Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Trusted Employee Benefit Solutions for Public Employers
Since 1943, we have dedicated ourselves to delivering customized, comprehensive, and innovative employee benefit solutions to public sector clients. Our expertise in pooling insurance and public sector collaboration has allowed us to combine Midwestern values with a national scope. We prioritize earning our clients' trust daily through tailored approaches, leveraging our deep industry knowledge to address unique challenges. Our partnership with Securian Financial Group enhances our resources, enabling us to offer a wide range of insurance products and administrative services. We focus on lowering costs for employers while providing financial security for employees through life, disability, and voluntary benefits.Our team emphasizes transparency, exceptional service, and midwestern friendliness, ensuring clients receive personalized support. With over 80 years of experience, we remain committed to innovation, helping employers attract talent and manage benefit gaps. Our pooling model strengthens buying power, offering competitive rates and enhanced plan designs. We pride ourselves on being a trusted resource, driven by client satisfaction and a dedication to continuous improvement in employee benefit solutions.
Services
Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability
Voluntary Products
Pooling Services
Details
- Year established: 1943
Highlights and features
- We offer over 80 years of experience in employee benefit solutions
- Specialized expertise in pooling insurance for public sector employers
- Midwestern values combined with national resources and reach
- Wide range of industry-leading insurance products and voluntary benefits
- Proven track record of client satisfaction and seamless implementation
What people say
Seamless implementation
Responsive customer service
Competitive rates
Tailored solutions
Expert public sector guidance
Services
Life Insurance
Our life insurance solutions provide employees with financial security while helping employers attract and retain talent. These policies offer death benefits to support beneficiaries, strengthen benefit packages, and expand voluntary benefits options. We partner with top insurers to deliver customizable plans that meet diverse organizational needs.
Short Term Disability
Short term disability coverage ensures employees receive income replacement during temporary disabilities. This benefit helps maintain financial stability by covering essential expenses when workers cannot perform their duties due to injury or illness, providing peace of mind during recovery periods.
Pooling Services
Our pooling model combines small to mid-sized organizations to enhance buying power and rate stability. By leveraging collective resources, members access competitive rates and improved plan designs from premium partners while maintaining individualized administrative support.
Voluntary Products
Voluntary benefits programs allow employers to expand offerings without increasing costs. We provide accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance options that employees can purchase directly, enhancing financial preparedness for unexpected events while improving overall benefits packages.
Long Term Disability
Long term disability insurance protects employees' financial well-being during prolonged absences from work. This coverage provides ongoing income replacement when disabilities extend beyond short term policies, ensuring continued support for essential living expenses and medical costs.
People
Camy Aasen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Leading OCHS with over 25 years of insurance industry experience, Camy Aasen drives strategic growth while maintaining our commitment to client-centric solutions and midwestern values.
Emily Watters
Sr. Manager, Implementation & Client Success
Emily Watters oversees seamless solution implementation and client support, ensuring smooth onboarding processes and ongoing satisfaction through personalized service and technical expertise.
Bill Ochs
Sr. Vice President
As Sr. Vice President, Bill OCHS leverages decades of public sector experience to develop innovative benefit strategies that address evolving employer and employee needs across our national client base.
Alicia Edin
Vice President Operations and Client Success
Alicia Edin leads operations and client success initiatives, focusing on process optimization and service excellence to maintain our high standards of support and administrative efficiency.
Corrina Boehm
Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist
Corrina Boehm develops strategic communications that highlight our benefit solutions, ensuring clear messaging that resonates with employers and employees across diverse market segments.
Questions
What employee benefit solutions do you specialize in?
We specialize in life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, voluntary benefits, and pooling services tailored for public sector employers.
How does your pooling model benefit employers?
Our pooling model increases buying power, provides rate stability, and offers enhanced plan designs by combining small to mid-sized organizations into a collective insurance pool.
Are you an insurance carrier?
No, we partner with top insurers like Minnesota Life and Securian to administer products while focusing on customized benefit strategies and support.
Do you serve private sector employers?
Our primary focus is public sector organizations, though our pooling expertise and benefit solutions can be adapted to similar private sector needs.
How do you support benefit administrators?
We provide education programs, streamlined enrollment processes, mobile technology tools, and dedicated client success specialists for ongoing administrative support.
What makes your voluntary benefits unique?
Our voluntary products offer employees financial protection for accidents, critical illnesses, and hospitalizations while helping employers manage benefit costs effectively.
