Employee Benefits Masterclass

Helping Employers Tackle Employee Financial Well-Being, Compensation and Rising Health Plan Costs

A Brown & Brown Event

EARN 2.0 SHRM & HRCI CREDITS

Compensation Conversations: Building Structures to Support Transparency for a Modern Workforce

  • Ways to develop a pay strategy that drives engagement and retention and aligns with organizational values
  • Create a plan to identify stakeholders, gather critical data, and define objectives to set your salary structure project up for success
  • Learn how to define your competitive positioning, align pay with market data and support internal equity
  • How to build strategies for rolling out compensation initiatives, training managers and communicating with employees
  • Consider how to supplement pay with total rewards offerings to create a compelling employee value proposition

A Comprehensive Approach to Attract Talent & Optimize Human Capital Strategies

  • Why competition for financial and human capital is driving companies to a total cost strategy
  • How well-intentioned decisions in finance can inadvertently lead to challenges in HR—and vice versa
  • How “best practices” are repelling the best talent and hurting recruitment efforts
  • How to structure your medical plan to increase the value of benefits and reduce costs
  • How to “beat the system” by using your data in a way the industry cannot
  • Why the correlation between workers’ compensation and your health plan matters and how it impacts your total cost

When

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Light breakfast will be served

Where

Salt Mine Productive Workspace

7984 S 1300 E, Sandy, UT 84094

Josh Rydberg, Senior Vice President of Underwriting Services at Brown & Brown

As Vice President of Underwriting Services, Josh’s primary role is to design and implement financial management strategies for clients across the country. He also develops, maintains and delivers financial tools and methodologies that assist in the effective management of employer-sponsored health plans.

Josh routinely provides internal and external education regarding unique opportunities for groups to improve health plan structure. By leveraging a distinctive presentation style, he illustrates the impact of pricing and consumer purchasing behavior on both employers and members. This simplification of complex theories creates actionable results that are often contrary to current trends.

A broad insurance background – which includes pricing for workers’ compensation, automobile, homeowners and various other property and casualty coverages in addition to group benefits – allows Josh an objective perspective when devising and communicating winning medical plan strategies. It also provides him the ability to engage with clients that are interested in evaluating enterprise risk and cost.

Hannah Hargrave – Compensation Consultant, Practice Leader at herronpalmer

Hannah Hargrave is a seasoned leader in compensation strategy, specializing in salary structure design, job architecture, incentive plan development, comprehensive analytics, and pay transparency initiatives. With a strong professional and academic foundation, she brings a unique, evidence-based approach to her work, blending analytical rigor with practical solutions.

She emphasizes the importance of leveraging credible data to inform decision-making while recognizing that data alone is not enough—effective change management and thoughtful communication are critical for success.

Hannah excels at delivering tailored solutions, creating compensation programs that align seamlessly with each organization’s broader people strategy. Her passion lies in designing innovative systems that drive engagement, equity, and long-term organizational success.