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I <br />BOOK j03 luc <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator - <br />FROM: Ronvaker <br />Personnel Director <br />DATE: April 7, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Health Insurance Consultant <br />Staff requests consideration of the following information at the April 13, 1999, regular meeting of <br />the Board of County Commissioners. <br />Background <br />At the direction of the Board, staff prepared IRC Request for Proposal #9052 through which we <br />requested proposals for an Insurance Consultant to review the employee health care plan. The <br />purposes were to continue to provide competitive coverage for employees and to do so in the most <br />effective manner. The bid opening was March 31, 1999. <br />Analysis <br />An RFP for consultants drew proposals from Interisk Corporation of Tampa, The Gehring Group of <br />West Palm Beach, Waters Risk Management of Seminole, J. Rolfe Davis Insurance Agency Inc. of <br />Orlando, and Siver Insurance Consultants of St. Petersburg. The proposals were reviewed by the <br />health insurance committee, comprised of Ron Baker, Personnel Director, Joe Baird, OMB Director, <br />Beth Jordan, Risk Manager, and Ann Rankin, Benefits/Payroll Administrator. <br />Rased on the review of these proposals, the committee ranked the firms in the following order: <br />I . The Gehring Group <br />2. Waters Risk Management <br />3. Interisk Corporation <br />Recommendation <br />The committee unanimously recommends that Gehring Group Insurance Consultants be approved <br />to review the employee health care plan. The bid cost is $30,000 which also includes the negotiation <br />of the renewal costs for the following plan year. This amount would be funded by the Employee <br />Health Insurance Fund 504. <br />APRIL 13, 1999 <br />eo,Py QF lote)Pos9-1- o,V �=,LF <br />34 <br />