JLT Benefits Solutions (JLT) is to launch an online benefits platform to provide employers web-based communication and benefits management.

The online platform will deliver advice, as well as procurement and administration services. The technology will also be able to be licensed and implemented into employer organisations and product providers.

Duncan Howarth, managing director of JLT, said: "Our research has identified that clients will increasingly look for online communication and benefit management solutions in the future, with pensions and benefits following the way insurance and banking and in providing the online facilities to enable employees to maximise their options and objectives."