Last week, we reported on a number of changes to our Strategic Solution Alliance roster. There is one correction to that list – Empower Retirement will not be continuing as a Strategic Alliance this year.

Our alliance with Empower Retirement, Creative Planning, HCC, AmWINS, and MPIRICA is ending.

In the international benefits space, we have three Alliances available as alternatives to HCC: Churchills Consulting (also a UBA Partner Firm), GeoBlue, and ITG Worldwide.

AmWINS was the Alliance powering the HealthAdvantage Quoting Platform and the Senior Benefit Passport private exchange platform. While we don't yet have a solution in place to replace the private exchange, please consider our other self-funding solutions: Allied Benefit Systems, Confidio, Cypress Benefit Administrators, Payer Compass, the UBA Stop Loss Coalition, and UMR.

Both of our alliances in the retirement planning space are no longer active – Creative Planning and Empower Retirement.

As an alternative to MPIRICA, we have a wide variety of Alliances providing cost containment solutions.

UBA is always looking for best-in-class solutions for our Partners and their clients. Please contact the Products, Tools, and Services Committee members if you have any recommendations.

Questions? Please contact Brian Leighton at bleighton@ubabenfits.com.