United Benefit Advisors, (UBA) the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization, announces the hiring of Derek Fisher as its new Communications Manager. Fisher assumes the position formerly held by Brian Snyder, and brings a wealth of journalistic experience to the management of internal and corporate communications.

Without question, most businesses will admit their most important assets are their employees. However most businesses take very little action to help their employees and their families prepare for, and recover from disasters. While data recovery and business continuity may form the backbone of a corporate disaster recovery strategy, if employees are unable or unwilling to report to work, having your systems back on line may prove worthless.

The majority of recent conversation related to the legislation (i.e. PPACA, aka health care reform) that was confirmed as law last summer has related to the concept of “Play or Pay” with employers. What has been lost in the conversation, and left on the vine, is the impact to employees and their families.

Many employers are struggling and confused because they don’t have the expertise, resources or the time to keep up with the changes taking place in today’s benefit marketplace.

Making the right strategic business decisions starts with having all the facts. UBA Partners can provide you with exclusive data from the nation’s most comprehensive benchmarking survey of health plans – the UBA Health Plan Survey.

As health care exchanges go online and fewer businesses are burdened with a full health care plan, an interest in voluntary products continues to grow. United Benefit Advisors released preliminary results from its Ancillary Products Survey, which indicates vast differences in voluntary benefits offered by employer size, region and industry, highlighting the importance of using local benchmarking data in benefits planning.