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Key Takeaways Ancillary benefits can support retention within an organization by helping employees feel more supported in everyday care and during unexpected moments. Dental and vision benefits can be especially valuable because employees use them regularly and can see their value more directly. Supplemental health benefits can help reduce [...]

For many mid-sized employers, ancillary benefits don’t start out as a strategy. They accumulate over time. Dental sits with one carrier. Vision lives somewhere else. Supplemental health is a separate conversation. Life and disability run on their own track. Before long, brokers and HR teams are left managing a patchwork of products, processes [...]

Key Takeaways: "Easy to get answers from" isn't just about having a phone number to call. It's about clear points of contact, defined escalation paths and systems that keep data aligned so questions don't multiply. For brokers, a carrier's responsiveness directly affects their credibility with clients. For employers and [...]

Key Takeaways: A smooth transition across ancillary benefits carriers depends on things that make the process easier, like pre-built integrations, a dedicated implementation team, validated data and coordinated communications. HR teams typically feel the biggest impact from the switch in eligibility files, payroll deductions and benefits questions. Employees tend [...]

Key Takeaways: Ancillary benefits (dental, vision, life, disability and supplemental health) provide financial support alongside your primary medical plan, and understanding them before you need them makes all the difference. Each benefit type works differently. Knowing what's covered and how to use it takes five minutes now and saves [...]

Key Takeaways Integrations like our Claims Incidence Analysis uses employers’ own historical data to show what RenSecureHealth supplemental health coverage would have paid out over the past year, giving brokers a concrete, numbers-backed story instead of generic promises. The Claims Incidence Analysis works at every stage of the sales [...]

Key Takeaways: RenConnect is Renaissance's secure connectivity platform that acts as a digital bridge between your systems and Renaissance, covering dental, vision, life, disability and accident products. It accepts virtually any file format, including EDI 834, Employee Navigator XML and spreadsheet exports like .csv and .xls. For brokers, it means [...]

Key Takeaways: A truly modern ancillary benefits carrier is defined by three pillars: unified infrastructure, tech‑enabled but human‑led workflows and a service model that reliably shows up. These pillars directly affect broker workload, renewal noise and employer satisfaction, not just carrier marketing claims. Use our simple checklist to pressure‑test [...]

Key Takeaways: RenSecureHealth is diagnosis-based supplemental health coverage that pays direct cash benefits for covered conditions, on top of existing medical insurance. Coverage triggers are tied to specific diagnoses or events, not complex schedules. If it's covered, you know what you get. Claims are app-based, and payouts typically arrive [...]