Tag Archive For "group health insurance"
Why should you secure school insurance via a broker?
School management is definitely no easy task. It is way more than just hiring teachers, handling fees and accounts, communicating with parents, and arranging travel tours. Instead, it is a complex organization held accountable to different parties, such as students, parents, teaching staff, and board of directors. Schools are also vulnerable to a wide host …
Announcing the release of Cost of International Health Insurance Report – 2018
Pacific Prime is proud to present our latest report – the Cost of International Health Insurance Report for Individuals and Families 2018; a welcome addition to our collection of professional industry reports. Now in its fourth iteration, this free report, as with previous versions, addresses the average cost of International Private Medical Insurance (IPMI) in …
Does your small business need employee benefits?
No matter where small businesses operate around the world, they will oftentimes have many of the same types of issues to worry about. Sure, every small business will worry about the bottom line and remaining profitable, but there are a number of different aspects of doing business that seem to remain constant across different industries …
What’s the deal with individual vs group health insurance?
We get a lot of questions about health insurance. That’s to be expected; we’re a leading health insurance broker. People, by and large, don’t ever really need to consider the ins and outs of insurance unless they actually need to use it – or find that they should have bought some. Two of the key …
Employee benefits and third culture kids: What do global citizens want most from employers?
“Where are you from?” is a common ice-breaker-esque question that we’ve all been asked before. While most of us will find it an easy question to answer, the same might not be said for the burgeoning tribe of third culture kids (or TCKs). Have you met someone born in Australia, who grew up in Bahrain, …
Employee assistance programs: How do I select the best one?
We all encounter hardships. Some we see coming, while others take us completely by surprise. From family and financial issues, to depression and anxiety, personal problems can take a remarkable, if little-discussed, toll on productivity in the workplace. In fact, lost productivity and absenteeism together cost organizations close to USD 312 billion annually. Given this …
Challenges for Businesses Implementing Group Health Insurance Plans in 2018
We’re still at the start of 2018, but if this coming year is anything like the past couple of years, it’s going to be a big one for small business. For example, the number of new job seekers taking it upon themselves to start their own business at the end of 2016 was the highest …
Second opinions, you, and your insurance: Getting it right
If you’re like us, you live in a world where time is the most precious resource around. We take care to fill every moment with our days to the point that we even plan out specific windows with which to relax, and then we’re right back to the grind. Perhaps because of this, getting injured …
Employee Benefits Plans: Important things to remember when structuring
If you are a Human Resources professional, or otherwise administer your company’s group health insurance plan, it can oftentimes feel overwhelming. It’s hard enough to keep up for those that have been dealing with employee health insurance for years. This group no doubt already has learned many of the ins and outs of obtaining, managing …
Silver Tsunami Survival: Aging Populations and Your Business
Over the past few decades the world has seen a trend that is both good and bad: People are living longer than ever before. This mass aging in many developing and developed countries is often referred to as the ‘silver tsunami’ due to its far-reaching and unavoidable nature. “How could this be a bad thing?” …