Prudential Bolsters Online Support for Disability Clients

For the second time this week, Prudential is updating its array of Web-based support. On Monday INN reported on Prudential Retirement’s foray into the mobile market, and today they announced an online tool designated for disability clients and their employers.

Designed to assist employers in developing return-to-work strategies and ensuring increased productivity of employees while on disability leave, Prudential hopes “Absence & Productivity: Practical Solutions for Managers” can generate cost savings and benefit gains on top of helping managers “balance short-term pressures with the long-term good of the employee.”

“According to Prudential’s Fifth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today & Beyond, 49% of employers cite increasing employee productivity as a top benefits objective. Yet, managing an employee through a disability absence and a return to work—along with maintaining workplace productivity—can be a challenge,” said Terrie Sorensen, VP of Absence and Disability Product Management and Innovation for Prudential’s Group Insurance business.

Prudential’s research also reveals that return-to-work initiatives have been successful in generating cost savings as well as productivity gains. Regarding such strategies, 62% of respondents are “using some” or “using to a great extent,” and 66% report being “highly successful” in achieving desired cost savings with their return-to-work strategies.