Data and Insights to Make Informed Benefits Decisions
At Alera Group, we offer robust benchmarking capabilities and insights to help you evaluate your plan’s effectiveness and maximize cost savings, providing you with a distinct competitive edge. Our experts will work with you to:
- Analyze your plan data against national, regional, industry and peer group parameters for cost, plan and policy comparisons
- Gain insight into comparative benefits pricing and solutions to maximize cost savings
- View your benefits and benefits costs across the organization for a holistic view of spending
- Understand how to implement the right strategies based on the data
- Stay current on the latest trends and solutions to control benefits costs
- Develop metrics to measure plan performance and return on investment (ROI)
- Analyze medical, dental, disability, leave and ancillary plans, including design elements such as deductible, coinsurance, copays, durations, elimination periods and more to optimize savings.
Your local Alera Group team can help you implement a competitive benefits plan that works for your business.
Benefits Benchmarking
Offering you insights and control over spending.
Benchmarking Infographic
Updated for 2024, see the key findings of the benchmarking report.
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Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
Maximizing Impact: The Value of Voluntary Benefits for Today’s Workforce
In this session, our experts will showcase the value of voluntary benefits, from financial savings to improved retention to addressing the specific needs of their employees.
March 20, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Balancing Cost and Care: Could a Captive solution be the right fit for you?
In this session, our experts will discuss how captive solutions work and what you need to consider for your own group’s needs.
April 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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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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Insights
Employee Benefits
The Market for Employee Benefits in 2025
Join Alera Group on January 16 from 1-2 p.m. CT as we highlight the key findings in our "2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook" and discuss how trends in employee benefits may affect your business' offerings. The insights we’ll share and the questions we’ll answer will help you determine your benefits strategy for the months ahead.
January 6, 2025
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New ACA-Related Laws Provide More Flexibility to Employers
On Monday, December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law two bills, H.R. 3797 (the Paperwork Reduction Act) and H.R. 3801 (the Employer Reporting Improvement Act), which will positively impact applicable large employers (ALEs) and other entities required to furnish Forms 1095-B or 1095-C to individuals.
January 2, 2025
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State of the Market for Employee Benefits in 2025
What are the needs and priorities of those in the workforce and the employment market? What are rival businesses offering to attract and retain the best the market has to offer? And what shifts are taking place in the market that employers should anticipate and prepare for? Alera Group’s 2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook, scheduled for release on January 16, provides answers to those essential questions.
December 19, 2024
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IRS Releases PCORI Fee For Plan Years Ending Before October 1, 2025
The IRS has released Notice 2024-83, which sets the applicable PCORI fee for plan years ending between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025, at $3.47 per covered life.
December 12, 2024
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