Understanding Employee Benefits

What Are My Health Insurance Options?

  • Fully-insured plans are when an employer pays a predetermined amount of premiums to the insurance company, and the insurance company will pay the claims according to the plan the group selected. This is the most common type of insurance. 

Although these plans are technically self-insured plans, the employer only pays a predetermined amount of premiums and will never pay more regardless of claims.  Those premiums pay the insurance company for insurance and a claim reserve fund.  If the claims reserve fund has a positive balance at the end of the plan year, the employer can get money back.  Groups must medically qualify for these plans and could be cancelled if claims become poor. 

  • Self-insured plans are when the employer pays most of their claims from their own funds. They also set the premiums charged to their employees based on claims, and they will need to fund their plan to ensure claims are paid in full.  Insurance is usually purchased to protect the employer from catastrophic claims. 
  • ICHRA, or an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement, is a promise by the employer to pay a flat amount toward an employee’s health insurance that is purchased on an individual (non-group) basis. An employee can select an individual plan directly from a carrier or through a state or federal marketplace.  There are no limits to how much an employer can reimburse a class of employees. 

How can I communicate these benefits to my employees?

It’s Easy As 1-2-3

  • Enrollment Meetings

    Have meetings your way! SBG provides enrollment meetings on-site, virtually, or even on the phone with your employees. We are always available to your employees to guide them each step of the way.

  • Ease

    We supply an online benefit enrollment platform called Ease. Ease, as its name suggests, is very employee friendly and easy to use. Employees will log-in, view their benefit details, and either enroll or waive coverage.

  • Videos

    Employee benefits can be complicated, but these short videos explain everything your employees need to know about how their benefits work. You can use the videos however you would like, but they are most commonly included on Ease during the enrollment process.

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