About Us

    From small businesses to publicly traded companies, Burnham Benefits provides an unmatched range of advisory services for employee benefit programs.

    As an Alera Group company, Burnham Benefits has access to the services, resources, technical expertise and best practices of a large national firm with a highly innovative culture. This coupled with our personalized, local relationships and knowledge of our unique regional characteristics, we are able to keep our clients on the leading edge of industry trends helping them to maximize the return on their employee benefits investment.

    Alera Group's national scope includes more than 1,700 employees serving thousands of clients through more than 85 locations across the nation.

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    Events and Webinars

    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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    Employee Benefits

    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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    Insights

    Property and Casualty

    Perfect Storm Hitting Personal Lines of Insurance

    A convergence of disruptive forces is hitting the market for personal lines of insurance in 2024, making it extremely challenging for insurers to provide coverage personal property and casualty (P&C) coverage, particularly Home and Auto Insurance.

    May 14, 2024

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    Property and Casualty

    Affordable Housing Providers Hardest-Hit in Insurance Market for Nonprofits

    Adding to significant challenges including labor shortages and reduced funding, nonprofit organizations are experiencing increasing difficulty in securing adequate property and casualty insurance. Premiums are increasing, deductibles are escalating, and the number of carriers willing to engage with nonprofits continues to shrink. These challenges underscore the importance of partnering with an experienced insurance broker who specializes in serving nonprofit organizations.

    May 7, 2024

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    Employee Benefits

    The importance of women’s health concerns in employee benefits design

    Women’s Health Month 2024 coincides with jarring controversy and growing concern over challenges and inequities regarding women’s health in general and one area in particular: maternal health. Alera Group's May 16 webinar will focus on how employer can offer solutions through their employee benefits program.

    May 1, 2024

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    Employee Benefits

    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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