This reference letter provides documentation of the high-level of customer satisfaction my company has experienced since partnering with Triton for insurance and human resource services. After becoming increasingly dissatisfied with our previous agency, we selected Triton from several candidates, and continue to use them, for the following reasons:

> Their ability to aggressively negotiate with insurance companies, helping us obtain the coverage we desire at a price that appears to be reserved for companies much larger than our current level of 150 employees.

>Triton’s management team is very knowledgeable of the insurance industry and of a wide variety of human resource issues; this provides us the confidence to rely on their input when making decisions in these areas.

> Strong administrative support has been provided by Triton during our annual open enrollment and throughout the remainder of the year. Many insurance agents’ administrative departments can not support the promises made by their sales staff which in turn places an undue burden or additional costs on the client. Our company unfortunately experienced frequent billing errors, were forced to make the same requests numerous times and were constantly correcting errors involving employee’s coverage and pay when we were with a much larger agency.

Triton’s professionalism and ethical integrity has been a major factor in our companies success in reducing the administrative burden and costs related to areas of insurance coverage and human resource support. I strongly recommend Triton’s services to others.

Robert A. Lockhart, COO

03/01/2010 – COBRA Subsidies: Workers Laid Off After February 28 Won't Qualify

March 01, 2010

COBRA Subsidies: Workers Laid Off After February 28 Won't Qualify

The U.S. Senate has yet to approve legislation that would extend a program that provides subsidies for COBRA continuation coverage for involuntarily terminated workers.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), as amended by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010, allowed workers who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 28, 2010 to be eligible for 65 percent COBRA subsidies.

Unless Congress extends the program further, workers who are involuntarily terminated after February 28 won't qualify for the subsidy. The House has approved a 1-month extension but the Senate recessed without approving the extension. The Senate could approve an extension once it returns from recess later this week.

When ARRA became law in 2009, the COBRA subsidy program applied to workers who were involuntarily terminated from September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009. However, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 amended the program to allow workers who are involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 28, 2010 to be eligible for the subsidies.

Workers who were involuntarily terminated on or before February 28 will continue to receive up to 15 months of subsidies.

NEWS ARCHIVE