SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and HOUSTON, Texas, June 1, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today the successful launch of their 2017 Energy Forum in Houston and that they will host two additional Energy Forum presentations in Dallas and Oklahoma City next week.<\/p>\n
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\nEPIC\u2019s Ascende Division, their southwest regional hub and the premier benefit consultant for the oil and gas industry, kicked off its annual Energy Forum roadshow in Houston on Thursday, May 25 moments after OPEC announced it would extend the status quo an additional nine months\u2014curbing oil output until the end of March 2018.<\/p>\n
The event attracted 50 different energy companies for a total showing of nearly 200 HR executives and consultants.<\/p>\n
The EPIC Energy Forum provides HR professionals in the energy industry the opportunity to learn the results of EPIC\u2019s annual Energy Acumen Employee Benefit Plan Survey and network with their peers facing similar market challenges. The Energy Acumen survey is the leading source of benefits benchmarking information for the oil and gas industry and provides sector-specific reports, as well as a unique report on international assignee benefits to companies that participate in EPIC\u2019s Global Employee Benefit Plan Survey.<\/p>\n
In addition to a detailed overview of EPIC\u2019s employee benefit plan survey data, Houston attendees also heard from a panel of HR executives representing Archrock, Diamond Offshore and Pioneer Energy Services, who candidly discussed key HR issues impacting energy companies.<\/p>\n
Employers use the survey\u2019s benchmarking data to gauge where their company stands among peer companies in the industry, leveraging the survey\u2019s reported trends to support their strategies with executive leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first words out of my CEO\u2019s mouth when we talk benefits strategy is \u2018What is the market doing?\u2019\u201d said Jane Johnapelus Munoz, director of Global Employee Services at Diamond Offshore. \u201cThe second question out of my CEO\u2019s mouth is \u2018Are we going to hit the Cadillac Tax, and when?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The panel also encouraged putting heightened focus on employee retention, since no one can afford to lose key talent. The key is communicating each employee\u2019s total rewards and not failing to promote benefit offerings that help your company stand out, panelists noted.<\/p>\n
By using the survey\u2019s benchmarking data to realign HR programs and benefit strategies so that they offer better value to employees at a lower cost, companies can make more meaningful decisions employees will appreciate.<\/p>\n
\u201c2017 may not be the year of growth, but for us, it\u2019s the year of the employee,\u201d said Sharon Paul, VPHR at Archrock. \u201cGive your savings back to your employees. This year, we put our savings back into our employees\u2019 pocket by increasing HSA contributions and lowering premiums.\u201d<\/p>\n
EPIC\u2019s Carl Pilger, director of Employee Benefits Compliance Services also delivered an ACA compliance update to a crowd of HR executives who agreed they\u2019d rather keep compliance issues in their broker or consultant\u2019s hand so they can divert attention back to their employees.<\/p>\n
Companies who weren\u2019t able to make the kickoff presentation in Houston are encouraged to join EPIC in Dallas \u2013 Fort Worth, Texas on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 3 p.m. at the Hilton \u2013 Arlington or in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Thursday, June 8 at 3 p.m. at the Tasting Room.<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> to RSVP to the event: http:\/\/go.epicbrokers.com\/l\/322651\/2017-05-03\/34yb<\/a>.<\/p>\n EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d in multiple regions and as a \u201cBest Place to Work in the Insurance Industry\u201d nationally.<\/p>\n EPIC now has 1,100 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 20,000 clients.<\/p>\n With run rate revenues approaching $300 million, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Backed by the Carlyle Group, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n *LOGO for media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0308-epic-insurance-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and HOUSTON, Texas, June 1, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today the successful launch of their 2017 Energy Forum in Houston and that they will host two additional Energy Forum presentations in Dallas and Oklahoma City next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":22151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,80,38,72,105,55],"tags":[225,194],"class_list":["post-25378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-news","category-employment-news","category-finance-news","category-houston-news","category-insurance-news","category-texas-news","tag-ascende-an-epic-company","tag-employee-benefits","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":9004,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About EPIC:<\/h3>\n