Employee Benefits
Built on a belief that we are stronger together, we tap into our national community of problem solvers to deliver local, optimized benefits solutions to help grow and protect your business.
Solutions Tailored to Your Organization
At Alera Group, our network of local offices is powered by a unique model of collaboration. As a client, you have the peace of mind that comes from working with a trusted local partner, backed by national expertise and resources to address your most complex challenges. Working together, we collaborate for your success.
Optimized Solutions
Customized to help grow and protect your business.
Personal Partnerships
Service and advocacy by people you know and trust.
National Collaboration
Access to deep expertise and resources to solve your complex challenges.
Solutions for all Stages of Business
From identifying and securing the right benefits at an optimal price to helping you streamline benefits administration and manage complex benefits challenges, your local Alera Group partner is there for you every step of the way.
Small Business
Suite of solutions tailored to the needs of small business owners.
Middle Market
Suite of solutions tailored to the needs of business owners.
Large/Complex
Dedicated team of experts focused on developing leading-edge solutions and strategies to address complex and emerging risks.
2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook
Our EB Market Outlook includes information your organization needs to tackle pressing issues of the day.
2024 Benefits Benchmarking Report
Offering you insights and control over spending.
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
2025 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report: How Does Your Benefits Program Stack Up?
In this session, our experts will dive into the results of our annual, market-leading benchmarking survey.
June 26, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Dynamic Data: Strategies for Success
Join us for this session, as our experts will share how to utilize your organization’s data to create advanced and innovative strategies for success.
July 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Preparing for Open Enrollment: How to Engage and Educate Your Employees on Their Total Benefits Package
In this session, our experts will share guidance on setting yourself up for success during Open Enrollment.
August 21, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Featured Insights
Employee Benefits
Benchmarking: How Do Your Organization’s Employee Benefits Offerings Stack Up?
For the sixth consecutive year, Alera Group is offering a valuable piece of market intelligence: our Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report. We’ll introduce the 2025 edition on its release date, June 26, with a one-hour webinar beginning at 1 p.m. CT.
June 5, 2025
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Employee Benefits
Reminder: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2025
Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2025 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via Form 720, which was recently updated and released by the IRS.
June 3, 2025
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Benefits Captives: Your Business and What Your Competitors Are Doing
In one form or another, Captive Insurance has existed as a risk management solution for many decades — originally for property and casualty coverage and primarily for large employers. But its viability as a solution for employee benefits and for midsized businesses has increased dramatically in recent years, fueled by volatility in the insurance market in general and by the skyrocketing cost of health insurance in particular.
May 29, 2025
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Agencies Push Pause Button on Enforcement of MHPAEA 2024 Final Rule
On May 15, 2025, the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department (collectively, the “Agencies”) released a statement regarding the Agencies’ recent request for abeyance of a lawsuit filed by the ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that challenged certain aspects of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”) relating to nonquantitative treatment limitation comparative analyses (“NQTL analyses”).
May 16, 2025
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