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<br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Nonnan S. Edelcup, M"yor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vi(~ M"yor <br />Roslyn Brczin) COJJ1mifJioner <br />Jerry Goodman, Commir.rioner <br />Geo e "Bud" Scholl, GJIJ1mir.rirlller <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5107 Fax <br /> <br />FE8 1 3 2008 <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City M,,",{~er <br />Hans Ottinot, City /II/omey <br />Jane A. Hines, City Oerk <br /> <br />CI1Y OF SUNNY ISlES BEACH <br />OFFICE OF TIfF CffY MANAGER <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />i\, John Szerlag, City Manager <br /> <br />Doug Haag, Asst. City Manager-Finance OmtJ' ~ <br />T. Acquaro, Dir. of Human Resources & Risk Management 7,<:1 <br />Yael Londono, HR/Benefits Administrator <br /> <br />2/11/08 <br /> <br />Health & Dental Insurance Renewals (Calendar Year 2008) <br /> <br />The City's health and dental insurance review team met with the City's insurance broker representatives Bob <br />Hollander and Samantha Alvarez (Brown & Brown Insurance) in mid-January to review the initial insurance <br />renewal information that they received from the City's current health insurance provider, United Health Care, <br />and the dental insurance provider, Guardian. The health/dental insurance renewal date is March 1, 2008. <br />The insurance review team members are Asst. City Manager-Finance, Doug Haag, Director of Human <br />Resources & Risk Management, Tom Acquaro, and HR/Benefits Administrator, Yael Londono. <br /> <br />As indicated on the attached report submitted by Brown & Brown, a total of twelve providers were canvassed <br />for both health and dental insurance and their input analyzed and options discussed and further analyzed with <br />the review team. Based on the renewal selection parameters provided to the team, and to Brown & Brown, <br />which were to provide the same level of benefits in both health and dental (and for health that it be a national <br />provider), a renewal increase that is under the given industry standard renewal increase, and have minimal <br />impact on employees, the review team fully concurs with the Brown & Brown recommendations. <br /> <br />These recommendations are as follows: regarding health insurance, remain with United Health Care (UHC) <br />with an 11 % rate increase (under industry standard) and retain the current HMO plan and the "pay-up" POS <br />plan and, in addition, in order to provide a more affordable Family Plan option for employees who might <br />otherwise not be able to afford the UHC Family Plan, offer the lower cost Neighborhood Health Plan (a <br />non-national, local subsidiary of UHC) as a voluntary option; <br /> <br />Regarding dental insurance, switch from Guardian to Sun Life (with an annual cost savings of about $9700 <br />over the current plan) which provides the same level of benefits and a comparable provider network as <br />Guardian and would place the City in an advantageous position next year with the ability to switch to Lincoln <br />Financial Group which will offer the same level of benefits at lower rates and has a larger provider list and <br />they will offer a two-year plan. <br /> <br />Funds are currently budgeted in the line item account 5230 within each department and no transfers are <br />required. <br />