What are we going “back” to? In a recent “Every Other Wednesday” interview, Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP, Chief People Officer at LaRosa’s Inc. and author of HR on Purpose, suggested that the past often looks rosier than when lived in the moment. Further businesses should...
Thanks to MLT Aikins LLP for your presentation with CPBI. Often overlooked is the liability associated with the administration of an employee group benefit plan. Some basic duties of a plan administrator (who may or may not be the employer) include: Contractual duties...
Very often, we as brokers, are asked “why”, if an employee doesn’t want to pay their portion of the premium or simply don’t want the coverage, do they have to participate on the group benefit plan? In striving to make comparisons easily understood by plan...
As an employee benefit broker, I know the number one thing customers HATE about benefits: PAYING FOR THEM In a recent informal survey, respondents—employees and employers alike—outlined their main complaints about benefits: Rates Lack of coverage Wait times for...
MP Benefits has been around for a long time…and in all that time, I can say I know of no “secret sauce” to what we do. Being focused on employee experience, abiding by the employer’s need for cost certainty, transparency, and open communication, means creating benefit...
Disruption is such a business BUZZ word, like the annoying mosquito, or house fly, which just doesn’t take the hint when you flick your wrist. There’s nothing wrong with disruption for improved practices, so long as we remember to maintain the greater good. What made...
