Health Insurance and Large Groups — Understand How Your Premiums Are Calculated

Jill GouletEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

As an employer, one of the most valuable benefits you can offer to your employees is health insurance. For larger groups of 51 employees or more, you’ll likely have group health insurance coverage. This is a policy you’ll typically purchase from a broker (so you get the best deal) that you can then offer to all of your eligible employees. … Read More

Keeping Up With the Evolving Workplace

Matt BauerEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

With the age of Millennials gaining a stronghold in the workforce comes the dawn of the modern workplace. Times are changing surrounding how we hire and train, what we do to retain employees, and the dynamics within the office environment itself. Employees are seeing companies through different lenses these days, and employers have to rethink their employee strategies in order … Read More

Millennials and Healthcare — What Are They Looking For?

Jill GouletEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance

As the fastest-growing generational group, millennials (people born between the mid-1980s and the turn of the century) are a vital part of a strong workforce. If you want to attract millennials to your business, it’s important to understand what they need and more importantly, what they want. In addition to a good salary and a positive work environment, the benefit … Read More

Making Healthcare Hit Home — How to Explain Group Benefits to Your Employees

Jill GouletEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

Group Benefits are both the most important and the most valued benefit provided by employers. American workers regularly cite healthcare as one of the main factors affecting their employment decisions – good or bad. A good group plan provides your people with peace of mind and helps them be happier and more confident in life and work.  In the end, … Read More

Why medium-sized groups should steer clear of the Obamacare marketplace

Jill GouletEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance

While the Affordable Care Act has helped over 20 million people get health insurance, it’s not always the best choice. Although it’s been a tremendous asset to millions of self-employed, part-time employees, and others who weren’t covered before, it’s not always right for employers. If you’re a medium-sized (or larger) employer or administering a medium-sized or bigger group, Obamacare isn’t … Read More

Changes from the Affordable Care Act in 2017 — What you need to know

Jill GouletEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources, Risk Management

The Affordable Care Act is making some changes in 2017 and if you’re providing health insurance via a group plan you need to make sure you’re compliant. Here’s a quick guide to the main changes and what you need to do to ensure you meet all the new guidelines and regulations. Remember, we’re here to help, so if you have … Read More

Why Your Healthcare Organization Needs a Hospice Division

Heather SinclairBusiness Insurance, Health Insurance

When the end comes, most of us agree that it’s best to go pain-free at home with our families, rather than surrounded by a sterile medical environment and strangers. The hospice movement began in London, 1967, when physician Dame Cicely Saunders founded St. Christopher’s Hospice. The movement eventually came to the States by way of the Yale School of Nursing, … Read More

Helping Your Employees Get the Most Out of Their Benefits – Part 2

Lori NewsomeEmployee Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

Employers know that carefully crafted benefits packages are an integral way to attract and keep the best talent. Employees are looking for more than base compensation: they want vacation time, retirement account access, on-the-job perks, and, of course, company subsidized health insurance. Benefits packages aren’t just bonuses. 41% of employers say their benefits are a key component of their employee … Read More

15 Summertime Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore

Rachel WinslowHealth Insurance

Summer is officially here along with the glaring sun and balmy temperatures. Some of us have jobs that put us out in the sun. Many of us are just excited to spend weekends in the fresh air. However, fun  in the sun can turn dangerous quickly if you aren’t prepared. Here are some summertime safety tips to keep you (and your loved … Read More

Sinclair Risk And Financial Management Chosen To Offer New Program For Home Healthcare

Heather SinclairHealth Insurance

Sinclair Risk and Financial Management was chosen by The Hanover Insurance Group to offer Hanover Home Healthcare Advantage, which provides industry specific insurance solutions for home healthcare. “It’s often difficult for home healthcare providers to find insurance that will appropriately cover their unique risks and exposures. This enhanced program from The Hanover addresses potential coverage gaps that home healthcare customers … Read More