Buettner Insurance Agency, Inc

Buettner Insurance Agency (BIA Benefits) is a boutique employee benefits brokerage serving employers with group health and HR support tools.

What they do

• Group health, dental, vision and life benefits
• Carrier negotiation and open enrollment
• Help with claims, billing and COBRA questions
• HR suite with compliance tools and a live HR consultant
• Online enrollment and employee training courses

Who they serve: employers from small startups to household-name companies, in industries including tech, manufacturing, legal, engineering, healthcare, retail, hospitality, construction, education and nonprofits.

Where they work: based in Huntington Beach, California, with a focus on Orange County and Newport Beach.

Background: providing employee benefits since 1992, with a team that has more than 100 years of combined experience, according to its site.

How they work: the firm specializes solely in employee benefits and assigns each client a dedicated team. It pairs direct contact for issues, claims and billing with online enrollment, a client portal and an HR suite. Carriers it works with include Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealthcare. Small group plans have commissions built in, while large group commissions are negotiated.