About Us
CA Insurance Lic# 0B89320
Founded in 1983, PWA Insurance Services has been providing quality services to the region’s businesses by focusing on finding the right solutions that meet our clients’ needs. PWA’s team of professional advisors has more than 139 years of combined knowledge, expertise, and innovation working with business owners in designing and managing employee benefits programs, payroll services, and human resources information systems. We provide fully integrated, high-level, personalized services to help your business grow and thrive.
Our Team: Trusted. Smart. Passionate
PWA and its employees are dedicated to giving outstanding service and advice to our clients. We firmly believe:
“Quality is what we deliver, our services deliver value and our people add value. We want to be your collaborator as our loyalty is to you and our mission is your success.”
Our Mission is to always focus on doing the ‘right thing’ for our clients while striving hard to accomplish the role of a responsible citizen in the community we serve. With an emphasis on collaboration and teamwork, we create unique solutions that are the right fit for the distinctive needs of our clients. We believe in open communication between clients and staff members, where being readily available and honest is key to producing long-term success.
Our Presence
As a founding firm of Alera Group, a national entity with over 1,800 employees serving thousands of clients with industry-leading solutions from experts across the country. Our clients benefit from the expertise and resources of a large national firm, while still maintaining the advantages of local service and relationships.
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Resources
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Compliance Resources
- Compliance Assistance Guide to Providing Participant Notices
- Complete Guide to HSAs
- DOL Audit Checklist
- DOL EBSA HIPAA Self Audit Tool
- FAQ: ERISA Fiselity Bonds
- Fiduciary Responsibilities for Employer Group Benefits Plans
Employee Wellness Resources
- Mental Health Toolkit
- Dealing with Holiday Stress
- Hydration in the workplace
- Hydration poster
- Simple Reminders for Healthy Weight Loss
- Stress Management
- Understanding your Orthadontia Benefits
- Wellness/Employee Benefits Speaker Topics
Benchmark Reports & Whitepapers
Employee Resources
EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
Driving Communications and Engagement: Open Enrollment
Our experts will walk you through a strategic planning process to make sure you’re sharing in a way that not only drives employee awareness and engagement but also reaches your workforce across platforms with what they need to know about choosing the right benefits for them and their families.
August 15, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Q3 Compliance Update
Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.
September 3, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Collaborative Conversations: 2025 - What to Expect and What You Need to Know
Save the date for a conversation in September where we will discuss the impending PLO changes by BOLI and the Employment Department, their impacts, and other critical considerations.
September 12, 2024 at 08:30 am PT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insights
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Benefits Benchmarking Webinar: What To Do With the Data
If you’re designing your company’s employee benefits program, you want to know what your peers and competitors are offering. Employee retention and talent acquisition are largely dependent on whether you offer a benefits package that meets or exceeds the standards of your industry, location and company size while managing costs in an increasingly expensive market for healthcare and pharmaceuticals. That’s why Alera Group places a high priority on using benchmarking data and analysis to inform and otherwise serve our clients.
July 1, 2024
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