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CARRIER SPOTLIGHT
Offer your small group (2-99) clients a suite of high-quality carriers and employee benefits under one convenient program through Allied Benefit Suite (ABS). ABS combines the popular Delta Dental Small Business Program, with the choice of VSP, life and long-term disability (LTD) coverage, and a personal protection plan.
The life and LTD coverage is from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. The Alliance Personal Protection Plan includes Teledoc, Legal Club, Global Emergency Services and CyberScout Identity Resolution Services.
The program is easy. One single administrator. Delta Dental and VSP enrollment need not match. There’s a single application, a single invoice and you have the option of list enrollment. No administrative fee. Broker commissions are a flat 10% for all lines of coverage. Learn more.
With Allied Administrators’ new Producer Portal, California brokers can easily access and manage their Delta Dental Small Business Program book of business.
Features Include:
View active groups administered by Allied Administrators.
Download client list, and view and print invoices.
View and download commission statements.
View, download, and print employee information.
Manage eligibility for authorized groups.
Access benefit related materials.
To access the portal, brokers must complete a registration form with Allied for login credentials. Learn more.
Boost sales by leveraging Principal’s promotions for new and existing clients (cases under 200 lives) with effective and renewal dates now through July 1, 2020.
New Business Promotions Start-Up Dental Discount:
5% without orthodontia and 3% with orthodontia.
Extended Rate Guarantee Program:
Free 2-year rate guarantee on dental and short-term disability (STD) benefits for three lines of coverage.
Free 3-year rate guarantee on group term life and long-term disability (LTD) benfits for three lines of coverage.
Existing Business Promotion Extended Rate Guarantee Program:
Free 2-year rate guarantee when adding a coverage line to existing coverage.
Effective immediately, UnitedHealthcare has updated its small group guidelines to enforce California and Federal common law employee requirements. Going forward, similar to other carriers in the market, UnitedHealthcare will no longer accept 1099 contractors as benefit eligible.
With the passage of AB5, many workers previously categorized as independent contractors will now be considered common law employees and as such may qualify for coverage under standard U/W eligibility.
To review the best options for any of your groups with 1099 coverage, contact us at 800.696.4543 orinfo@claremontcompanies.com
IN THIS ISSUE
Carrier Spotlight:
Allied Benefit Suite ---------------------------------
Delta Dental:
Allied Administrators
Launches New
Producer Portal --------------------------------- Principal's Promotion
Programs Extended
Through July 1, 2020
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UnitedHealthcare
Small Group
Underwriting Update on
1099 Coverage
IMPORTANT DATES February 12 • SBAHU Member Lunch --------------------------------- February 13 • IEAHU Lunch & CE --------------------------------- February 17 • Claremont's Office
Will be Closed --------------------------------- February 19 • GGAHU Ethics
Seminar --------------------------------- February 20 • DCAHU Lunch & CE
• LAAHU Easing Into
2020: Online Enrollment
Tools to Help Keep and
Grow Your Business
• SDAHU Lunch Meeting
• SVAHU HRA/HSA CE --------------------------------- February 21 • SDAHU Annual
Corn Hole
Tournament and
Beer Tasting --------------------------------- February 25 • NCAHU Lunch --------------------------------- February 28 • CCAHU Annual
Crab Feed
• OCAHU Business
Development Summit --------------------------------- March 10 • IEAHU 29th Annual
Symposium
• OCAHU Lunch --------------------------------- March 11 • SBAHU Lunch & CE --------------------------------- March 13 • EBPA Employee
Benefit Summit
• VCAHU Symposium --------------------------------- March 19 • GGAHU Medicare
Marketing & Retention
Strategy
• SDAHU Lunch --------------------------------- March 25 • CAHU Women's
Leadership Summit --------------------------------- April 20 • OCAHU Take a Swing
Fore The Cure Charity
Golf Tournament --------------------------------- April 22 • LAAHU Symposium
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