Employee Benefits Insurance

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Employee Benefits Insurance

Employee Benefits are an integral part of an employee’s compensation package and provide additional security for a company’s employees should they require medication, dental work, physiotherapy, or suffer a catastrophic injury and cannot work.  When surveyed, 70% of employees answered that they would choose a job with benefits versus a higher paying job without benefits, which means you can attract and maintain the best employees for your company when you offer a benefit package.

Developing a compensation philosophy, including benefits, leads to a happier, loyal, and productive workforce.

Types of Employee Benefits Available

 

  • Insurance

    Life insurance, critical illness insurance, long and short-term disability insurance

  • Health Services

    Prescription Drugs, paramedical services including physio therapy, chiropractic, and massage therapy, CPAP machines, hospital charges, emergency out of country medical expenses, vision care and dental care.

  • Healthcare Spending Accounts (HCSA)

    Flexible spending account whereby the company allocates a fixed amount of dollars for each employee and the employee chooses how to spend their health dollars.

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Who Needs Employee Benefits:

Companies that are looking to compete in the employee market and attract top talent need employee benefits to be attractive to candidates.  Whether you’re a start-up company with only a few employees or a mature company with hundreds of employees, there are many flexible options to meet your budget, objectives and give you a competitive edge to attract talent.

To ensure your packages meet your employees’ needs, FCA customizes benefit plans for all industries including:

  • Manufacturing
  • Technology
  • Medical
  • Electrical and Construction
  • Financial Services
  • Distribution
  • Landscaping
  • Legal
  • Property Management
  • Transportation
  • Associations

FCA is Canada’s Commercial Insurance Expert Since 1919

FCA has been providing Canadian companies with insurance since 1919. We have set the industry standard for turnaround time for both new and existing clients. We pride ourselves in ensuring our clients are receiving the best suite of coverages at a fair price.

FAQ

When comparing the cost of an employee benefit plan it is good to look at the annual cost per employee for singles and families. Employee family costs range between $3,000 and $6,000 dollars per year. Single employee costs can be as low as $1,500 per year.

There are multiple factors that impact the premium you pay for employee benefits:

  • The types and levels of benefits that you offer to employees will impact cost of premium. In general, when the reimbursement level is higher for employees, yearly overall maximums are higher which results in premiums being higher than average
  • The level of cost sharing that you choose between you and your employees will impact cost. As a plan sponsor a company may charge back up to 50% of monthly premiums to their employees or pay 100% of the premium on behalf of the employees.
  • Adding ancillary benefits such as long-term disability income protection (LTD) or Optional Life Insurance to your plan will also increase the cost. However, premiums for these types of add-ons are generally paid for by the employee.
  • Regional sales tax, whether PST or HST, in your location must be added to your premiums which will also impact the cost. Any premiums paid for by the company are tax deductible for the business and reimbursed claims are non-taxable to your employees in most provinces.

FCA provides employee benefits to companies ranging from one, to one hundred to thousands of employees. In general, a traditional benefit plan can be arranged for companies with two employees or more. Two employee companies can consist of the owner and another employee. As the number of people you employ increases, so will the options available for you to offer in your benefit plan.

For companies with only one employee there are specialty programs available that FCA can also arrange.

FCA simplifies the process of arranging a benefit plan. From the initial conversation, through a market study, to the implementation of a new program and the ongoing management, we are always here to assist you. Here is a brief overview of the process:

  • Initial phone call or virtual meeting to determine your companies needs and objectives
  • Gather information about your company and your employees
  • FCA develops an RFP (Request for Proposals) document to send to the insurance community
  • FCA receives proposals and presents all options back to you in a report
  • Follow up meeting to discuss your options

The above process takes approximately 14 business days to complete.

We recommend having between four and six weeks from the date you decide to move forward to the effective date of your new benefit plan. Some plans can be implemented faster but this time frame provides a seamless transition for your company, employees and the insurance company providing the benefits.

The most common paperwork required to implement your plan is as follows:

  • Master application
  • Beneficiary forms
  • Pre-authorized payment details
  • Online Employee Enrolment using FCA’s benefits management software

Yes, FCA offers all types of benefits plans ensuring your insurance program meets your current and future objectives.

These are the most common types of Employee Benefit plans offered:

  • Traditional Plan – This is a standard plan and one of the most common whereby the insurance company has most of the risk.  The company pays a monthly premium and the insurance company reimburses all eligible claims up to a specified or unlimited maximum. Each employee has the same coverage as the other.
  • ASO (Self Insured Plan) – This type of plan runs the same as the traditional plan and usually employees have the same level of benefit as well. However, the financial arrangement is different. In this scenario the company takes on some of the claim payment risk up to a specified maximum (Stop/Loss) for the frequent and somewhat predictable claims for Health and Dental.  The insurance company maintains the risk for larger catastrophic claims such as Life and AD&D Insurance, Long-term disability insurance, Critical Illness and Travel as well as large claims above the Stop/Loss referenced above.
  • Healthcare Spending Account (HCSA) – Flexible spending account whereby the company allocates a fixed amount of dollars for each employee and the employee may choose how to spend their health dollars.
  • Hybrid Benefit Plan – A combination of a traditional employee benefit plan and an HCSA.  Most spending employee claims are reimbursed through the HCSA and the insurance company pays above and beyond a deductible or Stop/Loss

FCA strives to maintain current and contemporary solutions for clients including options for HRIS for your company.

Why Choose FCA Benefits?

Ease of Doing Business

Your time is valuable, the FCA Benefits HQ onboarding platform enables easy virtual enrolment for plan administrators and employees.

Excellent insurance company relationships

We have extensive relationships within the insurance community and many third-party administrators that allow us to offer unique benefit solutions.

This is what we do, full-time, everyday

We know benefits, and we love helping companies find a plan that suits their unique industry and employee needs.

Testimonials

Todd has been a great partner in navigating difficult benefits claims, and in working with our benefits provider to resolve time sensitive questions or issues. As the HR Specialist at StoreForce, I have valued the knowledge and expertise Todd provides, as it helps me better serve StoreForce employees. Todd has travelled to our office to provide benefit plan refresher presentations, and often reaches out to check-in and ensure StoreForce is happy with the services we receive. When needed, Todd researches and provides options to StoreForce that suits the current needs of the organization. We are happy with the level of service provided by Todd and the team at FCA Insurance Brokers.

Jenna, Feb 2021

Exceptional client service from FCA. Was able to assist us with a unique issue and was always very responsive.

Lauren, Jan 2020

FCA covers us for all our business requirements, from equipment to liability, property, builds, benefits and everything in-between. ~ Yellow Bean

Nov 2019

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