NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc. is a Midwestern printing company with a successful history dating back to our founding in 1963. While the Midwest is known for being a printing mecca, it is also known for producing some of the highest health insurance costs in the nation.

Burkwald & Associates began managing our Employee Benefits back in the Summer of 2003, focusing special attention on our health insurance program. Their insights and advice since have provided us with a strategic and sustained approach to maintaining a strong benefit package while controlling costs. They have helped us formulate a long-term plan which we revisit at each of our meetings throughout the year. Under their creative guidance, they have helped us in effectively controlling healthcare premiums, implementing wellness programs and educating our employees. NCL’s average premium increase in the first six years of our relationship has been under 1% per year. This is well below the 12 and 13% trends we see in the Milwaukee area.

On a daily basis, I have several “irons in the fire.” As a result, I appreciate the fact that Burkwald & Associates is proactive and attentive to detail. They afford me the opportunity to focus on the other facets of my job knowing the benefits package is being handled for the betterment of NCL employees. Their team truly takes out the reactive nature of the renewal process and instead leads us in a direction that keeps our employee benefits expense budget on track.

Whether Burkwald & Associates is helping us plan our future or implementing a wellness program through their Member Lifestyle Initiatives™, it is always with one thing in mind – our company’s and our employee’s best interests. If you would like a refreshing experience with a positive outcome, I encourage you to put Burkwald & Associates on your team as a strategic partner.

Chris Faulhaber
Director, Human Resources

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