Enjoy a complimentary breakfast while our team hosts a brief, informative session on alternative healthcare funding strategies and the healthcare purchasing continuum. We’ll explain how employers move beyond fully-insured plans and how options like level-funding, self-funding, and captives can support a long-term cost and risk strategy.

 

We will cover the following topics during the session:

• Why renewals continue to rise even in good claims years

• How self-funding, captives, and coalition models actually work (in plain English)

• When an employer is — and is not — a good fit for alternative funding

• How these strategies affect budgeting, cash flow, and long-term cost predictability

• What level of risk protection exists for employers considering these approaches
  
  

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Presenter Bios

 

 

Mick Rodgers

Executive Vice President & National Employee Benefits Practice Leader

Mick Rodgers is currently the executive vice president and
Leader of the National Employee Benefits Practice for
ALKEME Insurance, one of the top 50 brokerages in the United
States. 

Before joining ALKEME in 2024, he was the founder and
Managing Partner of Axial Benefits Group (ABG), an employee
benefits consulting firm founded in 2003. Under his direction,
ABG pioneered the formation and management of Healthcare
Purchasing Coalitions in 2009. The firm provided services
ranging from corporate health insurance and 401(k) plans to executive benefits and wealth management.

Mick received the prestigious “Adviser of the Year” award from Employee Benefits Adviser
Magazine in 2017 and the 2018 "Leadership Award" from the Association for Insurance
Leadership. For his work with Amazon, he was featured on the cover and written about in 2019
for Benefits Pro magazine. He co-authored "BREAKING THROUGH THE STATUS QUO: How
Innovative Companies are Changing the Benefits Game" To Help Their Employees and Boost
Their Bottom Line." He is a nationally recognized speaker and is often used for keynote
presentations on Employee Benefits, Technology in Health Insurance (Amazon is coming),
Healthcare Purchasing Coalitions, and fee-for-performance compensation models.

Prior to starting ABG, Mick held senior consulting positions at Hays Companies (acquired by
Brown & Brown- BRO), where he opened their Boston office, William Gallagher Associates
(acquired by Gallagher - AJG), and Marsh & McLennan (MMC). Mick began his career as a civil
engineer with Turner, the largest construction company in the United States.

Mick is a former Massachusetts high school wrestling state champion and a successful collegiate
wrestler at the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from the School of Engineering with
a Civil Engineering degree. He lives in Concord, MA, with his wife and children.

 

 

Braden Monaco 

Executive Vice President

Braden Monaco is an Executive Vice President at ALKEME. He brings nearly two decades of experience in the insurance and employee benefits industry, with a focus on challenging the traditional brokerage model. Early in his career, he recognized the need for a more proactive, partnership-driven approach to supporting clients. At ALKEME, he leads business development and strategic consulting, helping organizations design and manage cost-effective, sustainable benefit programs. Braden is known for positioning his firm as an extension of clients’ HR and leadership teams, emphasizing data, technology, and employee education. He has been recognized as a finalist for the BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year award and is actively involved in community initiatives across the New England. 

 

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Seats Are Limited — Register Today

We look forward to having you join us!

 

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