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Ascension Will Be At The CSLN Annual Leadership Conference 2016

Ascension is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring a booth at The CSLN Annual Leadership Conference 2016, at the Dana Hotel on Mission Bay, San Diego, California, from April 14th  and 15th 

Hosts Nichole Bogue and Jeff Chenu will be discussing insurance/risk management options unique to the Independent/Supported living care community. We look forward to seeing you there!

Click here for more information on the conference and to register.

Come visit Ascension Insurance, Inc. at HR West 2016!

Ascension is pleased to announce that we have been invited to speak and will be sponsoring a booth at HR West again this year from March 7th to March 9th.

Come see Ed Bray, SVP, Compliance, and Tuan Nguyen, AVP, present The 2016 ABC’s of Employee Benefits (annually published in Employee Benefit News) on Monday,  March 7th from 1:50pm – 3:05pm where he will provide a checklist of employee benefit to-do’s for 2016!

Come see Ascension at our booth!  Stop by for a chance to win some fun prizes, including $100 gift cards, and learn how we can we meet your wants, needs and expectations in this new world of employee benefits.

In addition to our session, the conference will feature 88 sessions, and speakers from companies like Pandora, Salesforce and Twitter. Find out about best practices and proven strategies of leading companies in the West that are paving the way for HR innovation. With tracks for startups, small business and technology, plus evergreen topics like employment law, recruiting and leadership, there’s something for everyone at HR West!

Check Out the Complete Session Lineup

HR West Also Brings You:

  • Four world-renowned keynote speakers
  • Recertification credit toward your SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP and PHR/SPHR for most sessions
  • An Executive Learning Lab led by TEDx presenter, Haas/Princeton professor (senior practitioners only)
  • Innovative ways to donate unused vacation hours to the American Heart Association or a charity of your choice
  • Community reception, networking lunches, speed networking and dinner meet-ups

The Premier HR Conference on the West Coast

NCHRA Members: $979

Join NCHRA: $1,146

SHRM Affiliate Member: $1,085

SHRM Member: $1,134

Non-member: $1,174

We would love to see you and are offering a $100 special guest discount to join us at HR West!
Use PROMO CODE: Guestofspeaker

Register today

Rates expire on March 3rd, 2016.

 

Upcoming Webinar – New Solution for Technology Companies Controlling Health Care Costs through a Captive

Date: Tuesday, February 23 2016
Time: 10am PST
Who Should Attend: Forward thinking Sr HR and Financial Professionals in the Technology Industry
Duration: 60 minutes
Captive Launch Date: January 1 2017

While projections vary, the indisputable facts are that your health care costs will continue to increase, the competition for talent will intensify and you will be tasked with offering a competitive, relevant benefits package that attracts and retains talent. Consider this:

  • Almost 50% of CFOs rate the cost of benefits and attracting & retaining talent as top concerns in 2016. Click HERE for survey
  • 78% of hiring managers said finding highly-skilled tech talent will be a top hiring priority in 2016. Click HERE for survey
  • Median unemployment and starting salary for tech workers in the Bay Area is <3% and $176k, respectively compared to national averages of 7% and $107k

If you have a Total Rewards philosophy and an interest in innovative strategies, funding your benefits through the Technology Captive and sharing risk with like-minded technology leaders may be the solution for your 2017 calendar year.

Join us to learn more about the timeline, opportunities, risks and rewards of funding your benefits through a Captive.

REGISTER NOW.

Ascension releases 2016 ABCs of Employee Benefits Report

Congratulations on making it through one of the most legally and administratively challenging years in employee benefits history. But, as you know, employee benefits never sleep. Ed Bray, senior vice president of compliance with Ascension, provides the 2016 ABC’s of employee benefits – what he calls the annual “just tell me what I need to do” list.

See the list.

Free Employee Benefits Webinar on Effective Cost-Saving Strategies

First, the good news: the rate of growth for health benefit costs has slowed over the past three years! However, health costs are still increasing at double the rate of inflation. In fact, a recent employee benefits survey shows that nearly 84% of mid and large size employers will need to make substantial changes to their benefit offerings over the next three years.

On June 10th, join Beth Ercolini, Vice President and Senior Advisor at Ascension for part one of this complimentary webinar series. She’ll share market trends and solutions to manage future health care costs, including Consumer Directed Health Plans, Value Based Networks and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO).

Register now. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

WorldatWork Profiles Senior Vice President, Compliance, Ed Bray

Senior Vice President, Compliance, Ed Bray is interviewed in the June 2015 edition of WorldatWork’s Workspan magazine. The article, Face Your Fears and Be a Good Listener, begins on page 60 in “Profiles in Career Excellence” section, (scroll through the online PDf of the magazine to read the article.)

Introducing New Monthly Health & Welfare Benefit Compliance Update Webinars

With health & welfare benefit compliance not only moving a mile a minute, but twisting in many different directions, it’s hard to keep track of what you need to do and when.

To help you stay on track with the “what, when, why, who, and how,” we invite you to join our monthly compliance update webinar. Ed Bray, SVP, Compliance, will review and analyze the top health & welfare benefit compliance stories and issues for the month.

Each webinar will start at 10am PST / 1pm EST and will generally run about 30 minutes.

The webinar dates for the remainder of 2015 are:

  • May 21
  • June 18
  • July 16
  • August 20
  • September 17
  • October 15
  • November 19

Register now. Please note that if you have registered for a webinar and are unable to attend, we will email you a link of the recording.

Cure For The Anxious CFO

In this article for World at Work, Senior Vice President Ed Bray offers practical advice on information, data, and solutions that can help put a CFO’s mind at ease regarding future anticipated health-care costs. World at Work, is a nonprofit human resources association for professionals and organizations focused on compensation, benefits, work-life effectiveness and total rewards.

Read the complete article here

2015 ABC’s of Employee Benefits Webinar Now Available On Demand

A recording of The 2015 ABC’s of Employee Benefits webinar, led by Ascension Senior Vice President, Ed Bray, is now available online. Click here to view the complimentary webinar.

2015 Employee Benefits Webinar Series

Mark you calendars and save the dates for our upcoming series of webinars:

  • February 18, 2015, 2015 A,B,C’s of Employee Benefits
    (as featured annually in Employee Benefit News)
  • April 15, 2015, Private Exchanges – Look Before You Leap
  • June 10, 2015, Effective Cost Saving Strategies – Plan Types, including Consumer-Directed Health Plans, ACOs, Captives, and Value-Based Networks
  • August 12, 2015, Effective Cost Saving Strategies – Plan Design and Funding, Including Self-Funding
  • October 14, 2015, Retirement Readiness – Ways You Can Help Your Employees Prepare for Retirement

For more information, or to sign up, please email Ed Bray.