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Is a Captive Right for you?

Episode #32

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The right funding option offers protection from financial risk at the right cost to employers. For smaller groups, that might be fully funded. Large companies benefit from self-funding. But there’s an option for mid-sized groups that balances the potential savings of self-funding with the protection of full funding by pooling groups of like-minded employers. Mike Suttman, McGohan Brabender President, joins Scott McGohan to explain Captive funding arrangements. If you have between 50 and 300 employees, you’ll want to hear this.

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