Mutual of Omaha Announces New Online Enrollment System

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company has announced a new online enrollment system that it says will expand the personalization of services the company provides to support voluntary insurance enrollment.

According to the announcement, employees will receive communication about their employer’s specific benefit offerings, as well as the ability to enroll online. The enhanced online enrollment option will also streamline the creation of personalized enrollment materials (both paper and Web); enhance online options for open enrollment and new hire periods; offer a wide range of tracking and reporting options for employers and their benefit brokers; and reinforce the need for coverage before prompting an employee to enroll or decline.   

Other benefits include a secure environment for confidential employee information, a portal for new hires, and additional flexibility in coordinating benefit enrollment events with core plan enrollment periods.   

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“Improving our online enrollment options satisfies the enrollment needs of the increasing number of employers that have workers dispersed across several locations, and employees who are unable to attend a group meeting,” said Marty Traynor, vice president of voluntary benefits at Mutual of Omaha, in the announcement.

Transamerica Names New Western Regional Vice President

Transamerica Retirement Services has announced the promotion of Tim Allen to regional vice president in its Western Region.

Allen will be responsible for all sales activities and distribution in the coastal region north of San Francisco, the Bay Area Peninsula and the Salinas Valley. He will be based in San Mateo, California and will report to Michael Wannell, Transamerica’s divisional vice president for the Western Region. 

According to the announcement, Allen has served the past three years as a market development specialist for Transamerica in Colorado, where he developed education and training opportunities for financial advisers. He previously served as a vice president of advisory services for Mutual Asset Management.  

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Allen received his Bachelor of Science in managerial economics from University of California, Davis.

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