WASHINGTON, D.C.—ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, welcomes Colonial Life, a market leader in providing financial protection benefits through the workplace, to the ICMA Strategic Partners Program at the general partner level.

For more than 75 years, Colonial Life has helped America’s workers preserve and protect the vitally important things they work so hard to build. The company offers a wide range of financial protection benefits, benefits education, innovative enrollment technology, and personal service support to 3.7 million people in 85,000 companies and organizations. It is also a pioneer in payroll deduction for employee benefits.

“Colonial Life is an outstanding addition to ICMA’s Strategic Partners Program,” says ICMA Executive Director Marc A. Ott. “Insurance and payroll can often seem complex and confusing, but these functions are essential to the-day-to-day operations of our local governments. Colonial Life’s knowledge and expertise in a multitude of human resource issues will be invaluable to our members and the communities that they serve.” 

“Creating, building and maintaining a benefits package that is both robust and frugal is a challenge that burdens communities of all sizes,” said Melissa Constante, Colonial Life assistant vice president of Public Sector Alliances. “Our partnership with ICMA will equip community leaders with the tools and resources to help control benefits costs and still remain competitive in recruiting top talent, improve employee participation and satisfaction, and limit excessive out-of-pocket expenses for their employees serving their communities.”

ICMA created its Strategic Partners Program in 1996 as an access point for private sector participation in association programs and activities. ICMA Strategic Partners help professional local government managers and their staffs by showcasing leading practice solutions and providing thought leadership.

About ICMA
ICMA, the International City/County Management Association advances professional local government management worldwide. Our mission is to create excellence in local governance by developing and advancing professional management to create sustainable communities that improve lives worldwide. ICMA provides member support; publications; data and information; peer and results-oriented assistance; and training and professional development to more than 11,000 city, town, and county experts and other individuals and organizations throughout the world. The management decisions made by ICMA's members affect millions of individuals living in thousands of communities, from small villages and towns to large metropolitan areas.

About Colonial Life
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company is a national leader in providing financial protection benefits through the workplace, including disability, life, accident, dental, cancer, critical illness and hospital confinement indemnity insurance. The company’s benefit services and education, innovative enrollment technology and personal service support 85,000 businesses and organizations, representing 3.7 million of America’s workers and their families. Colonial helps our customers design benefit programs to address their unique business needs. In one-to-one counseling sessions with employees, we offer simple, straightforward advice about the benefits they have and those they may need to fit their individual lifestyles and budgets.