Products & Services Launches

Alight and VB Scout Expand Claims Integration for Voluntary Benefits

Alight, Inc., a benefits administration provider of health, wealth, leave and tools solutions, has entered into a strategic collaboration with VB Scout, a technology company pioneering voluntary benefits claims integration.

The collaboration with enable Alight to include VB Scout’s proprietary medical claims integration technology into its benefits administration offering to let employers and their employees, who may be eligible, file voluntary benefits claims they might otherwise overlook.

VB Scout’s tool synthesizes three critical data sources: medical claims data, voluntary benefits plan documents, and employee eligibility files. By analyzing the data sets together, the technology identifies claims that may qualify for reimbursement under voluntary benefit policies, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity and wellness coverage, according to the companies.

“Voluntary benefits are only as valuable as the claims employees actually file — and far too often, those claims go unfiled because employees don’t know they qualify or simply forget they have coverage,” said Karen Frost, senior vice president and health and navigation solution leader at Alight, in a statement.

Bankers Life Introduces Enhanced Death Benefit Rider

Bankers Life, a national life and health insurance brand, has debuted an enhanced death benefit rider which can complement lifetime income withdrawals with an enhanced death benefit for designated beneficiaries.

The EDB rider is now available in 48 states and Washington, D.C., and can be added to single-life guaranteed lifetime income annuity and guaranteed lifetime income annuity plus products.

It also includes built‑in flexibility for spousal continuation if lifetime income withdrawals have not been taken.

Polen Capital Opens ETF, Section 351 Exchange

Polen Capital filed an initial registration statement with the Securities Exchange Commission to launch the Polen 5Perspectives Growth Opportunities Exchange-Traded Fund, an actively managed ETF designed to provide investors with access to Polen Capital’s Growth Opportunities investment strategy.

In advance of the fund’s launch, Polen Capital is offering a one-time opportunity for eligible investors to contribute securities in exchange for shares of the ETF, without immediate recognition of capital gains. Intended to qualify under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code, this tax-deferred exchange intends to help investors reposition concentrated, low-basis holdings into the fund.

The Growth Opportunities strategy invests in growth companies across all market capitalizations, consistent with the fund’s investment objective and prospectus.

The 351 Exchange window is expected to close on May 29, 2026, and participation requires advance coordination and documentation.

Invesco Introduces 4 Fixed Income ETFs

The global asset management firm Invesco Ltd. launched four fixed income exchange-traded funds, which are designed to help investors diversify income and manage risk across changing market conditions.

The four ETFs are:

• Invesco Flexible Income ETF (FLXI), an actively managed ETF with a global, multisector bond strategy;
• Invesco Agency MBS ETF (IMTG), an actively managed ETF with exposure to agency mortgage‑backed securities;
• Invesco MSCI Treasury Duration Rotation ETF (TROT), a passively managed ETF that tracks the MSCI U.S. Treasury Duration Rotation Select Bond Index; and
• S. Hybrid Bond ETF (HBRD), a passively managed ETF that tracks the ICE USD Developed Markets Corporate Ex-Banks Hybrid Bond 4.65% Constrained Index.

The firm’s 182‑member fixed income team oversees portfolios spanning credit, rates, structured products and global income markets. Invesco had $2.2 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025.