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Guidance, tips and best practices for benefits managers to reduce their benefit spend while producing competitive benefit packages for employees. With health care representing the biggest percentage of benefit spend, many topics in this area include finding ways to reduce overall costs but also adding supplemental benefits to help employees become healthier, smarter health care consumers. Article topics serve everyone from small businesses to large companies.
This shift could result in annual cost savings of as much as $37 billion.
Congress gets a primer on a consideration related to the U.S. Constitution.
About half of all U.S. adults have high blood pressure – and about 25.5% of the working-age Americans in a typical state reported hypertension in 2023, according to the CDC.
In some states, more than 5% of working-age adults have kidney disease, according to the CDC.
This is the second in a two-part series offering open enrollment advice from top benefits advisors, HR leaders, and other benefits professionals.
About 10% of American adults have high blood cholesterol levels, according to the CDC.
This category honors individuals and organizations who have been in the industry for five or fewer years but have already made an immediate and outsized impact on their colleagues, organizations, clients or the industry as a whole.
Here are five key strategies to drive stronger participation in your clients' benefits programs during this year's open enrollment.
The projected increase is nearly identical to this year's rate of 10.1%, which represents the highest increase forecasted in 10 years.
These firms and benefits professionals are taking impressive and unique steps that produce quantitative and qualitative results for their practices, teams, organizations and the broader benefits community.
From Optavise
Download this white paper to explore how voluntary benefits serve as crucial risk management tools for employers, mitigating the financial burden of workers’ compensation.
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This report reveals the top non-insured benefits that not only reduce costs but also address the rising challenges of burnout, financial stress, and work-life balance. Give your clients the edge they need to support their employees while driving business growth. Download the report now to learn more!
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In the world of benefits, knowledge is power, and numbers tell the story.
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Get actionable steps to help your clients lower their pharmacy spend, improve plan performance, and increase employee satisfaction.
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Recent economic challenges and the uncertainty for the foreseeable future are impacting your employees’ health, retirement preparedness and overall well being. Discover how to increase their stability and help them build toward their financial future.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Employers have increasingly turned to the combination of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) to contain benefit costs. But each can come with hidden consequences. Learn how to eliminate the downside for your clients in this overview.
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The 2024 surge in health insurance premiums presents a significant challenge for brokers, as clients feel the financial pressure. This white paper explores the issue and how brokers can turn this into an opportunity to stand out.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
How are recent trends shaping the benefits landscape and impacting brokers? This eBook, based on the Broker Pulse Survey from New Benefits, offers a snapshot of unique challenges and emerging opportunities in the benefits landscape to help you stay competitive.
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In this case study, read how PSG’s broker introduced them to first-dollar coverage.
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Amidst rising healthcare costs and evolving employee expectations,discover how to distinguish yourself in a crowded market, retain clients, and grow your business by meeting the challenges employers face today. Get actionable strategies in this white paper.
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Few challenges managers face are as difficult, or as meaningful, as supporting an employee through loss. This guide will help managers at your organization support a grieving employee and their entire team.
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Ready to make your busy season better? Here are four key plays that can help you strategize with new and existing clients to make the new plan year a success.
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Offer a new plan to make a meaningful difference for your clients and boost your business.
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Employee health equity is a key concern among your prospects, even if they don’t acknowledge it directly. This guide demonstrates how you can help your clients deliver more cost-effective and equitable benefits.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Prioritizing health equity can transform your sales strategy and secure long-term business success. This guide helps you lead thoughtful conversations by aligning with employers' values.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Discover innovative solutions to help your clients overcome cost barriers in health insurance.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Discover how other brokers have transformed their approach to winning new business. Learn about a unique solution that combines first-dollar coverage with a Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan (MERP), that eliminates financial barriers to care and reduces claims, including ER claims. It's a win for enrollees, employers and HR departments.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
You can bet that many of your employer clients will be considering alternative funding models as they shop around for health plans this year. Download this short guide to learn about the difference between MERPs and HRAs, why they matter and how you can provide your clients with lower costs, more flexibility and greater satisfaction.
Download ResourceFrom MagnaCare
Amid the healthcare premium surge happening today, here are 6 valuable tips to help boost your business as a benefits advisor.
Download ResourceFrom SwellSpace
Discover detailed strategies for creating compelling content that engages employees across generations and drives positive outcomes for your organization. By understanding generational communication preferences, HR can develop tailored strategies that engage each group effectively, helping them make the best benefits choices.
