Marketplace name: Springboard Marketplace
CEO or Practice Leader: Don Garlitz – Executive Director of Exchange Solutions
Main Location / Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded / Launched: February 2014
Website: Please click here
Membership/number of lives currently on platform: TBD
Segment size preference (“target business size”):
- bswift will work with any size clients to design a customized exchange. bswift has “channel partners” that adopt their technology and typically private label it and bring their clients onto the bswift platform. This marketplace usually serves under 1,000.
- bswift’s own marketplace, Springboard Marketplace, is open to employers with as few as 50 full-time workers, however, bswift’s marketing campaign for the exchange is focused primarily on employers with at least 1,000 employees.
States of operation (if available): National
Are employers required to use a defined contribution: No; defined contribution or defined benefit
Carriers Offered:
- A wide variety of health plan options – both insured and self-insured – from numerous carriers across the country
- Ancillary and voluntary benefits, including dental, vision, life, disability, accident insurance and more from leading carriers Assurant Employee Benefits, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, MetLife, and Unum
Decision Support: Decision support tools of bswift include an interactive benefits advisor or avatar, ‘Ask Emma,’ that walks the consumer through the enrollment process. Ask Emma gets to know the personal needs and preferences of the employee and helps the his or her identify which plans participate with specific providers. Using these answers, Ask Emma presents the plans that best fit the specific needs of the employee and guides the employee through finding the plan that best fits the employee’s expected utilization pattern.
How does exchange get compensated: TBD
Standard or Custom Product Configuration: TBD
Do they Utilize Other Technology Company Solutions:
Single-carrier or Multi-carrier: Both
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