Press Release

Lincoln Financial Group Enhances Customer Experience for Its Employer Clients With New Onboarding Collaboration Tool

Issued by Lincoln Financial Group

Aug. 16, 2023

The new platform, powered by GUIDEcx, offers employers improved transparency into the group benefits implementation process and faster access to workplace benefits for their employees.

RADNOR, Pa. -- Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) continues to enhance the experience it provides to employer clients with a new digital implementation tool. Powered by onboarding software provider GUIDEcx, the digital tool works to simplify and expedite the implementation process for new group benefits customers by offering real-time progress updates and 24/7 access to the platform.

Staying on track and connected to your provider during the onboarding experience helps ensure employees have timely access to key workplace benefits. Benefit offerings are a key component to talent acquisition and retention, and with an average of 312,000 U.S. jobs gained each month¹, ensuring a smooth transition through the benefits onboarding experience is more important than ever. Through the new implementation platform, employers can view critical milestone dates and collaborate with their administrative team to assign tasks and stay informed of what’s ahead.

“At Lincoln, we’re committed to delivering a dynamic group benefits program to our employer clients and their employees, and that starts with a seamless onboarding experience,” said Kerry Brooks, senior vice president, Group Benefits Account Management at Lincoln Financial Group. “The GUIDEcx platform provides an interactive, transparent and flexible onboarding experience for our clients, which allows us to maximize the employers’ time and resources during an implementation. This means employers can spend more time focusing on their business and workforce while we take care of the onboarding complexities.”

Lincoln’s GUIDEcx tool brings an enhanced approach to the onboarding process, providing:

• Full transparency throughout the onboarding experience. The tool allows employers to track progress in real time, including next steps and go-live date.
• Flexibility in how users access and interact with communication updates, including digital access through web portal or email, with no login required.
• A collaborative space where employers and their benefits team can access and share information using digital tools that promote coordination and teamwork.

The new implementation tool is just one way Lincoln is making benefits more beneficial for employers, employees and their families. The company continues to expand its financial wellness program through its proprietary financial wellness tool, Lincoln WellnessPATH^®, available to all Workplace Solutions clients, and Lincoln’s Financial Wellness Marketplace that connects individuals with partner companies that offer solutions to help them work toward their financial goals, including student loan debt support. Lincoln Financial is committed to offering new and innovative products and solutions, and continues to expand and enhance its workplace benefits and retirement savings offerings, helping more Americans plan for the financial future they envision.

Learn more about Lincoln’s workplace benefits offering.

About Lincoln Financial Group

Lincoln Financial Group provides advice and solutions that help people take charge of their financial lives with confidence and optimism. Today, approximately 16 million customers trust our retirement, insurance and wealth protection expertise to help address their lifestyle, savings and income goals, and guard against long-term care expenses. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) and its affiliates. The company had $290 billion in end-of-period account balances net of reinsurance as of June 30, 2023. Lincoln Financial Group is a committed corporate citizen included on major sustainability indices including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America and ranks among Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies. Dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion, we are included on transparency benchmarking tools such as the Corporate Equality Index, the Disability Equality Index and the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Committed to providing our employees with flexible work arrangements, we were named to FlexJobs’ list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022. With a long and rich legacy of acting ethically, telling the truth and speaking up for what is right, Lincoln was recognized as one of Ethisphere’s 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies^®. We create opportunities for early career talent through our intern development program, which ranks among WayUp and Yello’s annual list of Top 100 Internship Programs. Learn more at: www.LincolnFinancial.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Sign up for email alerts at http://newsroom.lfg.com.

¹ Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The Employment Situation — July 2023.” (August 2023).

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