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2005 Sponsors, Conference Exhibitors, Benefactors and Friends
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The Hartford is one of the nation's largest investment and insurance companies. The Hartford is a leading provider of investment products, life insurance and group and employee benefits; automobile and homeowners product and business insurance. The company is also the largest seller of individual annuities in the U.S. The Hartford is also a Founding Partner of US Paralympics, lending support to athletes as they prepare for the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. www.thehartford.com. |
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Strengthening lives. Powering business.
More than ever, people need help simplifying their lives. ARAG® can help. The company offers a full breadth of legal solutions for the employer, EAP, affinity and retail markets. Employers use legal services from ARAG to create an optimal workplace and increase employee productivity. And other organizations such as associations, financial institutions and insurance companies are turning to ARAG as an easy way to offer value-added services to their members and customers. www.araggroup.com |
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As a Business of Caring, CIGNA provides employers with benefits programs, expertise and services that improve the health, well-being and productivity of their employees. Serving millions of customers, clients and members in the US and around the globe, CIGNA's operating subsidiaries offer a full portfolio of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision care benefits; group life, accident and disability insurance; and health care coverages for expatriate employees. www.cigna.com. |
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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, NY (Guardian) is the fourth largest mutual life insurance company in the United States. With more than 5,000 employees, over 2,800 financial representatives and nearly 100 agencies nationwide, Guardian and its subsidiaries protect individuals, businesses and their employees with life, disability, health and dental insurance products, and offer 401(k), financial products and trust services. www.glic.com.
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Spectera and Dental Benefit Providers (DBP), both UnitedHealth Group companies, are operated by the same management team.
Spectera provides vision benefits to over 12 million members, with a network of over 20,000 private practice and retail chain providers nationwide.
Along with private label dental programs for commercial insurance carriers, HMOs, municipalities, and employers, DBP offers Unimerica Dental and UnitedHealthcare Dental brands. DBP offers PPO, Indemnity, Dental plus Vision, and DHMO plans, and their network has over 60,000 dentists nationwide.
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2005 Bronze Sponsors |
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Diversified Investment Advisors is a national investment advisory firm focused exclusively on retirement plans. The company's expertise covers the entire spectrum of defined benefit and defined contribution plans, including: 401(k); 403(b); profit sharing; money purchase; cash balance and Taft-Hartley plans.
Diversified's clients benefit from its core expertise: Investment Management, Plan Design, Plan Administration, and Participant Education Services.
Diversified services 1,400,000 participants, $66 billion in assets under management.
*Registered funds are offered by Diversified Investors Securities Corp. (DISC), 4 Manhattanville Road, Purchase NY 10577. DISC is the distributor of the funds and its affiliate, Diversified Investment Advisors, is the adviser to the funds. www.divinvest.com
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The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans is a leading educational organization in the employee benefits and compensation field. We provide information services including books, periodicals, online resources, listserves and we house the largest employee benefits library in North America. Over 100 educational programs are held each year, delivered both online and in-person, covering compliance topics such as HIPAA and COBRA, pensions, investments and health care. The Foundation also offers the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) program. www.ifebp.org |
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The ROC Group specializes in benefits and HR communications. Along with deep technical expertise, we bring to those topics additional strengths that range from marketing and strategic planning to website building and hosting. ROC stands for "Return on Communication" because we help our clients achieve exactly that. www.rocgroup.com |
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The Segal Company has provided a broad array of actuarial and consulting services focusing on employee benefits, including health, retirement, compliance, communications, and human resources strategies, for over 60 years. Our subsidiary, Sibson Consulting, focuses on helping companies improve their return on human capital through talent management strategies, effective organizational practices, change management and total rewards design. www.segalco.com
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American Express Retirement Services provides bundled retirement plan services to a range of companies, unions and organizations. We also provide an array of stand-alone financial education programs. The experienced financial planning resources of American Express enable delivery of a new breed of flexible financial service and education that is hard to match. www.americanexpress.com/sponsor.
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Aon's human capital consultants and outsourcing specialists work with small, medium and large organizations. We help our clients achieve better business results by finding, developing, motivating and rewarding employees in ways that fit with broader financial and business goals. www.aon.com.
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Chicago Consulting Actuaries LLC consults with complex organizations, leveraging technology to the greatest extent possible. We are a successful, fast-growing actuarial and administration firm with a reputation for innovation, creativity and quality. CCA is dedicated to taking the extra step, discovering and developing the full potential of our clients' information. We are genuinely different from other actuarial firms, and these differences infuse the way we think, the way we work, the products we develop, and the entire CCA client relationship. www.ChicagoConsultingActuaries.com |
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ComPsych is the world's largest provider of employee assistance programs and is the leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, work-life, wellness and crisis intervention services under the GuidanceResources brand. ComPsych provides services to more than 23 million individuals and 6,000 organizations throughout the U.S. and 92 countries, from the Fortune 500 to smaller organizations and government entities. ComPsych creates "Build-to-Suit" programs which help employers attract and retain employees, improving employee productivity and performance. www.compsych.com
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DATAIR offers systems for Defined Contribution, Defined Benefit and Sec.
