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2025 Benefits Trends - We are at a Tipping Point

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Brenden Ritter & Rob Vogelei, Lockton 

This Luncheon topic will focus on the following areas:

Workforce Priorities: Understand the latest workforce priorities and how they impact benefits offerings, including shifts in employee expectations and preferences.

Emerging Cost Pressures: Explore the new cost pressures affecting benefits programs, from inflationary impacts to healthcare costs, and how they affect overall benefits strategy.

Fiduciary Governance: Gain insights into fiduciary responsibilities and best practices for ensuring compliance and protecting both the organization and employees in benefit plan management.

Post-65 Considerations: Dive into considerations for employees transitioning to post-65 benefits.

Cost Containment Strategies: Examine effective cost containment strategies for benefits programs that go beyond plan design changes.

Weighing the Value of Cost-Savings vs. Disruption: Learn how to balance cost savings with the potential disruption to employees, ensuring decisions align with organizational goals and employee needs.

Wellness Strategies: Examination of wellness programs and discuss the difference between enhancing company culture or truly driving cost savings. Learn how to align wellness initiatives with both employee engagement and cost-containment goals.

Brenden is responsible for connecting with various organizations, helping educate employers on Lockton, and determining how or if we can help them. He works with Lockton’s service teams to help create and execute clients’ long-term strategies for their insurance, employee benefits, total rewards and risk management programs.  Brenden lives in Grand Rapids, is married, and recently adopted a rescue dog.  He enjoys fitness, snowboarding, and socializing with friends and family.

In partnership with his clients, Rob delivers strategic benefit plans and commercial risk solutions that align with their corporate culture.  He takes extraordinary pride in his ability to understand the challenges that every company faces.  This enables him to collaborate with his clients to develop insurance programs that advance their organizational goals.  Rob began his career in operations with a major healthcare provider and has over 20 years of experience in the field, developing his knowledge from the ground up.

***Please be aware that any in-person registration received after Thursday, June 5th will be subject to an additional $10 late fee.***

***The virtual version of this meeting will go live no later than 11:45am.***

Networking: 11:20am-11:30am

Lunch: 11:30am-12pm

Program: 12pm-1pm

Closing: 1pm-1:15pm