Download ResourceFrom Zelis
The accuracy of your provider directories is vital to shaping your success. The guide provides actionable insights and best practices for ensuring the data you rely on is precise and trustworthy.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
Learn how to use non-insured benefits to help your clients reward and retain part-time employees. Download the guide for brokers now!
Download ResourceFrom Empathy
A guide to current trends in bereavement leave and best practices for family-oriented employers. Discover how to provide better support to your employees during challenging times.
Download ResourceFrom Zelis
Ensuring accurate provider directory data is crucial to helping your clients succeed as a benefits advisor. These are the top do’s and don’ts to follow to ensure the data you rely on is as accurate and helpful as possible.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
In today's competitive market, employers are seeking innovative ways to solve business challenges through benefits. Are you ready to offer them a game-changing solution?
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Degrading healthcare coverage to control benefit costs can have huge ripple effects and drive-up costs in other areas. This infographic looks at the many consequences that you and your clients need to know.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
It’s time to redefine employee benefits by shifting the focus from Return on Investment (ROI) to Return on Wellness (ROW). This guide outlines why prioritizing overall employee well-being results in a multitude of rewards, from increased productivity to reduced healthcare costs.
Download ResourceFrom Corebridge Financial
This guide outlines 5 effective strategies to engage government employees about their retirement plans through comprehensive education and outreach programs. Download now to start boosting participation, and improving financial wellness..
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Unlock the secrets to becoming the go-to advisor for CEOs, CFOs, and HR leaders with our comprehensive Benefit Stakeholder Cheat Sheet. Discover key business goals, pain points, and conversation starters tailored to each stakeholder. Equip yourself with the tools to add value and stand out in a competitive market.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Learn how Ultimate Health can be used as a powerful tool to open doors, stand out from the competition and solve clients’ top HR challenges related to coverage, retention, recruitment and compensation.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Consultants: Are you bringing the latest in supplemental coverage to your clients? Take your supplemental health insurance knowledge to the next level with this quick reference guide.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Navigating the complexities of executive medical reimbursement plans is crucial for businesses and their advisors. Explore this all-in-one checklist that covers everything you need to know to help your clients reap the business benefits of these plans.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Did you recently put a high deductible health plan (HDHP) in place or increase the deductible on an existing plan for any of your clients? Download this infographic to prepare yourself for the realities of HDHPs with HSAs.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
It’s a new year--and already new benefit trends are emerging. That’s because the workforce is changing. Dive into this guide on 2024's key trends to watch and the impact they can have on benefits.
Download ResourceFrom Optavise
Download this white paper to explore how voluntary benefits serve as crucial risk management tools for employers, mitigating the financial burden of workers’ compensation.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
This report reveals the top non-insured benefits that not only reduce costs but also address the rising challenges of burnout, financial stress, and work-life balance. Give your clients the edge they need to support their employees while driving business growth. Download the report now to learn more!
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
In the world of benefits, knowledge is power, and numbers tell the story.
Download ResourceFrom RxBenefits
Get actionable steps to help your clients lower their pharmacy spend, improve plan performance, and increase employee satisfaction.
Download ResourceFrom Conduent
Recent economic challenges and the uncertainty for the foreseeable future are impacting your employees’ health, retirement preparedness and overall well being. Discover how to increase their stability and help them build toward their financial future.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Employers have increasingly turned to the combination of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) to contain benefit costs. But each can come with hidden consequences. Learn how to eliminate the downside for your clients in this overview.
Download ResourceFrom MagnaCare
The 2024 surge in health insurance premiums presents a significant challenge for brokers, as clients feel the financial pressure. This white paper explores the issue and how brokers can turn this into an opportunity to stand out.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
How are recent trends shaping the benefits landscape and impacting brokers? This eBook, based on the Broker Pulse Survey from New Benefits, offers a snapshot of unique challenges and emerging opportunities in the benefits landscape to help you stay competitive.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
In this case study, read how PSG’s broker introduced them to first-dollar coverage.
Download ResourceFrom SwellSpace
Amidst rising healthcare costs and evolving employee expectations,discover how to distinguish yourself in a crowded market, retain clients, and grow your business by meeting the challenges employers face today. Get actionable strategies in this white paper.
