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April 29, 2025
HR Tips & Tricks
Why HR leaders can't overlook the importance of long-term disability insurance.
Many employees believe they’re protected if illness or injury strikes, but few have access to adequate long-term disability (LTD) insurance. This blog explores the importance of long-term disability insurance and why HR leaders should prioritize it in their benefits strategy. It highlights the groups most at risk—such as high earners and employees with family obligations—and outlines steps to strengthen LTD coverage. By closing gaps and educating employees, organizations can safeguard financial security, improve retention, and build a more resilient workforce.
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May 17, 2024
HR Tips & Tricks
How Do Brokers Support Employee Benefits Compliance?
Keeping compliant with ERISA and other employee benefits laws can be difficult – but it’s crucial to your success as a business. But that’s where your employee benefits broker can step in to help HR teams understand and adhere to benefits compliance requirements.
May 17, 2024
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Your Benefits Broker Can Help Max Your Mental Health Benefits ROI. Here's How.
As experts in mental health benefits, brokers should help employers build effective plans — and get the full value of their investment. Here’s your guide to how benefits brokers support their clients in building (and improving) mental healthcare benefits plans.
June 17, 2024
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5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Benefits Broker
Finding and hiring a new benefits broker is a tricky process. Hire the wrong benefits broker, and your small to midsize business may end up with lower quality benefits, waning employee engagement, and a low ROI. But we've got you covered with this guide to recognizing (and avoiding) common mistakes when hiring a broker.
March 26, 2025
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Employee benefits broker commissions: How do brokers make money?
Employee benefits brokers are typically compensated through carrier commissions or flat fees, which can influence plan costs and the levels of service they provide. Understanding how brokers get paid and ensuring transparency in their compensation can help employers make more informed decisions.
May 17, 2024
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5 HR Tasks to Hand Off to Your Benefits Broker Today
The HR team of a small business is overwhelmed at best and overextended at worst – and that’s where your broker should step in. Your employee benefits broker can (and should) take on tasks like answering day-to-day questions, compliance support, finding opportunities to save money, employee support, and more.
May 17, 2024
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5 Common Small Business Benefits Management Pitfalls
Small business benefits management can be a daunting task, especially for small HR teams with limited staff and resources. Here are 5 common pitfalls among small businesses when it comes to benefits management (and how to avoid them).
January 14, 2025
HR Tips & Tricks
Benefits Brokers for Small Business: How to Hire the Right Benefits Broker
Finding a small business employee benefits broker can be a daunting task. We break the process down into five easy-to-follow steps: defining your business’s goals and needs, making a list of potential candidates with small business experience, running an RFP process, getting recommendations from other small businesses, and finding a broker who’ll be committed year-round.
May 17, 2024
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How to Choose the Right Benefits for a Small Business
Being on a budget doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice the quality of your small business employee benefits – especially if you’re working with a great benefits broker. We’re here to guide you through the best practices needed to build or improve your benefits offerings, so you can take care of your employees without breaking the bank.
May 17, 2024
HR Tips & Tricks
What Is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) and How Does It Impact Employee Benefits?
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) reveals the commissions, fees, and non-cash compensation that has historically been kept under wraps by benefits brokers. Our experts offer a brief overview of what the CAA means for employers, how this changes healthcare benefits, and steps to take to avoid a lawsuit.
May 17, 2024
HR Tips & Tricks
How to Market the Value of Your Benefits to Current Employees
As more states enact pay transparency laws, employees now have unprecedented access to wage data. To keep your employees engaged and satisfied while preventing compensation FOMO, employers should commit to marketing their total rewards – which means compensation as well as benefits. Here’s how your employer can market your benefits to current employees.
