Consulting for Employee Benefit Plans
Benefit Plan Administration of WI, Inc. (BPA) has a consulting division of their comapny known as Lee Jost & Assocaites (LJA).
‚ LJA is committed to multiemployer trust funds and their participants and have worked to help provide health and pension benefits in a cost-effective manner.
‚ The principals of our firm have many years of experience of working with multiemployer trust funds in an increasingly regulated environment.
‚ Some of our clients have been served by us for more than 30 years.
‚ Over 95% of our clients are multiemployer trust funds in the building trades or food industry.
‚ LJA has worked to the satisfaction of trustees, their attorneys, CPAs, and banks on many kinds of issues. We have helped identify problems and provided needed information, analysis, research, alternatives, and recommendations when requested. Our staff is well trained in work related to multiemployer plans.
‚ Our background in plan administration uniquely equips us to provide more complete consulting services. We understand the impact the laws and regulations have not only on trustees and the plans, but also on plan administration.
‚ As consultants, we have helped pension and health funds prepare pre-retirement planning seminars for participants to smooth the transition to retirement and facilitate participants' understanding of the benefits available.
‚ We have the skills, experience and energy to perform the work you need, and our size provides decided advantages for our clients. For example, the individuals reading government regulations and analyzing trends are the same ones who work with you in helping you respond to change.
‚ We maintain our own department to write plan documents, summary plan descriptions, notices to participants, and plan amendments.
‚ Our research capabilities keep you aware of changes other than regulatory requirements, such as those which occur in medical delivery, plan design and health care costs.
Should you require additional information regarding these or other services, please contact Jim Hoppe at jimh@bpalja.com or 1-800-425-1272.