Affinity LTC, The Coalition's endorsed broker, has specialized in providing Long Term Care insurance solutions to private, non-profit higher education for over 15 years. Affinity LTC first partnered with The Coalition in 2008 to offer John Hancock and then Genworth group LTCi products with unique benefits and limited underwriting to higher education clients and their families.
The Coalition is pleased to announce that Affinity LTC has a new group LTC offering available to Coalition members. This new product is available in all states except NY, MA, and VT. Affinity LTC is working on a comparable product for those states.
Features include:
-Allstate Benefits: A+ rated carrier.
-Utilizes Life Insurance with an LTC rider (state specific) which eliminates the "use it or lose it" drawback of a traditional LTC product.
-Completely voluntary program for employees ages 18-80. Full-time and part-time/adjuncts working 20 + hours per week are eligible.
-True Guarantee Issue with benefit up to $175,000 for employees ages 18-70. (Simplified Issue for ages 71-80).
-Can be set up as direct billing or payroll deduction.
-Easy turnkey enrollment - driven towards online employee entered enrollment - no agent pressure.
Buffkin / Baker, founded in 1999 in Nashville, TN, is a growing, national, retained, executive search firm. The members of the firm have extensive backgrounds in retained executive search, collectively bringing over 175 years of experience. Buffkin / Baker has offices in Cambridge, Charlotte, Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, and Winston-Salem. The firm has 9 partners nationwide. The professional staff of the firm has conducted over 1,500 searches for a diverse corporate and non-profit clientele.
Buffkin / Baker’s higher education practice is one of the most prominent in the country, having conducted over 700 searches for clients that include leading liberal arts colleges, community colleges, regional private and public colleges and universities, large public and private research universities, HBCUs, AAU institutions, health science centers, and public and private secondary education institutions. While this practice includes a distinct public and private education sector focus, we have also conducted searches for governmental entities and non-education nonprofit organizations. All these searches allow us to serve, and partner closely with elected or appointed boards and/or committees and have included positions such as: President, CEO, Executive Director, Superintendent, Head of School, and other senior level administrators. A brief overview of our higher education practice is included as a separate document.
Buffkin / Baker also has significant experience conducting CEO and other executive level searches outside of higher education. In addition to education, our practice areas include healthcare; digital transformation; private equity; entertainment; technology, media, and telecom; and non-profit organizations. Our clients include respected Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, non-profit organizations, public sector entities, and start-ups.
In addition to our US practice, through our global partnership, Panorama, we can respond effectively to the increasingly international demands of senior-level executive search in the higher education and non-profit sectors, as well as our corporate searches. With 42 offices, and multi-sector expertise across the globe, through Panorama we are able to offer our clients the advantage of a global team of colleagues with a commitment to excellence and service. Our global presence and reach provide coverage across key higher education markets, including Australia, Europe, and the Far East.
Buffkin / Baker is also a member of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC), a select group of approximately 250 national/international search firms. We adhere to the ethical principles set forth in its “Code of Professional Practice.” For additional information, please refer to our website: www.buffkinbaker.com or the AESC website: www.aesc.org .
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Unum Group, provides financial protection benefits to America’s workers and their families when the unexpected happens. The company offers workplace benefits, including disability, life, accident, dental, cancer, critical illness and hospital confinement indemnity insurance. Colonial Life’s benefit services, education and innovative enrollment technology supports over 87,000 businesses and 4 million workers. In 2021, Colonial Life paid $800 million in benefits to policyholders.
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Find Great People is a nationally-recognized recruitment and Human Resources consulting organization that specializes in multiple functional areas across industries throughout the United States, and internationally. FGP has been in business since 1982, serving as career partners for organizations and professionals. With 94% of our business coming from repeat clients, FGP’s goal as a business partner is to develop a long-term relationship built on performance and client satisfaction. We provide a “boutique” approach and process that is customized to meet your needs — We don’t believe an executive level search is “one size fits all.” The process is inclusive and customized to meet the needs of your organization. A hallmark of our approach is that we appreciate the valuable insights of your search committee and board. We deliver personalization in every search we work and provide the opportunities and resources to guarantee a perfect fit.
United Healthcare Student Resources has been providing customized student insurance plans to colleges and universities for over 40 years. Our student insurance programs provide year-round coverage to over 390,000 college students in over 450 colleges and universities. We serve hundreds of thousands of insured students and their dependents every plan year. These insureds are a diverse mix of domestic, international, graduate and undergraduate students. Most benefit from UnitedHealthcare’s strong provider network that is national in scope but local in focus.
Our college and university clients streamline the management of their student insurance programs by using the online tools available in Partner Center. Online waiver, enrollment, ledger billing, referral and eligibility access increase productivity and reduce errors for school administrators tasked with managing complex student insurance programs.
Contact Person: David W. Opperman, President, First Risk Advisors, Inc.
67 W. Court Street
Doylestown PA 18901
