Benefits should be benefits.

Connect your team with great benefits and get the most out of your investment.

Benefits are one of the best tools companies have for attracting new hires and maintaining employee happiness. As your partner, let us help you get the most out of the benefits you provide.

We help strategize and build benefits packages that you and your employees can rely on.

With an eye for cost savings, we stay on top of trends to identify best-in-class options, evaluating your current benefits ecosystem, and strategizing to ensure the program you offer remains competitive over time. We help manage both the short-term challenges as well as the longer-term issues of health program management, compliance, employee engagement, accountability, health and wellbeing.

What we offer.

The administration, management and cost involved in your employee benefits program can be challenging in today's complicated healthcare environment. But at Center Benefits, you can rely on us as your healthcare specialists to collaborate with you and tackle these challenges head on.

First, we help ensure that your benefits package is a strong tool for attracting and retaining talent. Second, we help you develop cohesive and holistic strategies for achieving cost stability and administrative ease.

We accomplish these goals for you by knocking down traditional barriers and shifting from risk transfer strategies to risk management strategies. Let us maximize your benefits.

  • Cultivate health for your greatest asset with distinctive plan options at practical rates.

    It is a truth universally acknowledged that healthcare in the United States is complicated. Well-versed experts can support businesses in developing cost-effective, industry leading healthcare plan options that employers and employees can feel good about.

    We take pride in the fact that our business is product and vendor agnostic: our goal is to consistently offer evidence-based, client-centered advice and high-quality options from a host of top insurance carriers. We’ll work with you to create a competitive, fairly priced health program that fits your workforce.

    The variety of modern benefits is impressive, and can sometimes seem overwhelming. The upside is that an expert advisor can help you create a unique benefits package that fits your situation.

  • You want employees well equipped for their life's journey. We help you make that reality.

    It may be cliché, but it’s true: the world is changing faster than ever. Working life today looks different from how it looked even five years ago. In some cases, very different.

    Still, when it comes down to it, employees still want the same things. They want compensation that reflects their value and a workplace that challenges and supports them. They want the time and energy to cultivate balanced, healthy lives.

    Employers can help, with positive side effects for their business too.

    We are passionate about helping your employees through the journey of life, the ups and the downs. We help evaluate your needs, and select options that are relevant for your workforce. We work with you to tailor a program that’s meaningful to your people, and navigate the implementation and upkeep.

    No matter what fits your unique solution, we are ready to consult with you.

  • Elevate your company from a great employer to an exceptional one with ancillary benefits.

    Modern benefits offer an incredible amount of variety, making it possible to put together a program as unique as your workforce. By adding a variety of optional programs that employees can pick and choose from, your company has a more competitive benefits plan.

    Health plan options and retirement planning resources that support your workforce’s needs are the foundation of that. Ancillary benefits help companies build on that foundation to develop more specialized options for your people.

    This can differentiate your business even further to applicants, and showcase appreciation of established employees. Additionally, these benefits can make an impact without negatively affecting your budget.

    These benefits often provide invaluable security to program participants, covering aspects of employees’ lives that are ignored by straight health and retirement offerings. We work with you to develop offerings for:

    • Term, universal and whole life insurance

    • Accident coverage

    • Cancer coverage

    • Critical illness insurance

    • Identity Theft Insurance

    • Legal counsel

    • Pet insurance

    We help businesses like yours establish these benefits on your terms. Through our carrier relationships, we are professionals with experience in establishing competitive pricing. Whether employer-contributory or voluntary benefits fit your strategy, our expertise can make a difference as you develop, negotiate and manage the ancillary benefits that matter to your employees.

  • On top of the day-to-day work of maintaining benefits, ongoing compliance considerations can be a burden. Whether you’re a small family business or a company with multiple locations across state lines, compliance can get complex quickly.

    Keeping pace with change isn’t optional, so we make it as easy as possible by offering proactive compliance resources. We specialize in the compliance requirements for your welfare benefits programs. Our process involves:

    1. Conduct an audit to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

    2. Provide recommendations based on the results of the audit

    3. Implement our solutions

    4. Ensure timely updates to your plans, documents and processes as new regulations emerge

    Our ongoing benefits compliance services include:

    • DOL & IRS compliance/tools

    • Compliance audit

    • ACA compliance and reporting

    • Plan documents and SPDs

    • HR assistance

    • Signature ready 5500s and SARs

    • Legislative changes notification

    • Newsletters and notifications

    As companies evolve and laws change, it pays to have a partner dedicated to maintaining legal compliance.

  • We provide benefits administrative outsourcing services that help you manage your human resources and employee benefits issues more efficiently. We also help you educate your employees on how to get the most from their benefits.

    We work with talented, top-tier vendors committed to providing you with the best, personalized service. We support them – and your staff – with cutting-edge technology that makes benefits administration faster and easier.

    Our administrative services include:

    • Consolidated, one point of contact

    • Benefits enrollment support

    • Call center and customer service

    • Billing resolution

    • Account management

    Through education we ensure your needs for cost reduction and employee satisfaction are met. We don't stop at open enrollment, we educate employees through life events and other benefit utilization needs all throughout the year.

    We also educate the Human Resource staff responsible for federal and state regulatory and compliance requirements.

How we deliver.

  • Local Service.

    We are dedicated to supporting our employers in benefits and HR. We are your one point of contact and manage all your benefit policies and programs. And your employees can contact us directly for questions on their benefits.

  • Professional Delivery & Education.

    We provide a comprehensive review of your renewal and possible alternatives each year. We utilize a new, high-tech budgeting software that helps us compare your benefit options to find creative cost saving solutions. We also conduct annual Open Enrollment employee meetings.

  • Product and Carrier Selection.

    We have a diversified portfolio of benefits for Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Voluntary products, as well as FSA, HSA, HRAs, and Self Funding solutions. We give you options and recommendations to best fit your business.

  • Service Beyond the Sale.

    You also receive continued service after your policy renews. For example, we will explain the financial impacts of any benefit changes, assist with employee benefit meetings, coordinate open enrollment and facilitate wellness programs.

  • Compliance Services.

    We conduct annual compliance audits and assist employers with their notification requirements. The Department of Labor has recently increased the number of benefit audits so we make sure you are in compliance with all employer laws and regulations.

  • HR Assistance & Ben Admin Software.

    We offer face-to-face consultation and enrollment assistance for new hires. We also provide comprehensive online HR portals and online benefits administration systems to eliminate paperwork and save you valuable time.

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"Over the years, I have called Jenn Vermeer on a number of tough and unusual employee benefit issues. On each occasion, Jenn has patiently analyzed the circumstances, accurately assessed the situation, and recommended a detailed approach that has successfully resolved the issue. Unlike many brokers and agents, Jenn adopts a practical, step-by-step course of action. She looks at the “big picture” and is able to implement practical solutions. Jenn’s knowledge of insurance issues is extensive and her judgment is superb. She is always courteous and helpful on the phone as well as very professional and personable. Her follow through is unmatched!"

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