125/Cafeteria Plans. Our modules handle administration, proposals, discrimination testing, document generation and government reporting. Additional programs help manage client relationships, organize and track office tasks and responsibilities, and calculate the tax consequences of plan distributions. www.datair.com |
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Delta Dental is the Nation's largest, most experienced dental benefits carrier. A nationwide system of dental health service Plans, Delta Dental offers employers, large and small, custom programs and reporting systems that provide employees with quality, cost effective dental benefit programs and services. Founded in 1954, Delta Dental has a network of 148,882 dentist locations serving more than 45 million Americans in nearly 76,000 groups. www.deltadental.com/
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Express Scripts, one of North America's leading pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), works with its clients to make prescription drugs more affordable and their use safer for more than 50 million people. A Fortune 500 company, Express Scripts offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated PBM, health-management and specialty pharmaceuticals-management services. www.express-scripts.com |
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Graphix Products is a commercial printer specializing in helping you communicate with your employees and customers. Products include SPD's, Pocket Folders, Newsletters, Manuals, Mailing, Enrollment Campaigns, Posters, CD's, Binders, Brochures and Advertising Specialties. Our in-house production and our knowledge of the HR business, means money savings for you.
We are a certified Woman Owned Minority Company with over 33 years of experience. We will come to your office and make communications one of your favorite tasks.
Contact Information:
Chris Tews
chris@gpimage.com
630-231-2425
Fax. 630-231-2677
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Insurance Overload Staffing Systems is the only insurance specific staffing service serving North America that offers quality insurance personnel in all lines & occupations on a temporary, temp to hire & direct hire basis. InsuranceOverload.com/800.822.2422
StaffPath, A division of Insurance Overload Staffing Systems, provides higher standards in quality clerical & administrative support to organizations with diverse staffing needs. StaffPath.com/866.384.7284
We test, thoroughly screen & conduct criminal background checks on all IOS & StaffPath candidates. www.insuranceoverload.com
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Transamerica Affinity Services, Inc. has a track record for delivering successful products targeted to the over age 65 market and distributed by many of the nation's most respected employers, municipality and union groups through agents, brokers, consultants and third party administrators. Transamerica's leading product in this market is Retiree Medical insurance. This is a product that supplements Medicare and is truly needed by Medicare beneficiaries. Hundreds of millions of dollars of retiree supplemental health are sold each year through the Transamerica Affinity program. www.transamericaaffinity.com
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UnitedHealthcare provides innovative and comprehensive consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to small and mid-sized employers and individuals nationwide. In Illinois, UnitedHealthcare offers one of the state's largest health care service networks with approximately 15,000 physicians and 89 hospitals, and serves nearly 374,000 individuals in Illinois. UnitedHealthcare is part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a Fortune 100 diversified health and well-being company based in Minneapolis, MN. www.unitedhealthcare.com |
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At VSP, we're dedicated to offering affordable, high-quality eyecare plans that put people first, support visual wellness and improve one's quality of life. As the largest provider of exceptional eyecare coverage, thousands of companies rely on VSP to provide a range of vision programs.
For nearly 50 years, we have been and continue to be the trusted advisor in eyecare wellness benefits because our belief remains: Passion for people. Vision for life. SM www.vsp.com
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Walgreens Health Initiatives provides tailored pharmacy benefit management solutions to help our clients meet their cost-containment goals:
- Integrated programs: a pharmacy network with more than 54,000 retail locations, mail service, a 90-day-at-retail program, formulary management, clinical programs, and a cost-effective specialty pharmacy program
- Technology-driven services: online access to our reporting package, claims processing system, and Internet-based query tool
- A transparency model: providing full disclosure of pricing and verification through audits
www.walgreenshealth.com
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The Worldwide Employee Benefits Network (WEB) supports and furthers the personal growth and professional development of individuals working in the diverse employee benefits disciplines. WEB members work in all aspects of benefits; health and welfare; retirement; third party administration; executive compensation; investments; accounting, legal and actuarial services; communication; and more. WEB achieves it purpose through education, networking, communication and recognition programs. Established in Washington, DC in 1982, WEB has approximately 2,000 members in 21 Chapters. www.webnetwork.org |
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Boardman Law Firm, a full-service law firm in Madison, Wisconsin, provides legal solutions that are smart, resourceful and no more complicated than they need to be. Our Employee Benefits practice is chaired by Cynthia A. Van Bogaert, a past National President of WEB. Learn more at www.boardmanlawfirm.com |
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The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute provides research-based education to help industry professionals design and manage pharmacy benefit programs. PBMI offers:
- Annual Prescription Drug Utilization Management Conference;
- National research on PBM customer satisfaction, benefit design trends, and patient satisfaction with mail-service pharmacy;
- AUTOPRO® software and consulting support; and
- Customized claims analyses and research studies. Privately held, PBMI is not affiliated with any PBM, pharmaceutical manufacturer or benefit consultant. Visit PBMI on the Web at www.pbmi.com or call 480-730-0814.
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Service Provider Solutions, LLC (SPS) assists retirement plan providers (banks, mutual fund companies, third-party administration, brokerage, and other financial services firms) increase profitability. SPS also provides plan sponsors with defined contribution vendor search expertise and compliance assistance. SPS consulting services include: Strategic Planning and Product Implementation, IRA Utilization and Asset Retention Strategies, Operations Consulting, Compliance Strategy Development, Sales and Technical Training, and 401(k) Vendor Searches. For more information call 1-412-318-0971 or email sales@onlinesps.com. |
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2005 Friends
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