Tuesday September 15th, 2009

TIME: 12:00 pm - 1:30pm
WHERE: Mcinnis Park 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael, CA 94901
PHONE: (415) 491-5959
TOPIC: Benchmarking Benefits with Chris Reiter VP, Woodruff Sawyer
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Lunch Choices:  Caesar Salad topped with petite NY Steak or without Steak

As a Marin County employer, health & welfare benefits are an important part of your culture and overall employee compensation package. But in today’s challenging economic times, reliable and objective information comparing the scope and cost of your plan offerings against those of your industry peers becomes even more critical.

Please join us for the September Marin HR Forum luncheon where industry leaders Woodruff Sawyer and Milliman will present the results of their 7th Annual Health and Welfare Benchmarking Survey. Learn how your health plan benefits, premiums and fees stack up against other Marin, Bay Area and National employers.

Participants include: Autodesk, Brayton Purcell, Ghilloti Bros., Guide Dogs for the Blind, Hanson Bridgett, Marin Community Clinic, Moana Corporation, Purple Communications, Republic ITS and others.

Areas of Discussion

~ Cost of health & welfare plans, flexible benefits, retirement plans, paid-time-off and funding strategies
~ Contribution trends and standards

~ The measures being used to combat current and future medical inflation costs
~ Plan design prevalence
~ Top cost control strategies and alternate plan designs

Featured Speaker:

Chris Reiter, Vice President, Woodruff Sawyer

Woodruff-Sawyer is one of the largest independent insurance brokerage firms in the nation. Headquartered in San Francisco with a Marin office in Novato, we have been partnering with clients to implement and manage cost-effective and innovative insurance, employee benefits and risk management solutions for over 90 years. Woodruff Sawyer maintains an exclusive brokerage relationship with Milliman in Northern California.

Milliman is among the world’s largest independent actuarial and consulting firms. The employee benefits practice provides advisory services to over 90% of U.S. health insurers and produces the Milliman Medical Index, a comprehensive analysis of historical claims data and utilization trends for over 3M participants. Employers rely on Milliman to help validate and better control employee benefits’ costs.

Please RSVP by noon on Friday, September 11th

Refer a new member and get a free lunch!