The ability to attract and retain employees is a major priority to businesses, large and small. What can an employer offer to new and existing talent that will add value to their job? With a competitive labor market, you need to be aware of what it is that attracts valuable employees.
But, it’s not as easy as finding out what benefits are sought after and simply offering them.
Employers nowadays are burdened with so many human resources and management functions, on top of overseeing all other operations of a business.
Finding the time to shop for and implement employee benefits can be a struggle. Having to consider HR compliance and legislation, enrolling employees and their families into a group medical insurance plan, dealing with carriers, etc., can be overwhelming.
How do you manage the daily benefits operations and know you’re doing it efficiently and in the most cost-effective way? An employee benefits specialist is the person who fulfills this role.
What does an Employee Benefits Specialist do? The Role & Goals
Employee Benefits Specialists are professionals who gauge the needs of an employer and their staff, what benefits are important to them. The specialists then adjust or custom design a benefits plan to best fit each company’s unique values and budget and then manage the benefits on behalf of the business.
A specialist’s overall goal is to improve employee health and decrease health-related costs.
All employers should at least seek consultation from a knowledgeable benefits specialist, such as a Primary Care Insurance Solutions to review their current plan for any improvements.
Often there can be opportunity for saving costs and receiving better healthcare.
What Makes a Primary Care Insurance Solutions Specialist different?
Your group’s plan design should be more than a universal transaction. At Primary Care Insurance Solutions, no two plans are the same. All benefits strategies are different.
Your Primary Care Insurance Solutions benefits specialist will be an expert in the different types of benefits and how they attract different work forces, and will look at your employee demographics and what their needs are. What a millennial employee is looking for may not be the same as what a baby boomer needs from their employer.
In addition to group health insurance, some other examples of employee benefits include paid overtime, sick leave, profit sharing, retirement benefits, paid vacation, and more.
There are lots of things to consider when looking for the specialist that’s right for you. You need to ensure that you’re hiring the best employee benefits advisor for your business, an expert who is resourceful, understands the needs of your business and staff, is attentive and local, among other things.
The relationship a benefits specialist and their clients have is based on trust and concern for the client’s best interest. Our agents possess the top qualities in consulting that result in saving expenses while improving employee benefits.
At Primary Care Insurance Solutions, we can help you decide what truly matters to your workforce and how to attract and retain the best talent.
Qualities of Top Employee Benefits Specialists
An employee benefit specialist should be your advisor and service you in these areas.
Your benefits specialist should provide customized services, from designing the best plan for your group to assisting with administering it.
To best meet your company’s needs, you need an agent who is local, who knows the local market and legislation. You want an agent who can relate to your demographics and the area your business operates in.
Houston is the second-most prosperous city in the United States and one of the top five fastest-growing. Your benefits need to reflect that you recruit and care about the most sought after candidates.
Your employee benefits specialist should be knowledgeable and constantly updating you on the latest health insurance regulations and human resources news, and how they affect your business. They must carefully design plans to comply with several federal laws, and educate you on types of wellness plans and which rules they comply with.
A top benefits specialist will compare group rates and what factors can affect it, such as age of group, overall health of group, size of group, claims history and plan design. They can then present you with multiple offers that may compliment your group.
How Does Your Group’s Benefits Specialist Compare?
How involved is your group’s benefits specialist? Are they making sure that you are utilizing all your benefits? Do they host education sessions with your employees and in person or virtual enrollment meetings?
Do they break the information down for your staff so they completely understand their benefits and can be better healthcare consumers?
If you are searching for an Employee Benefits Specialist to assist you with your benefits management, or to review your current plan for a consultation, give Primary Care Insurance Solutions a call.
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