About the Company
What We Do
Michaels & Associates is a full service employee benefit
consulting and brokerage firm optimizing technology, insurance
and outsourcing expertise to meet our clients’ business
objectives. We service progressive companies with as few
as 20 employees and as many as 5000 employees. We support
our clients with customized solutions and process management
tools that address their Health and Welfare, Retirement,
Executive Benefit, Employee Communication and Benefit Outsourcing
needs.
Why We’re Special
Michaels & Associates brings order to the chaos of managing
complex employee benefit and insurance needs. We’ve
done this by bringing together top-flight people to create
processes and service models that are unmatched in our industry.
These advantages are brought to bear the following ways:
A Formal Benefit Management Process
Modern employee benefits are complex. The combination of
cost, regulation, communication and administration causes
many employers to feel overwhelmed. Our Benefit Management
Process takes the sting out of benefit management by providing
a formal framework from which both scheduled and unscheduled
components of benefit management are systematically calendared
and completed.
Experience
Our consultants have managed millions of dollars in benefit
plan expenditures and assets and have witnessed and participated
massive changes in the way benefit plans are delivered.
The depth of experience is evident in every solution and
recommendation we make, whether on behalf of a technology
start-up or a member of the Fortune 1000.
Flexibility and Resources
Michaels & Associates combines the insurance placement
services and the thrift of a broker with the enhanced services
and resources of a consultant. As a Consulting Broker we
see to it that our clients get solutions tailored to their
industry, locale, competitive market and budget. Our consultants
are not only insurance experts, they are industry specialists
who understand your business from the first meeting and
are prepared to tackle everything from stategy level issues
to “rollup your sleeves” vendor problems.
Technology
Information should work for you, rather than against you.
At Michaels & Associates, we believe technology is the
key to managing the “data overload” of employee
benefit design, implementation and management. And we don’t
just talk about technology – it’s an active
element of every aspect of our business, from software based
consulting and management tools, to employee benefit administration
systems, to web based employee self-service tools.
Total Benefit Solution
Michaels & Associates delivers a comprehensive suite
of consulting services through our health & welfare,
401(k) retirement plan, executive benefits plan and employee
communication practice groups. When our benefit outsourcing
services are added to the mix, an employer harnesses the
power of a single, deep resource, with Michaels & Associates
as the primary hub for strategic and administrative benefit
management. Because of the synergies created, we call these
combination expertise and macro-level services our “Total
Benefit Solution”.
