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MERCER MARSH BENEFITS

Employee Health & Benefits

Helping employers navigate the complex world of people risks, cost management, and employee benefits

Born out of the unification of the world’s best human resources consultancy, the global leader in people risk advisory, and the number one disruptive benefits technology firm, Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) is a unique employee benefit business that can help you maximize the value of your employee health and benefits. We have shaped some of the world’s most loved employee health and benefits experiences for small companies, growing enterprises, and global firms.

MMB is 7,000 colleagues strong, on the ground in 73 countries, and services clients in more than 150 countries. We bring local expertise to more places and work side-by-side with our clients, and our Mercer and Marsh colleagues, around the world.

With a proactive approach to client relationships, our team of professionals is committed to taking the time and energy to understand your business, respond to your requests, and provide you with the insights and information you need to make effective decisions.

Helping you overcome your greatest challenges

Managing people risk

The past year left many companies exposed and vulnerable around their people risks. Do your HR, risk managers, and business leaders understand your new exposures and know how to evaluate and manage them?

Managing cost

68% of insurers expect claims costs to increase, with medical costs likely to outstrip the rate of inflation. Do you know the true cost of your employee health and benefits program? What was the premium increase at your last renewal? Source: MMB’s Health Trends 2021

Building workforce well-being and resilience

79% of businesses agree that health and safety risks pose a serious threat. Poor physical or mental well-being can lead to high employee turnover, reduced productivity, and damaged reputation. How are you equipping your managers and HR professionals to handle employee health and well-being issues? Source: MMB’s The Five Pillars of People Risk 2021

Simplifying HR administration

Poor benefits administration can have substantial implications for the business. Do you have the right processes and controls in place to simplify their administration and ensure costly mistakes don’t happen?

Attracting, engaging, and retaining talent

74% of firms say that talent practices risks are a serious threat to the business, with attraction, retention, and engagement the top concern. How confident are you that your benefit plans provide employees with the support they need? Source: MMB’s The Five Pillars of People Risk 2021

Accelerating digital health

Just 33% of employees rate their experience with employer-provided software as ‘great’, with the majority (48%) rating it ‘average’ at best. Do you know how your employees feel about their own digital health experience? Are you modernizing your health program? Source: MMB’s Health on Demand 2021

$16bn

in global premium volumes placed annually

>90%

business retention

>500,000

risk placement transactions completed annually

With a proactive approach to client relationships, our team of professionals are committed to taking the time and energy to understand your business, respond to your requests, and provide you with the insights and information you need to make effective decisions.

INSIGHT

As the single-largest health crisis of our time, the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced how employer-sponsored health, risk protection, and well-being plans are central pillars of the employee value proposition. The pandemic has created an important opportunity to turn vulnerabilities into strengths.

Did you know that employee health and benefits plans can be used strategically to manage a range of threats while helping protect employees and improve business performance? 

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Creating affordable, accessible, and sustainable programs

MMB provides a range of brokerage, consulting, and digital solutions to create employee benefits programs that truly benefit.

FAQs

The past year left many companies exposed and vulnerable around their people risks...

With 68% of insurers expecting claims costs to increase and with medical costs likely to outstrip the rate of inflation, measuring the current and future cost of employee health and benefits programs has never been more complex.  And this uncertainty is impacting premium increases at renewal time…

79% of businesses agree that health and safety risks pose a serious threat. Poor physical or mental well-being can lead to high employee turnover, reduced productivity, and damaged reputation...

Poor benefits administration can have substantial implications for any business so having the right processes and controls is essential…

74% of firms say that talent practices risks are a serious threat to the business, with attraction, retention, and engagement the top concern…

Just 33% of employees rate their experience with employer-provided software as ‘great’, with the majority (48%) rating it ‘average’ at best. If you have not evaluated your own program lately and taken steps to modernize it, you might be putting at risk attraction, retention and engagement….

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced how employer-sponsored health, risk protection, and well-being plans are central pillars of the employee value proposition. While it is difficult to predict when and where the next such crisis will come from, employers now have a unique opportunity to assess, improve, and reinforce their employee health and benefits plans….