Discover how rising healthcare costs are reshaping workplace benefits—and how smarter strategies can protect budgets, employee well-being, and trust.
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2026 BEAT Series: Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker — Benefits in Focus
Learn about what carriers can do to help employers deliver more relevant, accessible, and impactful solutions that strengthen satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term workforce stability. New infographic — Employee Financial Pressure: The Growing Protection Gap
2026 BEAT Study: Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker
Discover employee attitudes and opinions about workplace benefits and overall employment issues.
- Research Abstract
- Consumer
- Generations
- Workplace Benefits
- Voluntary/100% Employee Paid
- Retirement
- Retirement, Institutional/Workplace
- Insurance Products
- Critical Illness
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Care Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Supplemental Health
The 2026 Employer Benefits Landscape: Trends, Gaps, and New Directions
The 2026 LIMRA Landscape Report reveals how employers are reshaping benefits to deliver more flexible, targeted support — while a growing divide by company size is changing who has access to core coverage. New Employee Benefit Enrollment and Participation Trends report added.
Financial Wellness Series
LIMRA Financial Wellness Index®: Understanding Wellness, Stress, and Stability The 2026 LIMRA Financial Wellness Index® reveals why modest improvements in financial wellness have not translated into everyday relief—and what that means for employers, providers, and consumers.
- Research Abstract
- Distribution Channels
- Full Service Broker-Dealer
- Independent Agency/Brokerage
- Consumer
- Generations
- Multicultural Markets
- Wealth Markets
- Women
- Employer
- Private Employers
- Small Businesses
- Workplace Benefits
- Voluntary/100% Employee Paid
- Retirement
- Retirement, Institutional/Workplace
- Retirement Income
- Retirement Planning
- Retirees and Pre-Retirees
- Talent Management
- Recruiting
U.S. Life Insurance Ownership Today: Perception and Reality
LIMRA’s latest study updates more than six decades of life insurance ownership trends, adding new estimates to better reflect today’s coverage landscape. Technical Report now available.
Financial Wellness in 2026: The Gap Persists
While 2026 financial wellness numbers rebounded modestly from 2024 levels, financial pressure persists. Explore preliminary findings from the LIMRA Financial Wellness Index: 2026 Update.
2025 Canadian Employers Survey
This study provides a comprehensive snapshot of the Canadian employee benefits landscape, examining how employers design, offer, and manage group insurance and retirement benefits amid economic uncertainty and evolving workforce needs.
DC Advisor Views: Advisors and Alts — Exploring Advisor Reactions to Including Alternative Investments in DC Plans
The inclusion of “alternative” asset classes in DC plan menus may soon be facilitated by an executive order and subsequent Department of Labor (DOL) action. Find out how DC gatekeepers — advisors — feel about this potential; explore their opinions about how alts fit into DC strategies and where they feel this development is going.
