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Press Release
For Immediate Release
United Benefit Advisors (UBA) Members Tackle the Forces Shaping Future Healthcare Delivery, Welcome 12 New Member Firms
INDIANAPOLIS and CHICAGO, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- United Benefit Advisors
(UBA), (www.UBAbenefits.com ), an alliance of the nation's premier independent
benefit advisory firms, recently concluded its member meeting in Chicago. The
keynote presentation on the forces shaping future healthcare delivery fueled
several focused sessions led by UBA's member experts on developing a range of
effective solutions for employers and consumers.
"Employers are intently seeking more effective strategies to address the
unsustainable increases in health care costs. The typical response of simply
decreasing benefits and increasing employer and employee contributions is a
failed approach," said David LoCascio, UBA's Co-Founder. "Benefits advisors
must identify and understand the root-level forces driving the changes at the
insurer, provider, and consumer level in order to help employers formulate
real solutions to this business-critical problem."
UBA continued its efforts to help independent advisors address
employer/employee health benefits issues by demonstrating several new
tools & services including: an Employee Benefits Video series designed to help
employers educate employees about their healthcare benefits options; the
"Employee Resource Center(SM)," a health & financial wellness website; and the
addition of federal compliance modules and booklet handout series for
HRinsider(SM), UBA's web-based client Human Resource portal. In addition, UBA
introduced two more best-in-class analysis tools, Stop Loss Analyzer and
Medical Reserve Calculator, through its Strategic Partnership with national
actuarial firm Reden & Anders.
"Being a UBA member has enabled us to provide a range of value added
services for our clients that we would otherwise not be able to deliver, said
Ron Fuhrman, Vice President and CFO, TrueNorth Companies. "UBA has given us
the differentiators that set us apart from the competition."
Joining approximately 350 participants at its Chicago meeting were
representatives from: The Hartford, Express Scripts, The Guardian Life
Insurance Company of America, ARAG, Genworth Financial, Comm5 Systems,
Reden & Anders, Principal Financial, Sun Life Financial Services, Systemed Rx,
Symetra Financial, Jefferson Pilot, Colonial Supplemental, CoreSource,
Professional Benefit Administrators, D2 Hawkeye, Benesight, Health Advocate,
and Benefits Technology Group.
In less than three years of operation, UBA has grown to become one of the
nation's five largest employee benefits advisory organizations with over 1,600
experienced benefits professionals located in 150 offices across North
America. UBA Members provide employee benefits advisory services to over
30,000 private corporations and public employers, helping manage nearly
$14 billion annually in Employee Benefit expenditures on behalf of 2.7 million
employees and their families.
Welcomed as UBA's newest member firms were:
Benefit Intelligence Inc., Gilbert, AZ
Coordinated Benefits Group Inc., Jacksonville, FL
Corporate Benefit Consultants, Des Plaines, IL
D & S Life Agency Inc., Roanoke, VA
Fredericks Benefits, Redlands, CA
Innovative Benefit Planning LLC, Cinnaminson, NJ
Kaminsky & Associates Inc., Toledo, OH
L.R. Webber & Associates, Duncansville, PA
Moloney O'Neill Corkery & Jones, Spokane, WA
R.J. Princinsky & Associates, Nottingham, MD
The Stoner Organization, St Petersburg, FL
TrueNorth Enterprises, Des Moines, IA
About Resource Financial Group (RFG)
RFG, (www.rfg.com),
is a strategic employee benefits advisory firm that has been serving its clients
for over 20 years. RFG's primary focus centers around a proprietary consultation process
called the Benefits Blueprint SolutionTM. When coupled with aggressive bidding, it leads clients to a 3-5 year strategic approach to recruiting and retaining the most
productive employees, saving time and money, and meeting their corporate goals. The
result of this is a document RFG calls the Benefits BlueprintTM which in turn, help the executive team, the HR Dept. and the Benefits Manager create a strategic approach to the delivery of employee benefits.
Contact:
Dennis Passovoy
Resource Financial Group
512-617-8726
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About United Benefit Advisors (UBA)
UBA, (www.UBAbenefits.com),
is an alliance of the nation’s premier independent benefit advisory firms. By working collaboratively,
UBA member firms are better positioned to help employers and employees respond more efficiently
and effectively to the challenges of an ever-changing employee benefits marketplace.
Contact:
Bill Howell
United Benefits Advisors
856-768-2508
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