The State of Employee Benefits: Measuring Up and Meeting Expectations
Employers of all sizes across all industries are being challenged to tailor their benefits strategies to meet the expectations of today’s workforce. Human resources and finance teams have been charged with a large task - balancing cost, coverage, and engagement, however, many are not equipped with the time or resources to fully understand all of the components that go into designing a comprehensive, yet cost-effective, benefits program.
The AssuredPartners team is here to help you evaluate how your benefits plan performance and employee engagement measures up the needs of today’s employee.
We’ve put together this piece to keep you and your team informed on the current state of employee benefits and update you on new developments impacting employer-sponsored plans like yours.
What’s to Follow: Employee Benefits Deep Dives
The foundation of this piece is a robust dataset comprising benefits information from more than 4,000 employers across all industries and company sizes, aggregated from Gallagher’s 2025 US Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey.
We’re looking at the current state of employee benefits through a data-driven lens, helping organizations like yours to:
- Understand today’s medical benefits landscape
- Navigate complexities in pharmacy benefits
- Leverage the continued growth of voluntary benefits
- Emphasize the importance of employee wellbeing
- Proactively design leave and absence management programs
Understanding Today’s Medical Benefits Landscape
The way that your benefits interact with one another, and how easy it is for your employees to leverage them can make a significant difference in overall utilization. Benefits today need to encompass the whole person, not just the employee.
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