Make managing human resources more efficient - and your job easier. Learn how EBS is taking benefits into the future while still offering the person-to-person attention you depend on.
Learn moreCorporations both large and small invest millions of dollars around their employee benefits programs each year. At EBS, we feel it is our responsibility to help educate, bring awareness to, and ensure that your employees have a clear understanding of all that is offered to them. We communicate this by using several outstanding methods that make it easier than ever to understand - and work with - everything offered.
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Your company is privy to an exceptional team of talented individuals when you work with EBS. Your success is determined by the ability of each individual to work together in harmony in order to achieve your desired result.
Our passion for this business leads us to explore solutions that deliver results ahead of the typical market trends. Let us help propel your organization to be "best of breed" as well.
Your team includes:
Client Advisor: Get practical solutions that help you manage your menu of benefits, keep apprised of emerging benefits trends that keep you competitive, and safeguard your liability when it comes to compliance.
Benefits Coordinator: This is the team member who works behind the scenes on the day-to-day needs of your business - from quote requests or bids on health plans to spreadsheet preparation, proposal creation, faxing and filing.
Client Care Specialist: Works to addresses all employee health benefits issues; for example, enrollment, termination, and claim issues. Also process enrollments, act as a liaison to insurance carriers and answers questions relating to pertinent federal and state legislation.
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Each year, organizations like yours face the daunting task of maintaining their current level of benefits while staying within budget.
Most broker/consultants will go to market on behalf of their clients and present solutions that simply increase out of pocket costs for employees. But these "solutions" never really solve the underlying reasons their carrier is increasing costs.
Our strategy is different. It's measured. It's clear. And it bends the cost curve so our clients can recruit top talent and retain their current employees.
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At EBS, we surround ourselves with partners that afford our clients with the highest levels of service, innovation, and resources. We take the time to develop trusting relationships that mean the most for our team and ultimately, for you, our client.
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Does your broker-dealer deliver the answers and tools that make managing your employee benefits program more effective and efficient?
Here are a few questions that can help you make an accurate assessment...
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Because EBS has invested in re-directing the employee benefits process and re-educating our clients and staff, other brokers have noticed. As a result, many have asked us to partner with them in managing their own corporate clients.
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The world of employee benefits can be a treacherous path to navigate without the right partner. Recent regulation has made it even more difficult for businesses to remain in compliance.
Don't be left in the dark when it comes to understanding your employer responsibilities. With the increased scope of regulation, we feel auditing performed by the Department of Labor will cover all group sizes with greater intensity.
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Corporations both large and small invest millions of dollars around their employee benefits programs each year. At EBS, we feel it is our responsibility to help educate, bring awareness to, and ensure that your employees have a clear understanding of all that is offered to them. We communicate this by using several outstanding methods that make it easier than ever to understand - and work with - everything offered.
Read MoreYour company is privy to an exceptional team of talented individuals when you work with EBS. Your success is determined by the ability of each individual to work together in harmony in order to achieve your desired result.
Our passion for this business leads us to explore solutions that deliver results ahead of the typical market trends. Let us help propel your organization to be "best of breed" as well.
Your team includes:
Client Advisor: Get practical solutions that help you manage your menu of benefits, keep apprised of emerging benefits trends that keep you competitive, and safeguard your liability when it comes to compliance.
Benefits Coordinator: This is the team member who works behind the scenes on the day-to-day needs of your business - from quote requests or bids on health plans to spreadsheet preparation, proposal creation, faxing and filing.
Client Care Specialist: Works to addresses all employee health benefits issues; for example, enrollment, termination, and claim issues. Also process enrollments, act as a liaison to insurance carriers and answers questions relating to pertinent federal and state legislation.
Read MoreEach year, organizations like yours face the daunting task of maintaining their current level of benefits while staying within budget.
Most broker/consultants will go to market on behalf of their clients and present solutions that simply increase out of pocket costs for employees. But these "solutions" never really solve the underlying reasons their carrier is increasing costs.
Our strategy is different. It's measured. It's clear. And it bends the cost curve so our clients can recruit top talent and retain their current employees.
Read MoreAt EBS, we surround ourselves with partners that afford our clients with the highest levels of service, innovation, and resources. We take the time to develop trusting relationships that mean the most for our team and ultimately, for you, our client.
Read MoreDoes your broker-dealer deliver the answers and tools that make managing your employee benefits program more effective and efficient?
Here are a few questions that can help you make an accurate assessment...
Read MoreBecause EBS has invested in re-directing the employee benefits process and re-educating our clients and staff, other brokers have noticed. As a result, many have asked us to partner with them in managing their own corporate clients.
Read MoreThe world of employee benefits can be a treacherous path to navigate without the right partner. Recent regulation has made it even more difficult for businesses to remain in compliance.
Don't be left in the dark when it comes to understanding your employer responsibilities. With the increased scope of regulation, we feel auditing performed by the Department of Labor will cover all group sizes with greater intensity.
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Early Years: A Mid-Atlantic Girl
Born in Arlington, Sarah's family moved to Laurel before settling in Shrewsbury, PA when she was 10. Except for a brief stint in Cockeysville from 2009-2012, "I've lived in PA ever since. I had not even flown on a plane until my honeymoon to Orlando!" Since then, she's traveled to Florida, Maine, Nevada and Mexico. Although a clarinet, soccer, gymnastics and color guard member in high school, she happily prefers books and numbers. "My youth was spent studying." No wonder she graduated with a 4.2 GPA (4 out of 250 in her class!). Sarah earned her BS in Economics from Penn State.
