Strength in
Numbers
Large employers purchase health insurance different than small employers. 99% of ministry organizations are less than 500 employees. When an organization with more than 500 employees purchases health insurance the process is entirely different and typically provides better benefits at a lower cost than smaller groups have access to. Vespera solves this problem for ministry organizations by creating "Strength in Numbers"
What is Vespera?
Vespera specializes in providing group benefits to ministries and organizations with 15 or more employees by providing an opportunity for groups to join together in a large group, church-based ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) plan, opening the door to pool resources which helps everyone save on costs and achieve more stable insurance rates. Our plan includes a full PPO network, giving employees greater access to a wide range of healthcare providers.
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Ben
McDaniel
Client Executive
Anson McDaniel started in the insurance business as a sales agent in May 1983. He began employee benefits consulting in 1998 exclusively for churches and ministries.
Ben McDaniel started serving ministries when he joined the firm in June 2002. We merged our practice with One Digital Health and Benefits in February 2018. The ability to offer services and resources of a national benefits consulting firm like One Digital has been a game changer for our ministry clients and their families. We love what we do in serving ministry organizations and bringing innovative employee benefits services and solutions that ministry staff rave about.
Anson has been married to Beth for 42+ years and they have 3 grown children (including Ben) and 8 grandchildren. Ben has been married to Megan for 13 years and they stay busy with 3 daughters in sports, gymnastics, music, and a lot more!
How It Works
Case Studies -
We want to be as transparent with you about how things work, so feel free to review the case studies below to see how our process can work with your organization.
Church & School -
100+ Employees
Challenge
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Multiple year rate increases on group health insurance had become unsustainable for church & school budget
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Annually reducing employee coverage had played out year after year and was no longer an option
Solution
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Moved to Vespera Healthplan to achieve savings
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Enhanced benefit offering so that over 90% of employees spent nothing out of their own pocket for medical services and prescriptions
Results
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Transitioned from Anthem to Vespera in 2021 and received 4.6% decrease in premiums and enhanced employees’ benefits.
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Church & School able to give cost of living wage increase for first time in 3 years
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Multi-Site Church -
60+ Employees
Challenge
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Multiple year rate increases on group health insurance had become unsustainable for church budget
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Annually reducing employee coverage had played out year after year and was no longer an option
Solution
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Moved to Vespera HealthPlan to achieve savings of over $100k in the first year
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Implemented a national PPO Network significantly enhancing access to care while lowering employee out of pocket costs
Results
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Transitioned from Kaiser to Vespera in 2021 and saved over $100,000 and enhanced employees’ benefits
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Enhanced benefit offering so that over 90% of employees spent nothing out of their own pocket for medical services and prescriptions
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