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Time for enrollment? You don’t need to fear virtual enrollment this year - Learn more

New! Supplemental Health online submission - See our how to guides

Learn more about our Critical Claims Innovation Labs - Find out more

Creating mental wellness strategies in the workplace - See our recent webinar

Our latest compliance updates

New! Health Navigator - Find out more

Sun Life announces agreement to acquire DentaQuest - Learn more

Forbes names Sun Life Dental one of America’s best dental insurers - Read article

Web browser support update - Discontinued support for the Internet Explorer 11

You don’t need to fear virtual enrollment this year

You don’t need to fear virtual enrollment this year! Sun Life surveyed employees who enrolled virtually to understand how they felt about their experience—what they liked and did not. Learn more about what we heard and conquer benefits education and enrollment with confidence.

What we learned
What are employees saying about virtual enrollment?

Sun Life is making submitting a Supplemental Health claim even easier with new online submission capabilities

Whether you offer Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Cancer, Accident, or some combination of those coverages, submitting a claim is now easier than ever!

Claims—including wellness/cancer screening benefits where applicable—can now be submitted online through a simple guided intake process—at the desktop or on mobile device. It is easy, and by submitting online, we receive the claim right away, which means faster claims payments and happier employees. Be sure to share the good!

See how to submit a claim for:

Accident

Critical Illness

Cancer

Hospital Indemnity

Learn about our Critical Claims Innovation Lab

Watch Tracy Hamill, MD, AVP, Medical Director, US Clinical Claims as she discusses Sun Life’s Clinical Claims Innovation Lab where we focus on certain diagnoses to learn about advances in medical treatment and create continuous improvement in the practice of disability claims management. Learn about it and get heart healthy insights at http://www.sunlife.com/claimslab.

Watch video

Creating mental wellness strategies in the workplace

Employee mental wellness is a top concern among employers, affecting culture, overall employee well-being, and productivity.
Creating a Mental Wellness Culture

If you’re interested in building a mental wellness strategy with your managers, listen as national expert Christine M. Crawford, M.D., MPH, Associate Medical Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Sun Life HR professionals discuss what mental wellness at work means. Find this and articles written by our clinical services staff at www.sunlife.com/mentalwellness.

Our recent webinar

Compliance latest

Federal infrastructure negotiations and vaccine mandates updates - Watch our webinar

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Sun Life compliance news Q3-2021– Learn more


NEW! Health Navigator

Sun Life is excited to introduce health advocacy and care navigation capabilities to our stop-loss coverage for self-funded employers like you with our new solution - Health Navigator, powered by PinnacleCare.

We know navigating the healthcare system can be difficult, time-consuming, and stressful – but it doesn’t have to be. Our goal is to help people successfully navigate healthcare decisions by getting them the right care at the right place and at the right time, especially after receiving an unexpected diagnosis. Health Navigator provides your medical plan members with high-touch, highly personalized guidance that considers the unique circumstances and preferences of each member. Our in-depth knowledge of the healthcare system and familiarity with a wide range of medical conditions helps empower members to confidently make health decisions and achieve better health outcomes.

Health Navigator services are not limited to high-cost claims. Our team of Health Advisors is here to help with any medical concern from routine care to complicated conditions. With Health Navigator, medical plan members will have access to Centers of Excellence and top medical professionals throughout the country to receive objective advice fast.

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Sun Life announces agreement to acquire DentaQuest

We are excited to share that Sun Life has reached an agreement to acquire DentaQuest, a leading provider of dental benefits and oral care across the Medicaid, Medicare and commercial segments. We are looking forward to combining DentaQuest’s strength in dental programs with our national provider network to further drive our mission of providing our Clients with high quality dental care and insurance benefits. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Read our press release

Forbes recognizes Sun Life as one of America’s best dental insurers

Sun Life U.S. has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Insurance Companies for dental insurance. The recognition is derived from a survey of 16,000 U.S. consumers who provided insights on their overall satisfaction with the insurance products and their willingness to recommend them to others. Forbes also assessed customer service, financial advice, price/performance ratio, transparency and damage/benefit ratio.

Get the full article

Sun Life web browser support update

Beginning December 1, Sun Life will discontinue support for the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) web browser. If you are using IE11 or an older web browser, accessing your Sun Life account and Sun Life web properties after December 1 may result in display issues. We recommend upgrading your web browser to the newest version of Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

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