National Life Group recognized with two awards for workplace wellness from Cigna and Mental Health America

Montpelier, VT - (February 15, 2024) National Life Group has been recognized for exceptional culture with two industry awards that celebrate workplace wellness, with a focus on mental health: Mental Health America’s 2024 Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health, Platinum level, and the Gold level of the 2023 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™.

National Life was among the first financial services organizations to be recognized with Mental Health America’s (MHA) Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health in 2021. The Bell Seal recognizes employer advances in workplace mental health by awarding recognition levels of Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Founded in 1909, Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the overall mental health of all.

“At National Life, we focus on the whole employee, including their family, when providing benefits and resources to allow each individual to be their best self every day at work and at home,” National Life Group Head of Benefits Michele Granitz said.

For the second year in a row, Cigna has selected National Life Group as a recipient of its Gold level Healthy Workforce Designation™ for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the health and well-being of its employees through a workplace wellness program.

National Life is recognized for its deep and comprehensive suite of benefits that cover the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and financial aspects of a person’s life. Highlights include: world class health insurance options; onsite fitness centers; excellent paid leave programs; generous paid time off; employee recognition programs; adoption and surrogacy assistance; 40 hours of paid volunteer time; education assistance; charitable gift match; pet insurance; life insurance; and a 401(k) with generous company match. See the whole list here.

“We have been taking care of our communities and our associates since 1848. It is truly our servant leader culture that puts us head and shoulders above the competition,” Granitz said.

Learn more here about National Life Group’s corporate philanthropy with programs that include LifeChanger of the Year, Do Good Heroes, a commitment to ending childhood hunger and supporting children’s mental health, among others.

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Contact: Daphne Larkin, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3607.

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vt., in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates.  Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.  Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.