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The Future of Integrated Benefits. Thomas Parry, Ph.D. President Integrated Benefits Institute. Today’s Discussion. How is the IB marketplace changing? Are employers and producers on the same page?. Integrated Benefits Institute. National Not-for-profit 165 members
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The Future of Integrated Benefits Thomas Parry, Ph.D. President Integrated Benefits Institute
Today’s Discussion • How is the IB marketplace changing? • Are employers and producers on the same page?
Integrated Benefits Institute • National • Not-for-profit • 165 members • 70% employers
IBI’s Board of Directors Aon Risk Services Bell Atlantic CIGNA General Re Hartford Ins. Hewlett-Packard MetLife Royal & SunAlliance Sedgwick CMS Shaw’s Supermarkets Towers Perrin ValueOptions Wells Fargo Bank
Data-Driven • Surveys: ERs & Producers • Research • Health Plans — Disability Outcomes • Physician Incentives/Disincentives • Direct/Indirect costs of absence • Employer best practices • Benchmarking
Focal Point • Annual meeting • Regional seminars • Member symposia • Web page/publications
Marketplace Growth • 96 products/service providers • 27 new entrants since 1999 • 17 program withdrawals • Consulting/data services
IB Surveys • 800 Employers • All sizes & industries • 700 Producers • Independent agents, national and regional brokers, consultants • Risk and benefits specialists
Comparative Results • Level of interest • Integration demand • Advantages sought • Impediments expected • Future needs
What’s Important to Employers • Overall cost savings — 89% • Productivity — 87% • Employee health & safety — 82% • Price/value — 79% • Administrative simplification — 78% • Integrated data — 78%
Employer Obstacles • Products • Employee satisfaction • Hesitancy • Leadership • Capital • Data
Producer Obstacles • Turf • Employer understanding • Capital • Product • Hesitancy • Legal
Employer Needs • Information • Savings • Price • Data • Products
Producer Needs • Information • Products • Savings • Assistance • Presentations
The Connections — and the Disconnects • Common optimism & interest level – Common understanding • Bad “fit” in desired programs? • Productivity vs. turf - or - process vs. product? • Price vs. program