What we know about Sarah: Being smart has its benefits
After ten years helping her clients get the most out of their benefits - two with Crawford Advisors and eight years with The Warner Companies - EBS swooped Sarah up. "I have a passion for manipulating numbers and data to create solutions for our clients," she admits. She's also addicted to Red Bull (a great start to any morning)! But the great love of her life is daughter, Zoe (7 months at the time of this writing). There is simply not enough storage in her cell phone to store the photos!
Sarah earned her Group Benefits Associate (GBA) designation and is presently studying for her Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) certificate.
Pizza Queen. My husband and I ate so much pizza in 2011 that Papa John's sent us a free copy of Madden NFL 12 for the PS3.
Her Life is Magical. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. My house is Slytherin and my Patronus is a King COBRA.
Film Geek. Huge cinephiles, my husband and I recite quotes from our favorite movies to each other.
No Achy Breaky . . . Anything! I've never broken a bone and I still have all four of my wisdom teeth.
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Early Years: Under the Sea
Deirdre was born and raised in the Baltimore suburbs. As a bit of a science nerd, she loved attending marine biology summer camps, and she volunteered at the National Aquarium in Baltimore throughout high school. She later got her scuba diving certification with her dad when she was 12 years old. After college, Deirdre worked as a dolphin trainer for 10 years at the National Aquarium and in the Florida Keys.
What we know about Deirdre: Running through Dream Jobs
Though she hadn't been an athlete growing up, Deirdre started running after college to get in better shape. A few marathons later, Deirdre became a running coach - which brought her to her second career: managing operations for Charm City Run, a local running and race management company. In 2015, Deirdre became a mom, and her son led her to search for a job with more consistent hours, and now we're glad to have her with us at EBS!
Caring for Animals: I went abroad multiple times in college to study animals: monkeys for a semester in a Brazilian rain forest, whale sharks for a summer on a boat in Baja and a species of schooling fish for a month in Papua New Guinea.
World Traveler: I've traveled five of the seven continents - so far.
Time to hit the trails! My son and I both love being outdoors, and you can usually find us hiking nearby trails on the weekends.
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Early Years: Crabsolutely clawsome.
Lucia was born in Hong Kong as the youngest of six. With four sisters and a brother, they were a close-knit family. So much so, Lucia's older sister and her future husband took the three younger sisters on some of their dates, embarking on many fun adventures together. Lucia's family also loves to vacation and eat crabs. When they get started eating crabs, the meal could literally take half a day!
What we know about Lucia:
A cultural connoisseur.
While attending school at University of Maryland College Park, Lucia studied speech communication and business. Since graduating, she's furthered her career while traveling the globe to places like Sweden, Italy and Suriname, and she's hoping to visit Taiwan and Australia. Lucia enjoys discovering other cultures, trying new restaurants, and cooking different cuisines at home. She says our fun vibe and culture brought her to EBS, and we're glad it did.
Code Switching: I speak Chinese, both Cantonese and Mandarin dialects.
Four Peas in a Pod: I have four sons. During one of my pregnancies, I didn't know I was carrying twins until I had an ultrasound at 20 weeks. I only gained seven pounds, and the twins were five-and-a-half pounds each!
Better Than Music! I have recorded a few podcasts and YouTube videos.
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Early Years: One big, travel-happy family
Both of Taylor's parents attended Fredonia State, and they met when her dad decided to "love tap" her mom with his car. They went on to have four girls - even though Taylor's dad is the youngest of four boys, Taylor is the oldest, and one of her younger, twin sisters has Down Syndrome. Living in Rochester, New York, their family likes to spend their summers on Canandaigua Lake, and Taylor frequently traveled for weekend lacrosse tournaments. Many tournaments brought her to Maryland, and we're lucky they did! She now lives in Baltimore City with her quarantine puppy, Whiskey.
What we know about Taylor: Just one more scoop
Taylor worked for five years at an ice cream parlor, making her practically a professional ice cream scooper. She then channeled her entrepreneurial spirit into a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Towson University, and she took a marketing class on "Marketing in the Shadows of Bordeaux Vineyards" while studying abroad. As our marketing coordinator at EBS, we appreciate Taylor's well-traveled, marketing background, but most of all we love her ice cream scooping experience!
Quarantined before it was cool: I was quarantined way before 2020. When I was two years old, I was quarantined for 10 days with an unknown rash. It was later diagnosed as Kawasaki disease.
Let's see those pearly whites! I won best smile in junior and senior high school.
Christmas in November: My due date was supposed to be Christmas Day. I celebrate Christmas for as long as possible every year and start blaring Christmas music on the first day of November!
More Team MembersAs employee benefits brokers, our core competency is to provide you access to medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance products. We help you navigate employee benefits through automated technologies that streamline and automate the process, such as integrated payroll, enrollment platforms, benefits administration, and Human Resource Information Systems. We keep you out of the penalty zone by advising you and providing solutions to meet your ERISA and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements, including reporting and distributing notices. We protect your bottom line by providing financially-focused and strategic planning, cost containment strategies, and risk management. We back all of this up with incredible customer service that is with you every step of the way. We are Employee Benefit Services. We are easier, better, smarter.
