CHARLESTON, S.C., April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefitfocus,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading cloud-based benefits management
platform and services provider, today announced that it will visit
the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to ring the NASDAQ stock
market opening bell on Tuesday, April 2,
2019. Benefitfocus executives will be joined by
representatives of its platform ecosystem, including employers,
medical carriers, life and ancillary insurance carriers, brokers
and specialty product suppliers, to celebrate National Employee
Benefits Day.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of National
Employee Benefits Day, celebrated every year on April 2nd and established by the
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, which
represents 35,000 members who influence 25 million lives across
the United States and Canada. This special day raises recognition
for benefits professionals and provides a vehicle for better
educating employers and employees about employee benefits topics.
National Employee Benefits Day recognizes trustees, administrators,
benefits practitioners and professional advisors for their
dedication to providing quality benefits and the important role
they play in their colleagues' well-being.
"It's an honor to have the opportunity to participate in the
opening bell ringing on National Employee Benefits Day. It's such a
fitting day for our industry," commented Ray August, President & CEO of Benefitfocus.
"As the industry's leading benefits platform, we connect over 23
million Americans with their core and voluntary benefits. While we
celebrate the importance of this day, our obligation to every
consumer on our platform is to ensure that every day they can
access, use and understand their benefits in the moments that
matter."
A live stream of the Nasdaq Opening Bell will be available
starting at 9:15 am at:
https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx
About Benefitfocus
Benefitfocus (NASDAQ: BNFT) unifies the entire U.S. benefits
industry on a single technology platform to protect consumers'
health, wealth, property and lifestyle. Our powerful cloud-based
software, data-driven insights and thoughtfully-designed services,
enable employers, insurance brokers and carriers to simplify the
complexity of benefits administration and deliver a world-class
benefits experience. Learn more at www.benefitfocus.com, LinkedIn
and Twitter.
Except for historical information, all of the statements,
expectations, and assumptions contained in this press release are
forward-looking statements. Actual results or performance might
differ materially from those explicit or implicit in the
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially include: our ability to
maintain our culture and recruit and retain qualified personnel;
management of growth; the need to innovate and provide useful
products and services; our ability to compete effectively; the
immature and volatile nature of the market for our products and
services; risks related to changing healthcare and other applicable
regulations; privacy; security and other risks associated with our
business; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in
our SEC filings, copies of which are available free of
charge within the Investor Relations section of
the Benefitfocus website
at http://investor.benefitfocus.com/sec-filings or upon
request from our investor relations
department. Benefitfocus assumes no obligation and does
not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as
required by law.
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