Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Human Resources Director
Lisa Okada, Deputy Director, Human Resources
Subject: Agreement with Alliant Insurance Services for Voluntary Benefit Product Brokerage
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Accepting the recommendation to continue using AlliantCHOICE Plus as the platform from which the County can offer voluntary benefits to its employees; and
B) Authorizing the Human Resources Director or the Director's designee to negotiate and execute a service agreement with Alliant Insurance Services, Inc for up to a five-year period; and
C) Authorizing the Human Resources Director or the Director's designee to negotiate and execute voluntary benefit policies with providers.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo offers a competitive employee benefits program as part of its efforts to attract and retain talented employees who will best serve County residents. The program includes a number of "core" benefits - the most common benefits to which both the County and the employees make contributions. Core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance and the employee assistance program.
A recruitment and retention strategy for enhancing the attractiveness of the benefits program at no cost to the County is to offer a suite of voluntary benefits. Voluntary benefits are employee-paid benefits that supplement the core benefits to minimize financial risk in other parts of employees' lives. The County launched Voluntary Benefits in 2019 after Board Approval on September 4, 2018, using Alliant Insurance Services as the broker via the AlliantCHOICE Plus platform, which offers access to many leading benefit providers. Alliant's brokerage fees are included as part of the cost of the employee-paid voluntary benefits products and require no financial payments by the County. The voluntary benefit products ...
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