Download ResourceFrom Empathy
Few challenges managers face are as difficult, or as meaningful, as supporting an employee through loss. This guide will help managers at your organization support a grieving employee and their entire team.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Ready to make your busy season better? Here are four key plays that can help you strategize with new and existing clients to make the new plan year a success.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Offer a new plan to make a meaningful difference for your clients and boost your business.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Employee health equity is a key concern among your prospects, even if they don’t acknowledge it directly. This guide demonstrates how you can help your clients deliver more cost-effective and equitable benefits.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Prioritizing health equity can transform your sales strategy and secure long-term business success. This guide helps you lead thoughtful conversations by aligning with employers' values.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Discover innovative solutions to help your clients overcome cost barriers in health insurance.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
Discover how other brokers have transformed their approach to winning new business. Learn about a unique solution that combines first-dollar coverage with a Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan (MERP), that eliminates financial barriers to care and reduces claims, including ER claims. It's a win for enrollees, employers and HR departments.
Download ResourceFrom Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc.
You can bet that many of your employer clients will be considering alternative funding models as they shop around for health plans this year. Download this short guide to learn about the difference between MERPs and HRAs, why they matter and how you can provide your clients with lower costs, more flexibility and greater satisfaction.
Download ResourceFrom MagnaCare
Amid the healthcare premium surge happening today, here are 6 valuable tips to help boost your business as a benefits advisor.
Download ResourceFrom SwellSpace
Discover detailed strategies for creating compelling content that engages employees across generations and drives positive outcomes for your organization. By understanding generational communication preferences, HR can develop tailored strategies that engage each group effectively, helping them make the best benefits choices.
Download ResourceFrom Zelis
The accuracy of your provider directories is vital to shaping your success. The guide provides actionable insights and best practices for ensuring the data you rely on is precise and trustworthy.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
Learn how to use non-insured benefits to help your clients reward and retain part-time employees. Download the guide for brokers now!
Download ResourceFrom Empathy
A guide to current trends in bereavement leave and best practices for family-oriented employers. Discover how to provide better support to your employees during challenging times.
Download ResourceFrom Zelis
Ensuring accurate provider directory data is crucial to helping your clients succeed as a benefits advisor. These are the top do’s and don’ts to follow to ensure the data you rely on is as accurate and helpful as possible.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
In today's competitive market, employers are seeking innovative ways to solve business challenges through benefits. Are you ready to offer them a game-changing solution?
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Degrading healthcare coverage to control benefit costs can have huge ripple effects and drive-up costs in other areas. This infographic looks at the many consequences that you and your clients need to know.
Download ResourceFrom New Benefits
It’s time to redefine employee benefits by shifting the focus from Return on Investment (ROI) to Return on Wellness (ROW). This guide outlines why prioritizing overall employee well-being results in a multitude of rewards, from increased productivity to reduced healthcare costs.
Download ResourceFrom Corebridge Financial
This guide outlines 5 effective strategies to engage government employees about their retirement plans through comprehensive education and outreach programs. Download now to start boosting participation, and improving financial wellness..
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Unlock the secrets to becoming the go-to advisor for CEOs, CFOs, and HR leaders with our comprehensive Benefit Stakeholder Cheat Sheet. Discover key business goals, pain points, and conversation starters tailored to each stakeholder. Equip yourself with the tools to add value and stand out in a competitive market.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Learn how Ultimate Health can be used as a powerful tool to open doors, stand out from the competition and solve clients’ top HR challenges related to coverage, retention, recruitment and compensation.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Consultants: Are you bringing the latest in supplemental coverage to your clients? Take your supplemental health insurance knowledge to the next level with this quick reference guide.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Navigating the complexities of executive medical reimbursement plans is crucial for businesses and their advisors. Explore this all-in-one checklist that covers everything you need to know to help your clients reap the business benefits of these plans.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
Did you recently put a high deductible health plan (HDHP) in place or increase the deductible on an existing plan for any of your clients? Download this infographic to prepare yourself for the realities of HDHPs with HSAs.
Download ResourceFrom ArmadaCare
It’s a new year--and already new benefit trends are emerging. That’s because the workforce is changing. Dive into this guide on 2024's key trends to watch and the impact they can have on benefits.
Download ResourceFrom Optavise
Download this white paper to explore how voluntary benefits serve as crucial risk management tools for employers, mitigating the financial burden of workers’ compensation.
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