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About
Us
Erin P. Collins & Associates,
Inc.'s (ECA) history is in many ways a classic American success story.
ECA was formed in July of 1992 and incorporated in 1994. Operated as a
home-based business from July of 1992 through June of 1995, ECA's founder,
Erin Collins, established the company's reputation for providing candid
advice and practical solutions to clients who often had neither the time
nor staff or financial resources to do it on their own.
From its inception, ECA has focused
on providing professional risk management services to public and private
sector organizations in rural and rapidly urbanizing areas. If there is a single factor that has
most contributed to ECA's success, it is that we go beyond simply
partnering with our clients and instead strive to become an extension of
their staffs. Key to this approach are a few simple premises:
Building a plan that meet the
client's needs - Though obviously costly, employee benefit programs
are much more than an expense item on the ledger sheet. Rather, they are
an essential element to an employer's overall compensation package. At ECA
we work with our clients to develop plans that fit our clients' specific
business models both in terms of cost and in the vitally important area of
recruiting and retaining qualified staff at every level of the
organization.
Emphasizing financial security -
It has long been said that there is no greater aid to a good night's sleep
than money in the bank. ECA believes that a well-funded plan, with low
operating costs and solid contingency fund, help our clients weather the
financial storms that periodically roil the waters of employee benefit
plans.
Offering unique perspectives
- ECA's staff come from a broad range of professional backgrounds
including Human Resources, Risk Management, insurance industry, retail,
manufacturing, public health, health promotion and government contractor.
We are proud of the diverse professional backgrounds our employees bring
to the table and the ability it gives us to review challenges from various
perspectives. For this reason, we are able to anticipate a range of issues
and to work to help achieve the client's business objectives.
Promoting health and wellness
- It is almost intuitive that healthy employees use fewer benefits and
therefore are less expensive. In addition, we believe they are more likely
to be at work more often and to be more productive when there. With this
in mind, ECA works with our clients to implement targeted health promotion
activities in areas including early detection, lifestyle modification and
chronic disease management in an effort to keep employees healthy, at work
- and working!
Advocating client education -
Experience has shown that ECA is best able to represent clients who are
themselves knowledgeable. ECA works hard to insure that our clients have a
solid understanding of the inner workings of their plans. For this reason,
we are strong proponents of continuing education from credible sources
ranging from industry groups to independent subject matter experts.
Fee based compensation and issues
of disclosure -ECA believes that all compensation received by ECA (and
all other vendors) should be disclosed and agreed to by the client. ECA
derives the lion's share of its revenue from fee income and we work
diligently on behalf of our clients to eliminate undisclosed revenues from
all vendor contracts. This not only reduces plan operating costs, but
reassures clients of the integrity of their vendors.
Simply stated, at ECA we measure our
success by the success we achieve with and for our clients.
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