for employers spanning multiple states with varying programs and requirements. Versatile solutions that offer more consistency and ease while also keeping employers compliant will be crucial to long-term satisfaction.

Expand your paid leave knowledge
Group of colleagues talking

2. Personalized benefits communication

With up to five generations in the workforce, it's more important than ever for employees to understand how their benefits can help them. Human resources departments must keep a steady drumbeat of benefits education beyond open enrollment time, personalized to different life stages and scenarios.

That's why you need a strategy
Benefits administrator relaxing after digitizing employee benefits processes.

3. Expanding benefits technology

As employers are being asked to do more, many struggle with the added workload. By adopting technology that makes benefits management faster and more accurate, HR departments are able to make more room for supporting employees.

See how this technology works
man relaxing at computer desk

4. Stronger mental health support

Many employers are expanding mental health offerings to include dedicated mental wellness benefits, as well as mental health support for life events that require caregiving, or support for illnesses, like cancer.

Take a deeper look
Young family stretching together.

5. More family care benefits

Employees want benefits that extend to their entire family. That's why many employers are expanding their offerings to cover family members in a variety of areas, from supporting children's oral health, to family mental wellness care, to caregiving support.

It's all part of supporting well-being
Supportive caregiver holding hand of parkinson patient

6. Smooth paid leave experiences

Positive experiences backed by a simple, integrated benefits management system can create a ripple effect: Employee satisfaction and trust in company leadership is higher, and employers spend less time managing complexities and compliance.

Offer a well-rounded approach
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Making a real impact

Successfully address common benefit challenges

  • Challenge 1

    Offer more choices while mitigating costs

    Guardian benefits help you offer employees more built-in support for well-being.

    See how

  • Challenge 2

    Managing benefits with more ease

    Guardian helps employers save time, reduce errors, and implement benefits with ease while complying with increasingly complex regulations at federal, state, and local levels.

    Our service experience

  • Challenge 3

    Leveraging the right ben tech

    Guardian helps employers find the right benefits technology that lets them spend less time on manual processes and paperwork, and more time supporting employees.

    Get connected

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Create a holistic approach to group benefits

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Benefits focused on well-being

Good oral health can lead to better health overall. That’s why dental insurance is in high demand: it’s the best way to help employees get the preventive oral care they need, and save on more costly dental services if needed.

Guardian Group Dental Insurance

As we spend more time in front of screens, vision insurance – and the eye exams, glasses, and contact lenses it helps to cover – becomes increasingly important for workers.

Guardian Group Vision Insurance

The income your workers earn touches numerous other lives. That’s why life insurance can be a vital offering for employees, providing families financial support in case the unthinkable happens.

Guardian Group Life Insurance

Being unable to work due to illness or injury can happen. Disability insurance provides critical income replacement to help ensure employees can continue to support their families at a time they need it most. Plus, benefits for caregiving and cancer support are built right in.

Guardian Group Disability Insurance

Supplemental health insurance, such as accident, cancer, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans, can help provide financial confidence during an unexpected sickness or injury.

Guardian Group Supplemental Health Insurance

Empower employees to think, feel, and perform their best in a new, more comprehensive way – by offering intuitive mental wellness support through your benefits.

Discover mental wellness benefits

Guardian enhances its benefits with a number services growing in demand among employees through our Employee Assistance Program.

Make using and managing benefits simpler

  • Address real needs, stay compliant

    Absence management

    When employees must take leave due to illness, injury, or to care for a loved one, proper leave management ensures you can address their needs effectively while remaining compliant with leave laws and regulations. An absence management program should also ideally be able to coordinate applicable employee benefits around each leave type.

    Absence management with Guardian

  • Better benefits implementation

    Digital onboarding capabilities

    Digital onboarding helps Human Resources departments implement benefits with ease, allowing them to manage all benefits in one secure online experience. Use e-signatures, verify case files instead of filling them out, access contacts in one place, and more

    Work with your broker

  • Ongoing benefits education

    Benefits enrollment strategy

    When employees better understand their benefits, it can lead to higher benefits utilization, a positive enrollment experience, and greater workforce loyalty. Developing an enrollment strategy allows you to more effectively educate employees and better plan for how your benefit offerings should evolve in the future.

    Guardian benefits enrollment solutions

Effective account management

We break down the challenges of managing multiple benefits, creating efficiencies for you.

  • One eligibility file.

    We help to streamline setup and ongoing management by providing one eligibility file for all your Guardian benefit products.

  • One client service team.

    No matter your benefits program or the size of your employer group, we have a dedicated team solution that ensures consistency and communication.

  • One bill for all products.

    This helps you reduce the amount of time needed on billing reconciliation.*

  • One client-central service portal via Guardian Anytime.

    You and your employees can view, track, and submit important benefits information, and securely download forms online from anywhere.

Unlock the potential of your benefits

Guardian Access: Our API connections

Maximize your Human Resources Information System (HRIS) investment with API integrations that connect effortlessly to leading HRIS benefit platforms, enabling real-time data exchange across systems.

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Policy API: Easy, real-time plan setup

Policy API automates the passing of plan details and rates from Guardian’s system to your benefits administration platform — reducing setup time and eliminating errors. We do the work for you, from initial case setup to updates at renewal.

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Member Benefits API: Real-time eligibility updates

Member Benefits API allows for transmission of all member transactions from your benefits administration platform to Guardian in real-time — eliminating the need to build and test the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) file, as well as weekly reconcilement.

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EOI API: Streamlined EOI application

Evidence of Insurability (EOI) API provides a seamless experience for employees who need to complete an EOI questionnaire upon enrollment. This technology also provides automatic status updates to employees and HR teams.

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Provider Directory API: Convenient access to provider directories

Provider Directory API provides employees with intuitive access to Guardian’s provider directories within the benefits shopping experience.

Dentist with a little girl patient

Policy API: Easy, real-time plan setup

Policy API automates the passing of plan details and rates from Guardian’s system to your benefits administration platform — reducing setup time and eliminating errors. We do the work for you, from initial case setup to updates at renewal.

man on phone in cafe

Member Benefits API: Real-time eligibility updates

Member Benefits API allows for transmission of all member transactions from your benefits administration platform to Guardian in real-time — eliminating the need to build and test the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) file, as well as weekly reconcilement.

father-coloring-with-his-daughter-at-home.jpg

EOI API: Streamlined EOI application

Evidence of Insurability (EOI) API provides a seamless experience for employees who need to complete an EOI questionnaire upon enrollment. This technology also provides automatic status updates to employees and HR teams.

woman-checking-in-with-receptionist-at-dental-office

Provider Directory API: Convenient access to provider directories

Provider Directory API provides employees with intuitive access to Guardian’s provider directories within the benefits shopping experience.

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The modern experience of connected software

We partner with leading benefits administration platforms who specialize in the markets we serve, helping you save as much as 200 hours of work per year.1