Lacher & Associates Teams Up with Maxwell Health to Pair Unparalleled Benefits Expertise with Modern Technology
SOUDERTON, Pa., Feb. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lacher & Associates announced today a strategic partnership with Maxwell Health to pair a cutting-edge benefits technology with their award-winning benefits expertise in order to help their employer clients manage their benefits and their employees understand and use them.
Lacher & Associates is a boutique consulting firm specializing in risk management, benefits, and business consulting. They began in 1958 as a small insurance division of a real estate business and grew and diversified the insurance division to serve individuals and businesses in the Philadelphia region. From philanthropy, to client engagement, to sales training, to millennial development, the firm has pushed business boundaries to stay relevant to their clients and the business marketplace.
Maxwell Health is an end-to-end operating system for benefits that includes a marketplace, a comprehensive benefits administration system, and a mobile platform where employees can enroll in and access everything benefits-related, navigate the healthcare system, and manage their health and wealth. The platform features a beautiful user interface and an intuitive, lifestyle-based system that bundles benefits based on employee lifestyles for simplified, personalized benefits enrollment.
With Maxwell, Lacher & Associates' employer clients can create a benefits marketplace where employees can enroll in a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, along with financial benefits such as 401(k) and HRA/HSA/FSA. These are combined with other innovative best-in-class products and services, including Doctor on Demand for telemedicine, Care.com for child care services, Health Advocate's health concierge services, HelloFresh for healthy meal delivery, identity theft protection from ID Watchdog, and biometric screening from BioIQ, online wellness and fitness classes via Powhow, and prescription optimization services from RxREVU.
Maxwell engages employees after enrollment with an iOS and Android app that includes a virtual insurance ID card, providing benefits and wellness information 24/7. The platform is also a comprehensive benefits administration solution for HR administrators and supports complex benefits strategies for groups of any size.
"One of our primary goals is to align with channel partners that share our focus on innovation and change. We share a vision with Maxwell Health that employee benefits needs to be re-imagined and that technology plays a crucial role in making this happen. We will couple our benefits consulting expertise with Maxwells' platform to deliver a unique client experience," explains Mark Lacher, Partner at Lacher & Associates. He continues, "After an extensive marketplace review, we decided to partner with Maxwell Health as our benefits technology partner. In the ever-changing world of employee benefits, partnerships like these help us separate ourselves from the competition."
"We couldn't have found a better partner in Lacher & Associates. They share our passion for driving change within the industry and commitment to excellence and client engagement," said Veer Gidwaey, CEO and Co-Founder of Maxwell Health. "Their team is top-notch; they believe that providing innovative solutions with the experience of a dynamic team creates for very successful benefit strategies."
About Lacher & Associates
Lacher & Associates is a boutique consulting firm specializing in risk management, benefits, and business consulting for individuals and businesses. The firm has received regional and national recognition for its commitment to innovation and excellence. In 2011 Mark Lacher was named Benefits Selling Broker of the Year, a prestigious national award. For more information, visit www.lacherinsurance.com.
SOURCE Maxwell Health; Lacher & Associates
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