Employee Benefits

This podcast will address important issues concerning fiduciary compliance and retirement plan oversight under the new regulatory regime. Kent Peterson of Securian Retirement Services shares his expertise on the 401(k) market as it relates to fiduciary responsibilities and the continued focus on compliance in light of the recent stock market performance.

Kent Peterson, Director of Investments, Securian Retirement Services
Mike Sladky, Account Executive, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.

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Since Singapore continues to be the gateway to South East Asia, it is becoming more important for multinationals to understand local employee benefits, trends and legislation. In this podcast, Lawrence Adams of Sterling Knight (Private) Limited explains the landscape of compulsory and supplemental benefit schemes for local nationals, expatriates and foreigners in Singapore.

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Insurope is a multinational pooling organization that consists of a world-wide network, in over 80 countries, of insurance companies that specialize in employee benefits insurance. This podcast explains what multinational pooling is, how it works, its financial and non-financial advantages and how your organization can establish a multinational pool.

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Featuring:
Lisa Morrow, Regional West Coast Director, Insurope

Hiring employees in world-wide locations comes with known and unknown challenges. High Street Partners is an international business services firm that provides a turn key approach to simplify local human resources, accounting management, legal and taxation requirements for global companies. This podcast is about global expansion and explains how High Street Partners can efficiently manage local requirements for your global workforce.

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Featuring:
Nicole Sahin, Director, Business Development, High Street Partners

Market turmoil over the past few years has focused more attention on stable value funds that provide preservation of capital. This podcast provides a brief description of the types of funds offered to 401k participants, the market risk and investment posture and an industry overview. Kent Peterson, Director of Investment Services for Securian Retirement, St. Paul Minnesota, gives his views on this topic.

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The SDI contribution has nearly doubled since 2007 and is forecast to remain 1.1% in 2011. Self-insuring SDI can represent savings for employees as well as the employer. This podcast provides an overview of SDI, the advantages of self-insuring, the requirements involved to do so, and why now is an excellent time to self-insure.

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Featuring:
Jack Larkin, Vice President, The Larkin Company

For more information on this and other insurance topics, please contact your Woodruff-Sawyer account representative, or call Jim McCabe at 415.402.6502.

The global economy necessitates a mobile workforce. With increased international travel, comes a new influx of risk and exposure. Health and medical, personal security and adequate access to providers are only a few of the challenges faced by employers and employees alike. This podcast discusses the Ambassador Business Travel Accident Program and Alert Package, underwritten by Chartis, a product and service providing employers with innovative travel risk solutions.

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Featuring:
Tim Regilio, Sales Representative - Accident and Health, Chartis
Joe Puzzo, Senior Vice President - Accident and Health, Chartis
Neil Mackinnon, Head of Security, Red 24

Medicare options and their initial elections can be complex and challenging to understand. Decisions on what coverage or combination of plans is right for you, what your associated financial responsibilities will be, and when and how to enroll can seem overwhelming. This three-part podcast series will provide the information you need to know to make an informed decision on your initial Medicare elections.

Part 1: The ABC's of Medicare
This podcast focuses on the basics of Medicare and its two coverage options: Part A and B, "Original Medicare", fee-for-service option; and Part C, "Medicare Advantage", managed care plan option.

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Part 2: Medigap Insurance
Medigap insurance is private insurance that supplements existing "gaps" in Original Medicare. This podcast focuses on what Medigap insurance covers, how to compare policies, and your guaranteed issue rights.

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Part 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
Prescription drug coverage is one of the most important new components of Medicare. This podcast focuses on the types of drug plans that are available, how to select the best plan for you, the annual election requirement, and how to enroll in a plan.

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Featuring:
Esther Koch, Founder and President of Encore Management
Esther is also a Medicare Aging Network Partner with the Administration on Aging and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging.

In a challenging economic environment, organizations reexamine their operational processes, business strategy and the resulting impact on their workforce. Often, the need to maintain profitability and stability results in a reduction in force. This four part podcast series examines Human Capital Strategy and how to successfully implement the three key phases of a RIF: Reassessment, Retrenchment and Reengagement.

Part 1: Human Capital Strategy
Human Capital Strategy is the connection between employees to the overall business strategy of an organization. When contemplating a reduction in force, employers must make strategic changes to reduce human capital expenses. This podcast will discuss best practices when establishing a new human capital strategy, including identifying operational inefficiencies, key talent versus key positions and the evolving company priorities affecting employees.

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Part 2: Reassessment
The reassessment stage of talent management focuses on evaluating your current and future business model and the workforce needed to achieve the business priorities. This podcast will address the importance of identifying and defining the pivotal roles and the highest performers with the potential to close the gap between your current workforce capabilities and your future workforce capabilities.

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Part 3: Retrenchment
Due to the organizational changes and emotional charged nature of a RIF, it is essential that all companies have a clear and detailed action plan for implementation. This podcast will discuss issues of critical importance including communications with employees, legal and compliance issues, compensation packages and the treatment of both employees being layed off and those remaining.

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Part 4: Reengagement
After a RIF, employee morale is low and employees are concerned as to the future of their jobs and the company in general. This podcast will discuss the role of management in effectively managing business operations and the needs of existing employees to ensure they have the tools and resources needed to balance their workload and remain motivated and productive.

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Featuring:
Jennifer Green, Green Global Resources
Pi Wen Looi, Novacrea Research Consulting
Jill Springer, HR Executive, Advisor & Consultant
Jenn Walsh, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.

Now more than ever it is important for employers to find creative solutions to improving their financial security. This podcast focuses on Consumer Directed Healthcare Plans and whether adjusting and realigning your benefits programs may be a vehicle to significant long-term savings.

John Young, Vice President - Consumerism, CIGNA Healthcare
Jenn Walsh, Employee Benefits Practice Leader, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.

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*Please note that the information contained in this podcast is relevant to a variety of benefits programs and is not limited to clients of CIGNA Healthcare.