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Find insights on the benefits marketplace from the carrier, employer, employee, and distributor perspectives. You will find actionable information on these and more:

  • Trends in product and distribution strategies
  • Employer and employee perspectives
  • Benefits enrollment and administration
  • Effective sales and service practices
  • Unbiased benchmarks

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Featured Workplace Benefits Research

LIMRA Announces Second Quarter 2025 U.S. Workplace Benefits Sales

Carriers wrote more than $2.65 billion in total new annualized premium sales in the first half of 2025, a 7% decrease over the same period of 2024.

2025 BEAT Study: Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker

Explore employees' attitudes and opinions about workplace benefits and employment in general.

Harnessing Growth in Workforce Benefits: The Next Horizon — 2025 Workforce Benefits Study

Explore key megatrends shaping the current and future state of the workforce benefits market.

Workplace Life and Disability Benefits Forecasts

Explore what is behind the numbers driving LIMRA’s forecast for the workplace life and disability benefits markets.

U.S. Workplace Benefits Yearbook

Read the most comprehensive overview of the U.S. workplace benefits market, including sales and in-force results and historical trends. 2024 data now available.

Latest Workplace Benefits Research

Workers and Wellness: A LIMRA Wellness Update

Oct 10, 2025

This update to the LIMRA Financial Wellness Index® focuses on workers’ stress and solutions for achieving wellness.

Decision Support Tools Effect on Participation Rates

Sep 26, 2025

Interested in how decision support tools affect employee participation rates?

Plan Sponsors, Plan Management and Fiduciary Roles

Sep 19, 2025

This report explores how defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors manage their plans, engage with fiduciary responsibilities, and evaluate service providers

U.S. Life Insurance Ownership Today: Perception and Reality

Jul 30, 2025

LIMRA’s latest study updates more than six decades of life insurance ownership trends, adding new estimates to better reflect today’s coverage landscape.

Harnessing Growth in Workforce Benefits: The Next Horizon — 2025 Workforce Benefits Study

Jul 22, 2025

Explore key megatrends shaping the current and future state of the workforce benefits market.

2025 Institutional Retirement Reference Guide

Jul 9, 2025

Data and more data about workplace retirement plans and their stakeholders.

Workplace Benefits Benchmark Studies

Our benchmarks light the path to growth, delivering industry-driven insights with unmatched credibility and a visionary outlook.

U.S. Workplace Benefits Yearbook

Sep 23, 2025

Read the most comprehensive overview of the U.S. workplace benefits market, including sales and in-force results and historical trends. 2024 data now available.

U.S. Workplace Benefits Life Insurance Sales and In Force

Jun 17, 2025

Breaking news — see the latest market results for life insurance products sold at the workplace. New Q2 2025 data.

Canadian Group Life and Health Insurance Sales

Aug 21, 2025

Don't miss the latest sales trends in the Canadian group insurance market for life, long-term disability, and other types of health insurance. New Q2 2025 data.

U.S. Workplace Dental and Vision Sales and In Force

Sep 8, 2025

Schedule your check-up on the latest market results for dental and vision products sold in the workplace. New Q2 2025 data.

U.S. Workplace Benefits Disability Insurance Sales and In Force

Sep 23, 2025

Step right up for the latest sales trends in the U.S. workplace-benefits market for disability insurance. New Q2 2025 data.

U.S. Worksite/Voluntary Sales and In Force

Sep 23, 2025

Results are in! View the latest market stats on 100 percent-employee-paid products sold at the workplace. New Q2 2025 data.

U.S. Workplace Supplemental Health Insurance

Sep 2, 2025

Get a quick look at how the workplace supplemental health market is performing. Identify trends within the industry as well as among your peers. New Q2 2025 data.

Workplace Benefits Carriers — 2022 Sales and Claims Expectations

Dec 21, 2022

How do workplace benefits carriers envision their 2022 new sales results faring compared to last year's results? How does the 2022 claims experience of workplace benefits carriers compare to prior levels?

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The Workplace Benefits Report — September 2025

Join the Workplace Benefits Research Team as we share 2025 second quarter sales results and other marketplace insights.

Workplace Benefits Report: Second Quarter Review

9/25/2025, 1 - 1:30 p.m.

Join the Workplace Benefits Research Team as we share 2025 second quarter sales results and other marketplace insights.

 

Linkedin LIVE: Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens — Is Life Insurance the Answer to the Growing Long-Term Care Needs in the U.S.?

8/21/2025 - More than 11,000 Americans are turning 65 each day. According to HHS, more than half (56%) of Americans over 65 will need some level of long-term care services within their lifetime.

The Workplace Benefits Report — June 2025

6/26/2025, 1 - 1:30 p.m.

Join Patrick Leary, Corporate Vice President, Workplace Benefits Research as he shares 2025 first quarter sales results and other marketplace insights.

Related MarketFacts Articles

A Tale of Two Products: DI Buyers Choose Security

Mental health claims are rising, younger buyers are engaging, and disability insurance (DI) products are evolving. Tap into the forces redefining the DI landscape.

Insights and Trends

Uncover a wide range of research from LIMRA on life insurance, annuities and workplace benefits, and review LOMA Information Center briefs, quick queries and reports on a variety of industry topics.

MarketFacts September 2025 Review

Articles from the September 2025 issue of MarketFacts

Alternatives in 401(k) Plans: Opportunity Meets Opposition

As regulators open the door to alternatives in defined contribution plans, industry leaders weigh benefits and risks. Take a closer look at what sponsors are facing.

Spotlight on David Payne, EVP Employee Benefits at The Standard

David Payne reflects on how his passion to make a difference in people’s lives sparked his commitment to helping others through the power of insurance. Check it out!

Workplace Benefits MarketScans

MarketScans are quick readings of the marketing environment — quick-response research projects member companies can request to get specific, topical information.

A Topical Index of MarketScans Related to Workplace Benefits

MarketScans are quick readings of the marketing environment — quickresponse research projects that member companies can request to get specific, topical information.

Use of Experience Rating of Group Long-term Disability Insurance Plans (2025 MarketScan)

Want to learn how experience rating factors into pricing and underwriting of group LTD insurance plans?

Identifying Potentially Deceased Individuals in Self-Administered Group Life Insurance Policies (2025 MarketScan)

Interested in how carriers are identifying potentially deceased individuals in a self-administered group life insurance plan?

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Administrative Practices by Group Supplemental Health Insurance Carriers (MarketScan 2023)

LIMRA asked carriers about extraterritorial jurisdiction administrative practices followed by supplemental benefits group insurance carriers.

Handling Requests for Proposals for Group Insurance Products (MarketScan 2023)

Explore how group insurance carriers handle requests for proposals.

Performance Guarantees for Group Workplace Products/Services (MarketScan 2023)

Interested in performance guarantees for group workplace products?


Simplifying Data Exchange

The enrollment and administration of workplace benefits continues to evolve, however, the way data is exchanged has remained stagnant, resulting in laborious and time-consuming engagement among parties, widely varying data formats, and erroneous data being exchanged.

LIMRA Data Exchange Standards (LDEx) will change that! Having a common standard will reduce customer onboarding timelines, and reduce ongoing costs to insurance carriers, benefits administration platforms, brokers, and employers.

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