County considers changing insurance agents
County supervisors are considering
At a special meeting Tuesday morning, supervisors interviewed representatives of
With the county's insurance plan year to begin Sunday, officials said they hope to help employees form a better understanding of their insurance and benefits by further education, in which the agent could take part.
Each agency faced similar questions, with the first being whether the county even needs an insurance agent in the first place or if county officials should just work directly with insurer
"Tell me why
Representing Stephens & Hobdy,
"Y'all's job is to run the county and y'all need somebody to help out with y'all's health insurance and the overall benefits program as a whole," Hobdy said.
The county is currently relying heavily on its bookkeeping department -- mainly insurance clerk
Speaking on behalf of
"Yes, you can (operate without an agent), but, when I go in Lorenzo's office, he looks pretty busy to me," Parker said. "My question is: Do you want to throw that load and that responsibility on someone that doesn't have 25 years of health insurance experience."
When asked about what level of compensation Byrne would seek, Parker said only that the pay could be negotiated, but also that they should choose his agency if they want to "work with the best."
Murray said he believes employees could be better educated about their insurance and benefits plan, specifically felt their flexible spending plans, which allow employees to deduct a certain amount of pretax money from their paychecks to make medically related payments. Flexible spending plans can even apply to certain over-the-counter medications.
The supervisors said they would make a decision about an agent at Monday's regularly scheduled meeting.
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