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Wayne Enterprises had a problem. Business was great, but they were shorthanded and needed to hire key executives to keep their forward momentum and continue to grow. Their executive talent search was yielding promising prospects, but competition continued to steal them away with higher salary offers and rich benefit plans.

Wayne Enterprises needed to find a better way to offer current and future executives meaningful health benefit packages to retain and recruit key leaders. They weren’t sure what options were available to a unique company like itself, especially after hearing and seeing ACA and AHCA all over the news.

Wayne Enterprises had some dilemmas:

1. Not all executives worked from HQ

Although headquartered and filed as an S-Corp in Texas, Wayne Enterprises had a few existing executives working remotely from other states.

2. Executives had different base plans

To make things more complicated, Wayne Enterprises' executives had different base plans - with future hires adding to the variety.

  • 1 executive was on the group plan
  • 3 executives had spousal plans
  • 1 executive had a Medicare plan

How Wayne Enterprises Retained and Recruited Key Executives:

1. Competitive Benefits Package

BeniComp Select works perfectly with any base plan that follows the state mandate of minimum essential coverage. This means that Wayne Enterprises' executives all qualify - Group, Spousal, and Medicare plans alike – including their dependents. Policies can also be written for remote workers because BeniComp Select is approved in Texas and almost all 50 states.

Because of the way BeniComp Select was developed in 1980, it meets federal regulations and is considered an excepted, tax-exempt, supplemental, medical health policy. It's cheaper for Wayne Enterprises to offer $25,000 in health benefits when recruiting a superstar executive than to offer $25,000 more in salary.

2. No Restrictions

Wayne Enterprises soon realized that "no" was a good thing with BeniComp Select policies:

  • No waiting periods to apply
  • No age limits
  • No taxes

3. Covering Almost Everyone and Everything

Today, Wayne Enterprises has the power to offer its key employees BeniComp Select, whether one employee or all employees. The coverage also extends to qualified dependents and includes expenses such as:

  • Prescription drugs
  • Prescription designer frames
  • Corrective eye surgery
  • Adult braces and dependent orthodontia
  • Dental implants
  • Co-pays
  • Deductibles
  • and so much more!

 

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Issuing Carriers

The BeniComp Select executive medical reimbursement product is a fully insured plan underwritten by one of the following carriers, and administered by BeniComp Health Solutions.

Spanning Three Generations

In 1962, Don Short started Short Associates, Inc. in Leo, Indiana as a sales organization providing Life and Health products, and later Property and Casualty services. Doug Short and his brother joined the business with their father in 1980, and Julie and Lindsay joined in 2009 and 2013 respectively.

 

Donald L Short

Donald L. Short

Founder

 

Douglas J Short CLU CFP LUTCF RHU

Douglas J. Short

President

 

lindsay wojnarowski

Lindsay (Short) Wojnarowski

Special Projects

julie short

Julie (Short) Ramer

 

 

The Beginning

With Doug's primary focus being group medical insurance, he desired to grow the business by focusing on the administration of group medical products, so he and his father branded the health division as BeniComp, Inc. (abbreviated for "benefits" and "compensation"). In 1990, BeniComp continued its growth and became licensed to provide comprehensive Third-Party Administrative services for self-funded clients. Around 1995, BeniComp became a national third party administrator and launched a new executive medical reimbursement product called BeniComp Select. BeniComp is also the exclusive supplemental wellness and executive medical reimbursement administrator for two national insurance companies: Pan-American Life Insurance Group and Unified Life Insurance Company.

three national insurance companies

Patent-Pending Wellness Product

In the early 2000s, BeniComp moved its home office to Fort Wayne, Indiana and developed a wellness product, called BeniComp Advantage (now part of IncentiCare), to add to its administrative services. This patent-pending product has received state Department of Insurance approval for sales distribution in most of the 50 states. IncentiCare links to employers and health plans in order to encourage healthy lifestyle change among employees. IncentiCare does this by implementing monetary incentives – at the deductible or premium level – that serve as motivation for employees to take control of their lifestyle and eliminate controllable claims from their employer’s health plan altogether. Combining knowledge of one’s personal markers with experienced preventive coaching and customized resources and tools is where IncentiCare's clients see great success and ROI.

Learn more about IncentiCare

Secure, Online Wellness Portal

In the early 2010s, BeniComp ventured into the central Florida market adding a presence in Tampa. In 2013, BeniComp launched its first wellness portal allowing participants to access screening results and receive actionable health information to achieve lifestyle goals. With the launch of the portal, BeniComp has been able to interact more frequently with clients, as well as the general public, by offering healthy recipes, exercise ideas, and researched health information. 

The Future of Health Insurance

In 2014, BeniComp reached new heights as BeniComp Insurance Company. Taking decades worth of experience, BeniComp now offers TPAs a full ecosystem of innovative products, including our most powerful product ever: IncentiCare. Short for "incentives" and "healthcare", IncentiCare is a preventive insurance product that is built around the concept that "the future of health insurance is a health solution." 

Learn more about IncentiCare

National Recognition

BeniComp has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Employee Benefit News, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Medscape and other publications for its innovative approach in providing solutions. BeniComp has been awarded the Best Business Practice of the Year by SHRM in 2007. Most recently, BeniComp Advantage won the Platinum award as a Fit Friendly employer from the American Heart Association, furthering our mission of wellness.

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