Securian Financial has teamed up with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to offer the award-winning Enrich™ Financial Wellness platform to its retirement plan employer clients and their employees, at no additional cost.

Without a doubt, COVID-19 wreaked havoc in 2020 with the financial health of employees across the United States. Unfortunately, a newly released survey by Salary Finance has found that employees are no better off in 2021.

Due to financial stress, companies are implementing financial wellness programs. But often, people do not want to think about finances because of the stress it causes. So, using incentives to help with financial education can increase participation rates.

Stress kills. It’s a pervasive problem in the United States. It can cause health problems like anxiety, high blood pressure, and heart and breathing issues. High stress actually leads to a 50% higher mortality rate, according to one study.

Without a doubt, financial stress is something a lot of people are talking about. Companies might assume that COVID-19 or student loan debt caused financial stress, however, a new study has revealed it is actually due to low levels of financial literacy.

In January, PricewaterhouseCoopers conducted its 10th annual Employee Financial Wellness Survey. It is not surprising that COVID wreaked havoc with financial wellness and increased financial stress significantly.

The National Financial Educators Council (NFEC), the organization that sets industry standards for financial educators and counselors, shared the results of their most recent financial literacy testing data which 41 percent of participants failed.

Despite the focus on student loans, the student loan debt crisis continues to grow, with students borrowing approximately $102 billion for the 2019-20 school year. A new tax incentive is now encouraging employers to offer employee benefits like ...

Fifty years ago, if you asked someone about a financial wellness program, you would have been met with confusion and blank stares. Now, financial wellness programs are not just popular; they are one of the most desired employee benefits.

More and more companies are realizing that financially well employees are more productive, miss less work, in better health and happier in their jobs. Providing employees with customized financial wellness tools and information can also lead to ...