Buffalo Medical Group & Lawley Benefits Group

Dear Marilyn, Gail and Deborah,

Thank you again for sharing your time with me to discuss your needs. We’re excited to have the opportunity to share our story and capabilities, and we appreciate that you are considering Lawley. Between our experience providing insurance and employee benefits to over 500 clients in the Healthcare industry – including 14 hospitals, 37 nursing home groups and 149 physician’s practices – we offer service expertise that aligns with the specific needs of the medical world.

  • Service and Compliance — Our downtown Buffalo based team will keep you up-to-date on the Affordable Care Act and other federal and state compliance requirements and more through Lawley Benefits University
  • Wellness Strategy — Customized campaigns designed to reduce your Healthcare spend
  • Financial Support — We act as a trusted advisor between you and the carriers, always serving as a fair and objective voice of reason on your behalf
  • Enrollment and Employee Engagement – One example of this is our investment in Lawley Marketplace, our private benefits exchange, which has created a significant return on investment for many clients

Also, here is a copy of our Overview Placemat that you can look over at your convenience: Pg. 1 & Pg. 2

We look forward to furthering the conversation and truly appreciate the opportunity to present Lawley Benefits Group with you.

Yours sincerely,
Owen W. Sullivan, Senior Benefits Consultant
John G. Berger, Lawley Benefits Group Partner

Wellness/Health Management

Changes to the Affordable Care Act have created new incentives for companies to offer wellness programs for their employees. Implementing or expanding HR wellness programs might be easier than you think with the Lawley Insurance employee wellness team, a group dedicated to setting up and maintaining wellness programs in companies of all sizes.

Proactive health management efforts is an opportunity to reduce the healthcare costs for your business while at the same time improving the health of employees. By effectively reducing the number of employees who are at risk of becoming chronically ill and managing the conditions of the chronically ill, the overall consumption of healthcare costs can be reduced.

Recognizing how significant this opportunity can be to you, we take a very proactive approach to helping you create an effective health management plan for your business. Our team of wellness experts will can create specialized programs that promote consistent, healthy behaviors at the workplace. From health education seminars and assistance in health fairs to the coordination of effective communications campaigns, the Lawley Benefits Group is your true health & employee wellness partner.

LBG Underwriting/Reporting & Milliman

We have an exclusive partnership with Milliman, a national and international independent third-party actuarial consulting firm that uses experience and propriety models to analyze data. This gives us the ability to provide clients with better benchmarking, renewal evaluations, IBNR calculations, and Sarbanes Oxley compliance. It is by design that we have incorporated a third-party actuarial oversight, a feature our clients and their auditor’s value more than a broker/consultant having an actuary on staff. The reasoning behind this strategy is that during the audit process clients have stated that this structure helps them to best meet their goals of an independent analysis of the facts

  • We recently surveyed the Buffalo and Rochester markets to determine an employee benefits benchmarking study. The results of this annual study were compared to the national averages. To read the results of this, Download the PDF here
  • Financing – cost evaluation, funding evaluation and validation
  • Plan Performance, trend analysis and  trend management
  • Contribution Analysis
  • Plan of benefits modeling
  • Wellness Program ROI Analysis
  • Regional, National, Industry Benchmarking (plan design, cost sharing, Milliman survey, trend)
  • Milliman Benefits Inserts
  • Milliman Benefits Brochure
Compliance

As an added value, our team created Lawley Benefits University – a centralized resource that keeps you updated and informed on the requirements under the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, and all other federal and state laws governing employee benefit compliance.

 

Owen Sullivan Senior Benefits Consultant

Owen is responsible for all aspects of relationship management and service for many of the firm’s clients. Owen has been in the benefits and insurance industry since 1982.  His strategic outlook and expertise in qualified retirement plans and medical consulting lend support to all of his clients and their individual needs.

osullivan@lawleyinsurance.com |

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John Berger inducted to the St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Alumni Association Signum Fidei Society John Berger Partner

John Berger, Jr. joined the Employee Benefits branch of Lawley as a partner in August 2009.  John has more than 21 years of experience in insurance, risk management and employee benefits consulting.

jberger@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.8612

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Mike Lawley Principal

As a Lawley Principal, Mike is responsible for overseeing sales across the organization. In addition, Mike is actively involved in writing and handling large commercial accounts. His knowledge of sales and the insurance industry provides Mike with the tools to obtain the best terms, conditions and pricing for our clients.

mlawley@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.8658

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Lisa Miller Lisa Miller Client Service Practice Leader

Lisa Miller, Employee Benefits Client Service Practice Leader, leads the Lawley customer service team supporting Buffalo area companies with their employee benefits and healthcare needs

lmiller@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.8228

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Mary Lester Client Relationship Manager

Mary’s career in the healthcare industry began in 1993.  She worked for one of Northeast’s largest third party administrators, with a focus on managing large self-insured medical and dental plans on a national level.  Mary has extensive experience managing the installation and reporting of medical, prescription and dental plans.

mlester@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.8634

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Judy Kamens Judy Kamens Compliance Specialist

Judy Kamens, a Compliance Specialist in the Employee Benefits division of Lawley, has more than 15 years of experience in all facets of Human Resources, with a focus and concentration in Employee Benefits administration and management.

jkamens@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.8256

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Nick Bozich Senior Underwriter/Team Leader

Nick began his career at Lawley in the Employee Benefits branch in December 2010. As a senior claims analyst, Nick oversees all aspects of client reporting. This includes annual reviews, claims analyses, contribution analyses, self-funded reporting and custom reports.

nbozich@lawleyinsurance.com |

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Maureen Arndt Specialty Services Team Leader

Maureen brings over 20 years of outside sales experience to ensure  both internal and external customer’s needs are met. I also managing our Compliance and Retirement areas.

marndt@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.1585

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Julie Ciura Wellness/Health Management Team Leader

jciura@lawleyinsurance.com | 716.849.1580

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About Lawley

Lawley is a dynamic independent regional firm of insurance professionals specializing in property and casualty, employee benefits, and risk management consulting. We protect assets and minimize risk to help our customers avoid financial hardship. Consistently recognized as one of the Top 100 Brokers in the U.S., Lawley strives to be the partner of choice for Customers, Insurance Carriers and Employees looking for long-term relationships built on a foundation of trust. Lawley’s set of values values establish a common set of beliefs that help us create an organization with one voice and one vision.

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