Overview
Join us in a city near you for this year’s exclusive in-person event series for a deep dive into the top trends from our Survey and hot topics in our market that are important to you, your organization and your people. Part of our new and highly collaborative Health Insights Series, this seminar offers you the opportunity to get one-on-one time with our market experts and your peers to inform your strategies for 2019!

Choose your State in the form above to find a seminar near you.

On the agenda for discussion:
We’ll focus on big challenges and opportunities for employers today, including:
  • balancing affordability and choice,
  • creating a culture of health,
  • moving from cost-shifting to future-focused strategies,
  • vitals for change,
  • local hot topics facilitated by our Mercer subject matter experts; and
  • much more!
Event Details 
Select your State in the form above to find a seminar location, date and time that fits your schedule. 


Why Attend
Mercer's annual Health Insights Seminars (“Survey Seminar”) has a tradition of providing HR leaders with benchmarks on health & benefits, expert guidance on national and local trends, and the opportunity to network with peers. In addition to the latest Survey findings, we’ll also focus on some of the newest issues facing employers today, including balancing affordability and choice, creating a culture of health, moving from cost-shifting to future-focused strategies, plus local hot topics from our experts. You’ll walk away with real data and real insights that can impact your health program decision-making today.

Don’t miss our Health Insights Webinars! This NEW addition in 2019 feature insights and updates from Mercer experts on a range of health and benefits topics. Enjoy these webcasts in tandem with our live in-person event!

  • Growth By Design: Driving a bold change agenda


    93% of business executives plan to make a design change in their company within the next two years. It’s no longer about evolution – to stay ahead, organizations are transforming structures and jobs in a desire for increased efficiency, agility, and customer intimacy. Ensuring that the People agenda is not lost amid the drive for change will be critical to sustainable growth.


  • A Shift In What We Value: A new rewards paradigm is needed


    Fair & competitive pay and opportunities for promotion are top priorities for employees this year, which is not surprising given the climate of uncertainty and change. But it’s not just about financial results or activity metrics – 97% of employees want to be recognized and rewarded for the wide range of contributions they make each and every day.


  • A Workplace For Me: Personalization of the employee experience


    People expect their employer to “make work work” for their individual circumstances. Companies are starting to respond by taking a “whole person” approach and increasing the flexible work options available to their workforce – 63% already have a formal flexibility policy in place. Advances in technology are enabling individualized choice without adding an undue administrative burden for HR.


  • The Quest For Insight: Predictive analytics are still out of reach


    Even with advances in technology that facilitate both collection and analysis of large quantities of data, companies around the world are making slow progress in using analytics to inform human capital decisions. Very few are able to translate data into predictive insights, and nearly 1 in 5 are generating only basic descriptive reporting and historical trend analyses.


Speakers include:

  • Beth Umland
    US Health & Benefits Director of Research


    Renya Spak
    Partner, Center for Health Innovation & Labs

  • Tracy Watts
    Senior Partner & National Spokesperson for National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans

    Sander Domaszewicz
    National Practice Leader for Consumerism

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The good news from this year’s survey: employers expect to hold cost growth to a moderate 4% in 2019. The bad news: that’s faster growth than we’ve seen over the past couple of years, and the cost of benefits is still outpacing inflation and workers’ earnings growth.

Prescription drugs—specialty drugs in particular—remain a top cost driver and managing high-cost claims is again the number-one priority for employers. At the same time, in a tight labor market, offering an attractive benefit program is more important than ever.

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