Plan in which individuals and organization who are concerned about potential risks will pay premiums to an insurance company, who in return, will reimburse them if there is loss. To generate a profit, the insurer will invest the premiums it receives. Examples of the different types of insurance available are automobile, home, health and worker's compensation. Whereas in most cases the insured is paid for their loss, with life insurance a beneficiary is paid when the insured person passes away.
 

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How Employee Benefit Consulting Firms Aid Non-profits In Securing Health Benefits
By Mike Owen
In order to be competitive with other businesses in securing the best employees, the volunteer sector needs to find a way to improve access to employee benefit and retirement plans. It is well known that organizations that offer employee health benefits through a group plan tend to attract and retain workers to a much greater degree than companies that do not. Unfortunately, only about half of all people working in Canadian non-profit organizations have access to employee plans such as life or disability insurance, dental plans, or supplementary medical plans. Additionally, many not-for-profit groups find securing benefits for their employees difficult due to carriers' reluctance to provide to non-profits.

There are few studies in Canada that outline the barriers the non-profit sector faces in obtaining employee health benefit plans for their workers. However, one report from HRVS (Developing Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector) interviewed a variety of stakeholders, including volunteer and not-for-profit associations, plan managers, brokers and carriers for their input regarding the issues and barriers affecting the acquisition and management of employee benefits in the volunteer and non-profit sector.

The HRVS study concluded that there is a definite need for affordable plans geared to small organizations that offer a reasonable level of benefits. Additionally, it found that the industry viewed the non-profit sector as a less than ideal market because not-for-profit organizations are viewed to be a higher risk. This is believed to be the case since many non-profits are small groups with little or no experience administrating employee health benefits and because the lower average wage paid by many not-for-profit groups means workers have less capacity to contribute to premiums. There is also the perception that not-for-profit groups are in some way less financially astute than for-profit organizations. brokers interviewed for the study felt that educating carriers about not-for-profit groups could

 

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