Aon: workers unaware of benefits

The employee benefit specialist found that, while nine out of ten businesses offer life assurance as part of their benefits package, over half of workers (54%) were unaware of this. Aon said the gap between employee awareness and reality shows businesses failing to communicate the true value of benefits packages. As a result, some employees are potentially duplicating cover by purchasing life insurance that is already provided by their employer, whilst others have insufficient cover. Commenting on the findings, Paul White, head of risk benefits at Aon Consulting, said: "There is a gen...