Originally Posted by
bcarter6
Actually, a lot of insurance companies are offering employers discounts on insurance premiums if they enroll their employees in all sorts of wellness and exercise programs, the more employees that enroll, the larger the discount. And $.10 a mile isn't that much, it will probably cost the company a negligible amount, but even a small percentage decrease in insurance premiums for successfully showing employees participation in an exercise program, that will save them a nice little chuck with their insurers. It is actually a pretty common arrangement.
Wellness and exercise programs can qualify a company for a discount, yes that's true. And this program may allow the company to check the appropriate block on a form that asks if the company is doing "something," without requiring any evidence that any employer sponsored bicycling program has shown any actual measurable significant effect on its employee group's weight or health. Especially if they don't require any large percentage of the employees to participate or make any change in their current habits.
But if the insurance companies are satisfied with a paperwork drill without any evidence of positive results, who am I to argue?
Seems they would get more bang for the buck sponsoring a smoking cessation program or Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) program.