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Benefits Curve | Adapting to Change: Key Lessons & Strategies for the Future of Employee Benefits

… will share critical insights into controlling costs without compromising the quality of your benefits offerings. Join our webinar on Thursday, February 20, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Our panel of seasoned benefits consultants – Adam Okun, ASA, MAAA, Northeast Region Employee Benefits Practice Leader, and Eric Hays, Principal, Northeast Region Employee Benefits – will be moderated by Sarah Stinson, Senior Consultant, Employee Benefits. What You’ll Get from Our Panel: Critical lessons learned from managing employee benefits in 2024 Analysis of current market dynamics, including what the new administration could mean for employee benefits Addressing of pressing concerns like GLP-1 …

https://www.epicbrokers.com/insights/benefits-curve-february-2025-adapting-change/

The New Healthcare Landscape: Policy Shifts in the Post-Election Era and Their Impact on Employee Benefits

Viewpoints by Craig Hasday Healthcare got little campaign attention primarily because both parties agree: healthcare is too expensive. Since there are no clear answers, two main themes emerged on both sides. First, there was unanimous agreement that pharmaceutical costs are too high and, second, there is not enough transparency in our current system. Healthcare remains an important topic for Americans and one that all candidates would include as a top priority. As with every change in administration, we expect there to be impact to the employee benefits landscape. Unique to this administration, however, we can take a back look at …

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EPIC Employee Benefits Hosts 11th EBU Educational Seminar

EPIC Commits to Staying Connected for Clients! Employee Benefits University (EBU) 11, Coming May 6-8 EPIC Employee Benefits team members are assembling again for the latest and greatest iteration of our national internal education and networking event. This year, we’ll be in Austin, Texas!  Why Is EBU so Important? First and foremost, we’ve designed EBU to benefit our clients and their employees. The opportunity to forge lasting bonds with colleagues and provide educational opportunities in a face-to-face setting has proven time and time again to be an exceptional tool in our national strategy.  Our objectives …

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ICHRA: Not Your Parents’ Employee Benefits…Better

… increasing. The newer generation of people you’re trying to recruit and retain want more choices and more say in selecting the benefits that fit them best. They say, “I want to pay my money, and I want to get what I want whenever I want it.” Thanks to ICHRAs, employee benefits’ role in retention has recently taken a giant leap forward by helping employers be more strategic about funding the cost of employee benefits while giving employees more plan choices and flexibility than they’ve had in a long time. A game changer ICHRA stands for an Individual Coverage …

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Five Reasons Why Captives Can Be Your Saving Grace in Funding Employee Benefits

Viewpoints from Renee Bosley If you’re an employee benefits professional who currently uses the fully funded strategy for healthcare insurance – or are self-funded, but without a captive – this message is for you. We know that you’re feeling the pressure from recent renewal rate increases. After a bit of a lull in rate increases due to the pandemic and lower utilization, both members and carriers are making up for lost time! Add inflation into the mix, and you’re ready to start considering other creative options to fund the cost of your employee benefits. If you’re finding …

https://www.epicbrokers.com/insights/captives-funding-employee-benefits/

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Launches Dedicated Private Equity Employee Benefits Group

… prominent Private Equity (PE) firms. The specialty group has developed an industry-respected financial model that focuses on bringing efficiencies to employer programs, tracking results with comprehensive analytics, and providing leading-edge reporting to their respective PE owners. Larry Kirshner has spent the last 20 years building a highly successful benefits practice in the Northeast. Since 2019, Larry has worked directly with EPIC’s Financial Services team as the Northeast Employee Benefits Practice Leader for Private Equity and Alternative Asset Management firms, building out M&A due diligence capabilities, establishing relationships with mid-market PE firms, and growing revenue specifically …

https://www.epicbrokers.com/insights/new-private-equity-employee-benefits-group/

EPIC Employee Benefits Hosts 10th EBU Educational Seminar

EPIC Commits to Staying Connected for Clients! Employee Benefits University (EBU) 10, Coming April 24 – 26 EPIC Employee Benefits team members are gathering again for the latest and greatest iteration of our national internal education and networking event. This year we’ll be in Nashville, TN! Why Is EBU so Important? EBU is designed first and foremost to benefit our clients and their employees. The opportunity for our EPIC team to forge lasting bonds with colleagues and provide educational opportunities in a face-to-face setting has proven to be an exceptional tool in our national strategy. Our objectives are …

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Compliance Alert: 2023 Federal Employee Benefits Retirement Plan Limits Are Released

… Plan Limits Comparison Edit Retirement/Savings20232022 Maximum Salary Deferral | §401(k) / §403(b) / §457$22,500$20,500 Maximum “Catch-Up” Salary Deferral (age 50 or older)$7,500$6,500 Compensation Limit | §401(a)$330,000$305,000 Maximum Defined Benefit Limit$265,000$245,000 Defined Contribution Annual Additions Limit | §415$66,000$61,000 “Key Employee Officer” Compensation Limit $215,000$200,000 “Highly Compensated Employee” Limit$150,000$135,000 Social Security Taxable Wage Base$160,200$147,000 EPIC Employee Benefits Compliance Services For further information on this or any other topics, please contact your EPIC consulting team. Learn About Our Employee Benefits Compliance Services EPIC offers this …

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