[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Not to worry, it's all about the low prices on low-quality garbage.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Key employee insurance for employers is nothing new - can’t they find something else to complain about?? I know...it’s Walmart!

[Mr. K]

Where do they get these immature crybabies who write this drivel?

KEY-MAN insurance has been around for decades. It is a good way to protect your business (oh and the thousands of other employess)

[avital2]

it would be irresponsible for a corporation NOT to have key man insurance.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I fail to see what the problem is.

[Guyin4Os]

So what? it is fully appropriate for companies to insure the lives of their workers. It isn't creepy, it is sound business practice. You insure your property and inventory, why not insure your key employees?

When a company loses a valuable employee to death, the expense of recruiting and training a new one to take his place can be quite high. I would be surprised if more companies didn't do the same thing.

[Still Thinking]

So? IF they paid the premiums and didn’t kill the individual in question, it’s none of anyone’s bidness.

[discostu]

Is this going to become another one of those annual stories the media publishes to fill space. Many employers take out term life insurance policies on their employees, about the only part about it that’s bad is that the insurance company frequently puts on travel restrictions (like no more than 5 employees on the same plane) that can be kind of annoying if you’re trying to get a large number of employees someplace other than the office. By and large if your company offers some kind of life insurance benefit you can bet they’ve probably taken out a policy on you. And this is like the 3rd or 4th time somebody has whined about WalMart doing that, people just need to get over it.

[goodnesswins]

WHAT an ignorant “journalist.” And, what a scummy attorney.

[Michael.SF.]

It seems that each person covered sould have at least been advised that they were covered.

But if 'Key man' coverage was common, then how could a 'key man' not know?

[processing please hold]

Not to worry, it's all about the low prices on low-quality garbage.

Not to worry, it's all about the low prices on low-quality garbage...........from china!

[N3WBI3]

Other then not telling the employees who were insured what is creepy about this? Companies do this all the time! If you lose an employee there is a financial cost to the company and why would you ensure your assets but not youre most important resource, your employees..

[longtermmemmory]

key man insurance.

this is just hurt walmart image to force settlement insurance.

[monday]

So what? Lots of companies take out life insurance on employees. It’s not costing the employees anything. Unless the charge is that Wal Mart is killing it’s employees in order to collect on it’s life insurance policies I fail to see what the big deal is.

[Gabz]

WalMart Hit Piece Ping..............

[Lurking in Kansas]

More Wal-Mart bashing. Buried in the story:

Myers said this corporate practice is not uncommon. He estimates that up to 25 percent of Fortune 500 companies have taken out such policies on employees.

[latina4dubya]

Not to worry, it's all about the low prices on low-quality garbage.

well, i am able to get Sara Lee Whole Wheat Bread at Wal-Mart for 1.88... it's 3.27 at SaveMart... and even more at SafeWay... i like Wal-Mart...

[tutstar]

ping

[therut]

Oh please. Anyone can by a life insurance policy on anyone else. It is done all the time. We have them on all partners in our practice. It costs us money if they die. So what. What is the big deal. What do people think life insurance is for? They also have a policy they pay for for the family. Good Grief.

[gcruse]

I save at least fifteen percent on groceries and more on other items. The quality is just fine.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Not to worry, it’s all about the weekly hit piece on Wal-Mart.