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Welcome to the 2011 Benefits Selling Employer Survey. This annual study focuses on the employer and human resource manager perspective of the benefits business and what challenges you are facing as you struggle to match the competing demands of cost containment, employee satisfaction and ever-increasing benefits costs. This study should only take five to 10 minutes.

To thank you for your participation, once you’ve submitted your survey, you will be entered in a drawing to win a $100 American Express gift card.
1.Are you involved in the decision making process in regards to employee benefits?
2.Do you use a benefits broker or agent?
3.If you use a broker, is it fee or commission based?
4.How often do you communicate with your broker?
5.Do you wish you communicated with your broker more often, less often or are you satisfied?
6.Does your broker conduct your enrollment, help you conduct it or has nothing to do with it?
7.How much time do you expect to spend on employee benefits in 2012?
8.Is your employee benefits spending influenced by the economy?
9.In the coming year, do you expect employees to pick up more of the tab for their own benefits?
10.Has your company implemented, or plan on implementing, any wellness or disease management programs to contain costs?
11.Has your company considered expanding the use or implementation of consumer-driven plans?
12.Has health care reform made you rethink your employee benefits offerings?
13.What do your employees consider the most important benefit you offer?
14.Do you offer health savings accounts?
15.If so, what percentage of your employees take advantage of this benefit?
16.Do you offer flexible working benefits?
17.Do you offer retirement benefits?
18.Have you reduced the matching contribution for the defined-contribution plan you offer since the recession began?
19.Have you been able to reinstate a reduced matching contribution?
20.Where do you get information/education about health care reform?
21.What sites do you regularly visit related to work activities? Select all that apply.
22.Thank you for participating in this survey! In order to enter the prize drawing for the $100 American Express Gift Card, please provide your information below. Note that this information will be used only for the purpose of this prize drawing.