Burbank, CA

    About Us

    Dickerson Employee Benefits, An Alera Group Company, delivers personalized services catered specifically to brokers and clients. A recent Broker Services Survey indicates that the top desirable trait ranked by human resource departments across the United States is effective communication channels. Eighty-three percent of HR departments expressed a greater need for prompt, effective services and responsiveness, with 79% also wanting regular employee communications from their brokers.

    Since founding Dickerson Employee Benefits in 1965, our company has enjoyed a rich history of offering cutting-edge products and services for both fully insured and self-insured platforms. Our employee benefits consultation includes the development of robust communication programs that include:

    • Employee Benefits Guide
    • Enrollment and New Hire Video
    • Employee Surveys
    • Wellbeing Eblasts
    • Posters/Postcards
    • Communication Calendar
    • Open Enrollment Presentations
    • Compliance Notices
    • Legislative Updates
    • Educational and Training Video Library

    Our consulting-based philosophy allows us to assist both brokers and clients with business strategy from all aspects of the workplace, from discovery meetings and pre-renewal conversations to program development and implementation, to monitoring and servicing throughout the plan year. With more than 55 years of industry experience, our team is more than qualified to guide you through selecting the best programs to match your company’s benefits and budgetary needs.

    Our support doesn’t end with employee benefits. As a business consultant, we encourage an open channel of communication and welcome continuous dialogue so that we can better recognize and anticipate the direction of your company’s growth and future demands.

    In addition to providing extensive support services for brokers, HR departments, their companies and individual employees, we offer a wealth of resources available to our clients at no extra cost. This includes online HR libraries and numerous workplace-specific training programs.

    Dickerson also specializes in long-term strategy consulting, helping employees make smart financial decisions, including designing comprehensive retirement plans to make the most of your employees’ working years and in preparation for a golden life in the later years.

    We invite you to explore our website, meet our friendly and professional team, visit our contact page and reach out to us with any inquiries. Welcome to Dickerson Employee Benefits, An Alera Group Company!

    EXPERT EDUCATION

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    Employee Benefits

    Supporting Women’s Health Month: Trending Employee Benefits

    In this session, we’ll talk about how employers are helping female employees and dependents be their best through every phase of life: From fertility, maternal care and parenting to peri/menopause, caregiving and mental health. 

    May 16, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Q2 Compliance Update

    Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.

    June 4, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Optimize Your Benefits: A Three-Pronged Approach

    Want to lower healthcare costs and enrich your benefits program at the same time? If so, this webinar is for you.

    June 20, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    This Mental Health Awareness Month, ‘Run Your Own Race’

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are tips and resources to help you get started on the route to a happier, healthier you.

    April 25, 2024

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    Q1 Considerations: Affordability for Applicable Large Employers

    Under the ACA, Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) are required to offer “affordable” medical coverage to full-time employees or be subject to a fine. In September 2023, the IRS announced that the 2024 affordability percentage would reduce from the 2023 rate of 9.12% to 8.39% as of January 1, 2024. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just released the 2024 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) amounts, with an increase of 3.3%.

    April 23, 2024

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    Three Key Considerations for Large Employers

    Early in the year is the time for employers who are approaching or over 50 employees to document and update the “key components” of being a larger employer, to ensure that no compliance obligation is missed. st of an unpublished page.

    April 23, 2024

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    Webinar: The Ins and Outs of PEOs

    Providing employees with a robust benefits program is vital to attracting and retaining staff while growing an organization, but many small and medium-sized businesses lack the resources and time necessary to manage such a program. Professional employer organizations (PEOs) offer a solution. Alera Group's April 15 webinar, "Finding, Using and Transitioning Out of a PEO" will address the basics and help you strategize.

    April 4, 2024

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