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Like taxes and Michigan road construction, your employee benefits renewal is inevitable and may often be unaddressed until what feels like the last minute. This is rarely going to lead to the best possible outcome (just like all those annoying asphalt road patches aren’t the best response to the jarring…

WATCH FULL WEBCAST (passcode: Talent22!) As employers focus on strategic planning for 2023 and beyond, the need to attract and retain employees in a tough labor market is top of mind. Compensation alone doesn’t build the engagement, culture and sense of belonging that a thoughtful employee experience and a well-rounded…

It only takes a trip to the gas pump (or the grocery store) to remind us how inflation is affecting our daily lives. The latest consumer price numbers from the U.S. government show us that last month inflation rose 8.6 percent from a year ago, the highest increase since December…

Making the right enrollment decision is important – and employees only have one chance per year. What is Open Enrollment? Once a year – during open enrollment, employees can sign on to health insurance, make changes to their health insurance or stop their health insurance plan. The only other time…

WATCH FULL WEBCAST According to a recent study, more than half of all employees in the U.S. are looking to leave their jobs. With so many people potentially on the move, it’s never been more important for companies to develop effective strategies to attract and retain talented executives. Providing your leadership…

Today’s employers need to understand family forming benefits. This need grows more pressing by the day as attracting and retaining employees is more difficult than ever. Family forming benefits should be a part of a greater risk management strategy. As subject matter advisors with leading, specialized partners, Oswald Companies will…

Promoting the Health & Wellbeing of Women in the Workplace In celebration of Women’s Health & Mental Health Awareness Month, tune in to our three-part webinar series dedicated to promoting women’s health. Each session highlights current approaches and resources available for employers to assist employees and families with the management of a variety…

Oswald Companies was a featured contributor in the Crain’s Cleveland Thought Leadership Forum: Employee Benefits, May 2022. In the article titled “ICHRAs continue to serve many with individualized insurance options,” Frank Spinelli, Managing Director, UROne Benefits®, discusses how Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) can be mutually beneficial to both…

Independent School Benefits Consortium™ (ISBC) Built by Independent Schools for Independent Schools. Beating Trend and Improving Health for More than 20 years. Driven to help independent schools contain healthcare costs and enhance employee value, the ISBC gives independent schools, charter schools, and private colleges and universities control of health insurance…

In March 2020, when we were first made aware of the threat of COVID-19 and were told to stay home, most of us thought we would be there for a couple of weeks and things would be back to normal. Instead, a couple of weeks turned into a couple of…