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Simkiss & Block

An Alera Group Agency, LLC, Berwyn, PA 19312 · EIN 23-1652791

Plan year 2021

Groups

Lives under management

1,065

Direct (A)

$10,820

Additional (C)

$174,322

Over time

Change across plan years

Pick a series. Direct (A) and Additional (C) are never summed.

Series

Groups5

Book movement

Lancaster groups and lives vs 2020

Net change in this broker’s local book. Adds and drops are named employers that appeared or disappeared between plan years.

Δ Groups

+4 · +200.0% vs 2020

Δ Lives

+918 · +624.5% vs 2020

Added (5)

Melmark, Inc. · 681 lives
Alloy Surfaces · 126 lives
Yards Brewing Company, LLC · 104 lives
Restaurant Advisory Services, Inc. · 44 lives
Kensington Community Corporation For Individual Dignity · 28 lives

Dropped (1)

Warwick Family Services · 68 lives

Placement peers

Similar placement

Similar Lancaster book size and stop-loss / medical / admin mix. Descriptive only.

Emerson Rogers LLC100% mix match · 2 groups · 784 lives

Lower Schedule C $/life vs this broker

Commonwealth Financial Group79% mix match · 19 groups · 1,456 lives

Strickler Agency, Inc.78% mix match · 23 groups · 2,774 lives

Lower Schedule C $/life vs this broker

Harding-Yost Insurance Associates77% mix match · 6 groups · 577 lives

Lower Schedule C $/life vs this broker

Benefit Connections, Inc.71% mix match · 8 groups · 2,420 lives

Lower Schedule C $/life vs this broker

Think differently

Similar book size, different placement mix. Descriptive only — not a recommendation.

Meritain Health, An Aetna Company0% mix match · 6 groups · 1,734 lives

Stop-loss: Hcc Life Insurance Company (33%) vs your broker’s Everest Reinsurance Company (100%)
Medical: Meritain Health, Inc. (67%) vs your broker’s Independence Blue Cross (50%)

Delaware Valley Health Care Coalit.0% mix match · 3 groups · 2,800 lives

Stop-loss: Avalon Insurance Company (50%) vs your broker’s Everest Reinsurance Company (100%)
Medical: Capital Advantage Insurance Company (50%) vs your broker’s Independence Blue Cross (50%)

Umr, Inc.0% mix match · 2 groups · 1,044 lives

Stop-loss: Sun Life Assurance Company Of Canada (100%) vs your broker’s Everest Reinsurance Company (100%)

United Of Omaha Life Insurance Comp0% mix match · 4 groups · 1,152 lives

Medical: Capital Advantage Assurance Company (50%) vs your broker’s Independence Blue Cross (50%)

Bcf Group0% mix match · 4 groups · 898 lives

Medical: Geisinger (50%) vs your broker’s Independence Blue Cross (50%)

Coverage mix this year

Other3

Appears alongside

The Benecon Group, LLC3

Connectcare 33

Meritain Health2

United Of Omaha Life Insurance Co.1

Haynes Benefits Pc1

Capital Blue Cross1

Relationships

Groups on this book in 2021

Employer	Lives
Alloy Surfaces	126
Melmark, Inc.	681
Kensington Community Corporation For Individual Dignity	28
Restaurant Advisory Services, Inc.	44
Suburban Testing Labs, Inc.	82
Yards Brewing Company, LLC	104

Disruption in this book

Flagged groups

Alloy Surfaces
Named parties added · Named parties removed · Reported premium moved
Melmark, Inc.
Named parties added · Named parties removed · Coverage added in the last 2 years · Carriers added · Comp % outside peer band
Kensington Community Corporation For Individual Dignity
Named parties added · Named parties removed · Carriers added · Carriers removed
Suburban Testing Labs, Inc.
Broker tenure · Comp % outside peer band
Yards Brewing Company, LLC
Comp % outside peer band

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Employer

Lives

Alloy Surfaces

126

Melmark, Inc.

681

Kensington Community Corporation For Individual Dignity

Restaurant Advisory Services, Inc.

Suburban Testing Labs, Inc.

Yards Brewing Company, LLC

104