Employee Benefits Benchmark Survey Results
Employee benefits are designed to attract and retain the highest quality employees. Yes, they can be expensive and yes, the cost seems to go up each year. If we look at the benefits as an investment toward finding and keeping the right people,… Read more→
How Benefits Affect the Bottom Line
Making Sense of Small Business Health Insurance When Marcus Newman, Vice President of GCG Financial, asked, “who has a company mission statement?”, every hand in the room went up. Then when he asked, “who considers their mission statement when deciding… Read more→
What is a “Grandmothered” Healthcare Plan?
Right before January 1, 2014, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to go into effect for SMALL BUSINESSES, President Obama’s administration announced a transitional relief program that would let states and insurance companies allow these small group policies to… Read more→
Is the Affordable Care Act Helping or Hurting Small Businesses?
by Marcus Newman, GCG Financial There are many mixed opinions on the impact of the Affordable Care Act. Is it helping small businesses? Or hurting them? Marcus Newman of GCG Financial aims to provide some clarity on this discussion, citing… Read more→
ACA Requirements for ALL Small Businesses
The answer is a very simple NOT RIGHT. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has requirements for ALL business sizes. Some of the requirements you have heard about – but some you probably haven’t. After six years of this healthcare law,… Read more→
Size Matters: Health Insurance and the Size of Your Small Business
Let’s go in order: 20, 20, 50 ATNE, 150 20 Employees: Twenty is an important number in many ways. The most well-known is the difference between State Continuation and COBRA Continuation. Under 20 employees continuation is governed by state law… Read more→
Was Your Health Insurance Renewal Successful This Year?
Provided By: Marcus Newman, RHU, CBC Vice President, Small Business Benefits Consulting What is a successful renewal? You felt in control of the timeline and never felt rushed to make a decision. Any changes – or the decision to stay… Read more→
Five Common Mistakes with Small Business Health Insurance
Not Understanding Eligibility Requirements Having a group health insurance plan for your business does NOT automatically mean every employee is eligible. The state you are in, the insurance company you are with, and sometimes your own policy, can all dictate… Read more→