Overview
Benefits Direct is a revolutionary employee benefits service for employers, and human resource managers, to manage their company's core group benefit programs with access to the most qualified advisory, information, resources, tools, and direct market access that not only facilitates group programs on a net of commission basis, but also provides access to preferred provider arrangements, affinity plans, and access to buying groups. In short, it is everything that a company needs to enable optimal benefit plan management in an 'on-demand' basis, at the lowest net cost for programs, all in one comprehensive direct to market source.
History
In 2009 HRdownloads.com, ranked one of Canada's fastest growing HR companies, recognized that there are areas of HR specialty that their membership required enhanced assistance with. At the same time, FIRM Consulting Inc., exclusive employee benefits consultants to HRdownloads, recognized changing trends in the group benefits consulting marketplace. Based upon the success of the HRD model, the same approach could prove equally, if not more effective, within the group benefits management marketplace. Both HRD and FIRM have spent the better part of 2009/10 creating, refining, and introducing Benefits Direct. Benefits Direct is a privately held company based in London, Ontario.
Values
Benefits Direct is predicated upon a set fundamental values that focus on our members, our associates, and our community: From concept through reality Benefits Direct has been built on providing members with nothing short of a completely innovative benefits management experience. Ultimately Benefits Direct needs to ensure that the employees covered under employer plans of our members are healthy, productive, and engaged, while at the same time our members can effectively manage their bottom-line benefits costs on a fiscally sustainable basis into the future. To enable this optimal scenario, our values remain unwavering specifically relating to: Experience: All members need access to tools, resources, and advisory that come from sources with a high caliber of employee benefits industry accreditation, experience, credibility, and industry involvement. Given the alarming changes to healthcare many strata that co-mingle with benefit plan operations, members need to be 'in the know', or know where they can locate resources and tools, on-demand, to provide the guidance required.
About Us
Benefits Direct is the outcome of combining two innovative industry leading companies: HRdownloads, ranked as Canada's fastest growing HR firm; and, FIRM Consulting Inc., leading experts in the Canadian employee benefits industry. Together we have pioneered the future of how Canadian employee benefits will be managed by/for Canadian business – today!
What We Do
BD is revolutionary in its value – both immediate and building – that we extend to our members through our unique approach to benefits management. We are 'unlocking' the high, embedded costs that are added into every Canadian benefit plan. We accomplish this by not only removing every aspect of direct commission, but also through extending the scale uncommonly found through our exclusive Buying Groups and Preferred Provider Networks. In short we cut out 100% of commission for our members, and dramatically reduce provider charges embedded in benefit products. Understanding that benefits programs are sophisticated and technical arrangements that require expert handling, we also recognize that not every organization requires the same level of assistance, nor should they pay the top level accordingly. BD has innovated a comprehensive web-based offering of services with varying levels of membership support, net of commission.
Company Mission
We are driven to deliver value to our members through the continual innovation of markets, products, and services that provide transparency and continually optimize the overall ROI of the benefits offerings for each unique member. Through our evolving framework of markets, services and resources, our members will eliminate wasteful embedded costs, paying only for the product and management assistance that they require to meet their unique corporate objectives.