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Today, President Obama signs the 21st Century Cures Act into law and in doing so legalizes “qualified small employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements” (QSEHRAs). This provision, tacked on at the end of the law, is by no means the most important piece of this legislation.

There’s not an employer in the country that’s not looking for ways to reduce their benefits costs. I hear from more and more employers who are frustrated with the skyrocketing cost of providing fully-insured plans. If you’re like most brokers, you’re looking for new ideas and solutions more than ever before.

Do you ever feel like you “literally just can’t even” as you’re trying to figure out what employee benefits Millennials love? (if you don’t know what this means, click the link above to learn more)

This is such a simple idea that I don’t want to clutter it up with a lot of words. So here are just a few quick points that should help you apply it to your business:

I've had the privilege to co-teach a class for Employee Benefits Consultants called “Marketing Your Agency in a World Gone Crazy” with Wendy Keneipp from Q4intelligence.

As we all wake up to this strange new post-election world, two things seem certain:

1. Very few, if any, of us saw this coming.

Have you ever missed an opportunity and kicked yourself for not seeing it or doing it? There’s “seeing” an opportunity and then there’s “doing” something about it. Further, there’s “doing” it right. Just because you’re aware of an opportunity, doesn’t mean you actually took action - and just because you took action, doesn’t mean it was the right action.

Last week was our company’s anniversary. 7 years ago I woke up, opened my computer, took out my phone and started calling brokers to tell our story of how we could help Americans save on their healthcare.