Brokers Name Delta Dental the Best in Coverage, Plan Design and Networks

Delta Dental, the nation’s largest and most experienced dental benefits carrier, received the Readers’ Choice Award from Benefits Selling magazine as the dental benefits carrier offering the best coverage, plan design and network availability. The awards were announced in the November 2007 issue of the magazine.

Benefits Selling magazine surveys its readers annually, asking them to vote on company and product preferences in eight categories that are determined to be important benefits to brokers and consultants. This year, dental carriers were included among the categories chosen for the survey.

The results of the Benefits Selling Readers’ Choice Awards mirror another survey conducted in 2006 by The Long Group (an independent research firm) and sponsored by Delta Dental Plans Association. That survey found that brokers recognized Delta Dental as the category leader, and that the carrier outperformed competing dental benefits carriers in areas that were identified as being most important to brokers, including customer service, value and easy administration.

“We’re thrilled that the broker community recognized us as the leaders in dental benefits,” said Kim Volk, president and CEO of Delta Dental Plans Association. “We also appreciate the fact that Benefits Selling included dental benefits carriers in this year’s survey. It shows that dental coverage continues to be a benefit that is in demand.”