About Us
Do you believe an insurance consultant can be passionate about Employee Benefits?
At Whipple & Company, the answer is an enthusiastic “YES.” Our firm is based on a clear purpose: Solving a significant problem every client faces — the need to reduce expenses while maintaining an optimal Employee Benefits Package to recruit and retain top talent. We accomplish this by adhering to our core set of principles:
- The Client is always first
- Continuously exceed our Clients’ expectations
- Being readily accessible
- Passion for our work
- Operating with honesty and integrity
- Collaborating as a team for the best of the Client
- Always ready to go the extra mile
- Work smart, mind the details, and never waver in our dedication
It takes the right aptitude, experience, and skill — and Whipple & Company is the perfect partner, a high-touch, dedicated, and knowledgeable group of effective negotiators and creative thinkers focused on finding the critical balance between keeping costs low and satisfaction high.
What is the Whipple & Company difference?
Working with a Privately Owned Agency, focused solely on Employee Benefits, guarantees you a better, more personal, and more collaborative experience in which your company ALWAYS comes first. With no stockholders to serve, “our clients are our Stockholders!”
Why settle for a promise to just meet your expectations? Whipple & Company goes much further, with a promise of unparalleled customer service, delivered by a devoted team with extensive experience and knowledge in the design of custom programs fitted to every Client’s unique business needs.
We’ll help you protect what matters most to your business, your bottom line, and your most valuable asset – your People.
Who We Work With
EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
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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Q3 2025 Quarterly Compliance Webinar
Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.
September 9, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
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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