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AllTrust Insurance

  • By Rod Thomson
  • November 13, 2015
5 Reasons Employee Advocacy Can Improve the Health of Your Business

Every company has to deal with expensive and complicated health care benefits while trying to maintain a healthy bottom line.

  • By Rod Thomson
  • October 15, 2015
5 ways to ensure an effective benefits renewal

A bad benefits renewal period is preventable by following some basic steps to ensure that a business has an effective benefits renewal process, one that works for both the company and the employees.

  • By Rod Thomson
  • September 16, 2015
Why a Benefits Renewal Strategy is Important to a CEO / Business Owner

Despite the well-known costs and challenges of providing employee benefits — typically the second largest line-item expense for large firms — few companies have any ongoing strategy for monitoring those plans.

  • By Rod Thomson
  • August 21, 2015
5 ways Voluntary Benefits contribute the health of your business

5 ways Voluntary Benefits contribute the health of your business

  • By Rod Thomson
  • July 23, 2015
Six things businesses need to consider when offering voluntary benefits

Voluntary benefits are becoming increasingly popular with employers looking to sweeten the pot for attracting or keeping good employees — without running up costs to the bottom line.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • May 28, 2015
Voluntary insurance benefits help attract, retain employees

High-deductible plans have created a gap in coverage for many employees. Voluntary benefits increasingly bridge that gap.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • May 14, 2015
What employers should know about limited network health plans

Limited network health insurance plans have proven to be among the most effective for quality of care and affordability.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • April 30, 2015
HR's biggest burden is complying with the law

As the burden of compliance grows more complicated, Alltrust has added a veteran from the HR trenches and courtroom to provide expertise.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • April 16, 2015
6 facts employers should know about high-deductible health insurance

High-deductible insurance plans are one of the more popular remedies to deal with rising health care costs. Here are six important facts to understand about high-deductible health care.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • April 2, 2015
6 facts employers should know about private exchanges

Private exchanges are growing in popularity because of the many choices they offer employees.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • March 20, 2015
Will Obamacare cause the death of employer-sponsored health care?

Some predicted that passage of the Affordable Care Act would mean the death of employer-sponsored health insurance. In its second year of implementation, employers remain concerned and even fearful about how it will affect their businesses.

  • By Corie Richter
  • March 6, 2015
Adopting benefits technology can boost employee satisfaction

The price of technology may appear to be high, but the cost of dissatisfied employees may be considerably higher. Good benefits packages will mean nothing if your workers cannot figure them out and access them easily online.

  • By Shana Hamilton
  • February 20, 2015
Four factors businesses should weigh when considering self-insuring

The Affordable Care Act has made self-insurance a more viable option for small companies.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • February 4, 2015
Employers eye savings, other benefits through telemedicine

Telemedicine is showing promise for employers by lower costs and improving outcomes.

  • By Katie Nielsen
  • January 23, 2015
10 reasons small employers should consider dropping health insurance

Whether you have five employees or 45, providing health insurance is complicated and expensive for any small business.

  • By Flint Stephens
  • January 9, 2015
High deductibles: A drag on productivity?

As the Affordable Care Act shifts more health-care costs to employees, they are likely to delay needed medical treatment — and miss more days of work.

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