A trusted employee benefits leader in the governmental and educational space

From small cities and big municipalities to school districts and support services, we're the smart choice as a benefits provider for public sector organizations. Our suite of voluntary benefits complements traditional benefits and helps you compete with the private sector to retain top employees — all without impacting your budget.

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Public sector expertise

In 1955, our first payroll deduction account was a state highway patrol, and they are still a customer today. Since then, we’ve come to serve more than 10,000 public sector accounts and 500,000 public sector employees.

As an expert in the public sector, we also understand the unique challenges you and your employees face. We offer tailored, competitive benefits and enrollment solutions that don't break the bank.

We're trusted by:

More than 40 state governments
More than 3,000 educational entities
More than 5,000 local governments

Public sector enrollment guide

Public sector employers are facing unique challenges. Providing benefits while serving communities during COVID-19 requires modern solutions. Our guide shows you how simple virtual enrollment can be.

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Create better connections

Gain new insights and perspectives through our long-standing relationships with these organizations

National League of Cities (NLC)

The NLC’s 49 state municipal leagues help the leaders of more than 19,000 cities, villages and towns build stronger communities. We were invited by NLC leadership to be a corporate partner and share ideas that can help strengthen local government and encourage economic competitiveness.

National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO)

The NBC-LEO, a constituency group of the NLC, works to ensure that NLC policy and program recommendations reflect African-American concerns. We help them tap into research and other resources to better leverage employee benefits in pursuit of their goals.

Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO)

HELO, a constituency group of the NLC, provides the NLC board guidance on major public policy issues affecting the Hispanic and Latino communities. We supply them with insights and data to enhance their effectiveness.

Women in Municipal Government (WIMG)

WIMG, a constituency group of the NLC, works to raise awareness about issues of concern to women and encourage women to seek public office. We support their work by providing information and strategies that help advance their efforts.

International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)

The IPMA-HR represents the interests of more than 5,000 human resource professionals at the federal, state and local levels. We received their preferred provider designation for voluntary benefit solutions.

GOVERNING

GOVERNING provides state and local leaders with nonpartisan information, insights and intelligence to help them work effectively. We partner with them to develop and deliver research and educational opportunities that help these leaders contain costs while managing the quality of employee benefits.

Sourcewell

Sourcewell facilitates the competitive bidding process on behalf of its 50,000 member organizations. We earned a contract for voluntary benefits that Sourcewell members can leverage to fulfill their bidding requirements, provided all statutory requirements and obligations are satisfied.

The School Superintendents Association (AASA)

The AASA represents more than 13,000 education leaders internationally, helping shape policy and advance the goals of public education. We assist them by providing strategies and insights for more effectively recruiting, retaining and rewarding educators and administrators.

State and Local Government Benefits Association (SALGBA)

The SALGBA provides municipal, county, school and state government professionals with continuing education and accreditation in public sector benefits. We support their mission by developing educational materials and through conference support.

Employee benefits and cost management solutions

Benefits communication — We're committed to helping employees make the most of their benefits by providing engaging communication and education.

Benefits communication and education is at the core of employees' understanding and appreciation of the benefits you provide to them. We offer multiple enrollment methods for you and your employees' convenience, at no additional cost:

Custom communication such as emails, digital postcards, custom websites and digital benefit booklets
Virtual capabilities like co-browsing and video chat to conveniently share benefits options online
1-to-1 benefits counseling sessions for employees to receive tailored guidance and education
Online self-service enrollment that can be done on their own time

Cost management — Our suite of proven cost-management solutions can help you stick to your budget.

Whether it's through leveraging tax savings, reducing enrollment costs, improving employee participation in wellness programs or reviewing eligible dependents, our suite of proven cost-management services can help you work with your budget:

Aid employee cost-sharing – It really is possible to lower health plan costs by increasing plan variables such as deductibles and co-pays – and still ensure employees have quality coverage. Our full portfolio of employee-paid voluntary benefits can help offset the out-of-pocket expenses your employees may incur.
Boost tax savings – Through our benefits communication and education practices, we can help employees better understand the benefits of a Section 125 plan, which increases plan participation and provides greater tax savings for the employer.
Decrease enrollment expenses – You can reduce the costs associated with employee benefits enrollment, such as materials, manpower and even IT expenses, by taking advantage of our end-to-end enrollment services, delivered on an innovative electronic platform.
Promote employee wellness – By educating employees about their available wellness plan, we can help increase awareness and participation, which will yield a fuller return on your investment.
Confirm eligible dependents – Identify and remove ineligible employee dependents from your benefits plan to uncover significant savings. Our dependent review services can help verify who qualifies for your health care plan.

Trusted government partner — We've earned the trust of the public sector, as well as the organizations that serve their best interests.

Administrative time savings — Our end-to-end enrollment services help take the hassle out of benefits administration.

Our enrollment services simplify your benefits administration, so everything is as easy and efficient as possible:

Full-service, core and voluntary enrollment services – Through our 1-to-1 meetings with your employees, we can communicate all of your benefit offerings, from benefit plans, plan design changes and wellness programs. We can also enroll employees in their elections quickly and efficiently through our electronic enrollment system.
Time-saving updates – Save your HR staff valuable time through our customized electronic data return file, which outlines employees’ payroll deductions, provides updates to employees’ contact information and can easily integrate into your administrative system.
Suite of online administrative services – These services, exclusively for our plan administrators, are designed to help make billing and other administrative tasks quick and easy. They also include access to HRAnswersNow®, a human resource website that provides daily news, tips and research tools.
Service as personal as it is professional – We’re proud to provide our customers with the speed and convenience of technology, but we never underestimate the need for professional, personal service. That’s why we have experienced specialists available by email and phone to assist you and your employees.

Cooperative purchasing — Leverage our Sourcewell contract to fulfill your bid requirements.

More commonly used when purchasing tangible items such as tractors, computers and office supplies, cooperative purchasing allows public entities to legally purchase through a single contract without duplicating the competitive bidding process. By leveraging our Sourcewell contract, you can:

Avoid duplicating the bidding and contract process
Avoid the unpleasant experience of low bid, low quality responses
Avoid time-consuming and invalid vendor protests

Sourcewell awarded us a contract as part of a competitive RFP process. We earned that contract not only because of the quality, convenience and affordability of our products and services, but also because we have more than 60 years of experience working with public sector employees like yours.

Visit the Sourcewell website to learn more.