Benefit Administration Services
Infiniti Benefits is an employee benefits firm that strives to provide superior creativity in employee benefits plan design and greater client and employee satisfaction. We are dedicated to provide 110% customer service, every step of the way.
The firm specializes in the areas of group health, life, dental, disability, voluntary benefits, executive benefits, HRA and HSA programs. Infiniti Benefit Administration Services offers competitive employee benefit packages and pricing models for single or multi-state/multi-location companies by maintaining preferred relationships with a large number of regional and national carriers.
We have the experience and dedication to make employee benefits part of your overall business strategy. Let us educate you on consumer driven healthcare options today. In addition to the everyday service items, we provide some additional services as well.
“In addition to professionally managing our payroll, human resources and benefits administration, your qualified team responds swiftly and proficiently to our continuing questions and growing pains.– Todd Salvo, Salvo Auto Parts
Why Infiniti Benefit Administration Services?
- We develop personalized new hire checklist.
- We develop new hire packets.
- We handle system development for additions and terminations for medical, dental, and life insurance (online at no additional cost) complete with email confirmations (if fax is preferred to the online system).
- We help with account reconciliation and dispute resolution.
- Our staff returns calls and emails within four hours.
- We developed a benefits training manual that allows us to train your new benefits administrator so you don’t have to explain processes, applications, enrollments, terminations, etc..
- We offer COBRA administrative options.
- We provide benefit statements – (hidden paycheck*).
- We quote all the local and national carriers.
- We do cost forecasting based on enrollment levels..
- Infiniti HR does advance planning in determining employer vs. employee cost.
- We offer health and welfare consulting.
- We also have wellness program implementation.
Even if you have a current plan in place that you are happy with, but don’t feel like you’re receiving outstanding service, simply appoint us to the account so that you can start getting the benefit administration service you deserve. This process requires almost no paperwork.
Executive Benefits
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs)
SERPs are intended to supplement retirement income that executives will receive from other sources such as qualified plans, social security and personal savings. SERPs are usually designed as defined benefit plans with retirement payments calculated according to a predetermined formula. Annual retirement payments often are based on the employee’s compensation and years of service with the company. Retirement payments in defined contribution plans are based on the accumulated value of contributions to the plan while the employee is actively at work. Contributions often are tied to annual compensation and company performance. An executive’s retirement benefit is based on the balance in that individual’s account when he or she retires. Infiniti HR’s service model is uniquely designed to structure these programs and help companies assess their benefits and cost.
Deferred Compensation Plans
Deferred compensation plans allow executives to save for retirement and defer paying taxes on these amounts until the cash is actually received. Generally elective, the executive decides on the amount of compensation to defer and often can choose how these deferred amounts will grow. Some deferred compensation plans are funded with employer contributions, with deferred bonuses or other compensation added to the employee’s account for distribution at a later date. Although deferred compensation plans generally provide for distribution at retirement or other separation from service, some plans permit “in service” distributions with executives electing to receive distributions at pre-selected dates. When structured correctly, these distributions can be timed to coincide with events such as children beginning college or the desire to purchase a second or vacation home.
Survivor Benefit Plans
These plans provide for the payment of a survivor benefit to the executive’s beneficiary in the event of the executive’s death while employed by the company. These payments, that often continue for three to five years, generally are based on the executive’s compensation at the time of his or her death.
Executive Group-term Life Insurance “Carve-Out” Programs
Group term life insurance has historically been among the most common benefits provided by employers to their employees. Coverage is usually tied to compensation, so employees get more insurance with every raise. Also, most basic group term life insurance plans are fully paid for by employer contributions – they are free to the covered employees. For older employees or those with health problems, group term is often cheaper than buying individual life insurance. Yet, in many companies, enthusiasm for group term life insurance is tapering off dramatically. For all its apparent benefits, group term life insurance plans for executives can be costly to employers and can create unexpected and unwanted problems for participating employees. Companies, where executives have large amounts of coverage, are finding there may be a better alternative to group term life insurance that offer executives significant advantages including:
- Higher benefits for potentially lower costs;
- Benefits that can continue after retirement;
- Tax deferred equity accumulation that may be used to enhance retirement benefits;
- Portability
Additional Information about Group Term Life Insurance Plans
- Pre-retirement coverage is tax free to the covered participant to a maximum amount of $50,000;
- The amount of pre-retirement coverage in excess of $50,000 is taxable to the covered participant based on the IRS published “Table-I” rates;
- The employer’s ongoing group term rates may be negatively impacted by mortality experience charges assessed when a covered participant dies;
- The employer may be assessed a “conversion charge” if a terminating or retiring participant converts his or her group term coverage to an individual, permanent policy.
Executive Group Long Term Disability Income Insurance “Carve-Out” Programs
Group term disability insurance is another common benefit provided by employers to their employees. Coverage is usually designed to replace a percentage of base compensation, up to specific dollar limits. Supplemental programs can be designed to provide highly compensated executives with additional coverage, based on a percentage of total compensation in excess of the basic plan limits. This can be important in providing sufficient replacement income to disabled executives.
Long Term Care Insurance
Long term care insurance (LTCI) provides benefits when the covered individual needs substantial (standby or hands-on) assistance with daily living activities such as eating, bathing or getting dressed. With the cost of such assistance continuing to grow—and the fact that individuals are living longer and are more likely to need such help—this benefit can ease the concern of executives who face the possibility of incurring such expense for themselves or their family. Company provided LTCI is becoming more prevalent for executives and their spouses. These programs often continue LTCI coverage into retirement. Company programs can give executives the option of paying for coverage for additional family members.
Director Benefits
We have solutions to:
- Offer meaningful benefits to your directors for the important role they play.
- Provide flexibility to your directors on how–and when–they receive their fees.
- Allow your directors to shelter fee income and defer taxes on the fees.
- Create orderly transition of board membership.
- Facilitate buy/sell Agreements.
- Implement key man Insurance.
For a full list of services complementary to Benefit Administration Services, head to our services page.