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Independent Research + Benchmarking

Bring Data, Not Guesswork, to Your
Next Benefits Decision

IBI is the nonprofit behind the workforce-health research and benchmarks that employers, insurance carriers and benefits consultants use to see what good actually looks like.


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Claims in Our Database
374+
Research Publications
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What IBI Does

Independent research, a peer network, and the tools to use both.

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Independent Research & Benchmarking

Your own claims data tells you what happened inside your company. It cannot tell you whether that is normal. IBI pools more than 8 million leave and disability claims from employers across the country, so you can put your absence rates, claim durations and costs side by side with workforces built like yours. No single vendor sees enough of the market to show you that.

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A Members-Only Network

Benefits leaders bring their real numbers to IBI events, not just their talking points. You can ask the person who already ran the pilot you are weighing up what it cost, what broke, and what they would do differently. IBI's researchers are in the same room to show you what the wider data says.

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Tools for the Data Gaps

Put a number on a decision before you take it to finance. Members get IBI's benchmarking tables, the Early Disease ROI Calculator, the Medication Adherence Savings Calculator and the leave benchmarking infographics, so you can model the change yourself instead of commissioning a study.

Benchmark Your Leave and Disability Program Against the Market

Your own numbers show what happened inside your company. Membership shows you whether that is normal. Employer members get the benchmarking tables, the members-only research library and the calculators, so the case you take to leadership rests on data from outside your own company.

Not sure yet?
See exactly what employer members get access to, benchmarking tables, the Early Disease ROI Calculator, and the members-only research library, before you apply.

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Employer Membership

Recommended for employers.

$3,750 / Year

Flat rate. No tiers.
  • 2 benchmarking reports, plus a consult to walk through them
  • Unlimited access to all IBI Research and Infographics
  • Unlimited access to IBI Leave Benchmarking Infographics
  • Unlimited access to IBI Medication Adherence Savings Calculator
  • Opportunity to participate in IBI Research Committees

Where the Research Meets the Room

Independent data, peer benchmarking, and the employers who already ran the experiment you are weighing.

Detroit Regional Seminar

Detroit, Michigan . September 9, 2026

Portland Regional Seminar

Portland, Maine . September 17, 2026

374+ Research Resources

Reports, infographics, and tools on the workforce-health questions you are already fielding.

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One email when we publish something new. No spam.

Why the Data Holds Up in a Budget Meeting

IBI is independent. Not a vendor, not a lobbyist. That is why the numbers carry weight when you put them in front of finance.

“IBI’s unique focus on conducting annual research projects on topics purposefully selected to address the most important and relevant topics for employers is extremely helpful for benefit programming decision-makers.”

Tammy Fennessy
PHR, GBA, PHM, Director – Benefits | Dick’s Sporting Goods

"IBI's benchmarking data, research, and productivity insights help us bring evidence-based perspectives to client strategy discussions, program evaluations, and business cases. We regularly leverage IBI's work to provide context on absence, disability, and workforce health trends. What sets IBI apart is its unique ability to combine credible research, actionable benchmarking, and industry collaboration in a way that is both practical and impactful."

Alex Henry
Group Benefits Leader, Willis Towers Watson US LLC

“As a member of the IBI Board, I am honored to collaborate with industry peers, appreciating the valuable insights, research, and employer benefit benchmarking that IBI consistently provides. This year, the partnership with IBI's research team showcased exceptional flexibility, guidance, and knowledge. I take pride in my role on the board, acknowledging the unwavering responsiveness and support from the IBI team.”

Joanne Rosa
Vice President, National Accounts & Absence Consulting Practice | Lincoln Financial Group
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See the Benchmarks Before You Join

Book a demo and we will walk you through the benchmarking tables, the calculators and the research library first.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) is a nonprofit research organization that studies workforce health, absence, disability and leave for US employers. IBI publishes independent research and maintains a benchmarking database that employers, insurance carriers, third-party administrators and benefits consultants use to compare their own programs against the wider market. IBI also runs an Annual Health & Productivity Forum, now in its 28th year, and a series of one-day regional seminars.

IBI has two member types: employers and suppliers. Employers join to benchmark their benefits, leave and disability programs against data from outside their own company. Suppliers, which includes insurance carriers, third-party administrators, brokers, consultants and health solution providers, join to understand the employer market and to support their own work with independent numbers. If you buy, manage or advise on benefits, leave, disability or workforce health programs, IBI membership is built for you.

IBI is an independent nonprofit research organization, not a vendor and not a lobbyist. Its research agenda is built around the questions employers are already facing, and employer members can join the research committees that decide what gets studied. Much of IBI's research is published publicly at no cost, so you can read the work and judge the method before you join.

IBI's benchmarking database holds more than 8 million de-identified leave and disability claims covering short-term disability, long-term disability, FMLA and workers' compensation. More than 100,000 companies contribute data to it. Claims are de-identified before analysis, so no individual employee or claimant is identifiable in any IBI benchmark or report.

Yes, IBI offers a demo of the member tools before you apply. An IBI team member will walk you through the benchmarking portal, the calculators and the members-only research library. Book a demo to set one up. A large share of IBI's research is also published publicly at no cost, so you can read the work before you talk to anyone.

IBI runs one national conference and a series of one-day regional seminars. The 28th Annual Health & Productivity Forum takes place in Austin, Texas from September 30 to October 2, 2026. Regional seminars run in Detroit, Michigan on September 9, 2026 and Portland, Maine on September 17, 2026.

Presenters Include


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Greg Martin
PCORI

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Tera Lahti
Kaiser Permanente

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Phil Lacy
March & McLennan Agency

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Sarah Haflet
Fidelity

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Dan Jolivet
The Standard

Our work emphasizes that healthy, productive employees promote healthy business.


As the leading research organization in health and productivity, the Institute provides the data, research and tools professionals need to make sound decisions in how they invest in the health of their workforces.

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Jim Huffman

CEO
Integrated Benefits Institute

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Phil Lacy

Director of Compliance - ADL
Marsh McLennan Agency

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Jim Jantz

Director of Compliance - ADL
Marsh McLennan Agency

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Amy Kelly

Group Director, Benefits Strategy
Walmart

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David Setzkorn

SVP, Workforce Absence & Disability Practice Leader
Sedgwick

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Joanne Rosa

National Accounts & Consulting Practice
Lincoln Financial Group

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Theresa Roma

Head of Insurance Solutions
Wellthy

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