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THE SITUATION
- The client seeks national expansion, planning to launch a new business, offering self funded plans for small group employers within several target markets.
- Stax assignment: Determine addressable market size
and assess the competitive landscape within the target geographies.
THE ASSIGNMENT
- We conducted a comprehensive assessment of the target markets, the landscape and channel dynamics, determining current and potential market opportunity.
THE BENEFITS
- Based on our assessment we were able to provide a market map of the commercial payer landscape in each target market, including: Size, Share and expected shifts in share.
- Stax
was able to provide a comparison and review of offerings and key competitors in the space for prioritization of most attractive markets for growth expansion.
THE FINDING
- Growing Acceptance of Self-Funding:
- There is growing awareness and interest in self-funding among smaller employers. More brokers are presenting self-funding as an option to smaller employers—sometimes to firms as small as 5–10 employees.
- Broker’s Play a Large Role in Employer Benefits Decision-Making:
- Benefits decision-makers in small-mid sized firms lack familiarity with both the extent and variety of available plan options as well as current regulations and their implications. Therefore, smaller employers tend to rely heavily on brokers to recommend the plans best-suited for them—entrusting them to understand their needs and shop for plans.
- High Healthcare Costs is a Key Pain Point:
- Driving down healthcare costs is a key concern for smaller employers as premiums and employer contributions continue to rise at 4%–5% annually over the last 5 years. Greater cost predictability and sustainable financial management are particularly critical for smaller employers in the current healthcare environment.
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