Ease & Employee Navigator Update

In case you missed it, Employee Navigator hosted a webinar last week called "What's Next for Ease & Employee Navigator." The webinar included a lot of great business updates, but we wanted to highlight their update on the Ease transition timeline. Employee Navigator said the recorded webinar and summary will be posted to their website soon.

Ease sunset dates

• Beginning January 1, 2027, no new companies can be built on Ease.
• Beginning July 1, 2027, Ease groups will move to read-only access for at least three years. Brokers and HR will be able to view historical data, but employees will not have access to it.

Recommendation for current Ease groups

Employee Navigator recommends that current Ease groups migrate two months before or after open enrollment:

• 2 months before OE: this gives you plenty of time properly set up OE on Employee Navigator, verify the information is correct, and conduct OE.
• 2 months after OE: this lets you run OE on Ease as you normally would, gives you time to process any OE changes, and then you can migrate to Employee Navigator to manage throughout the year and you'll be ready for next year's OE on Employee Navigator.

Either way, this gives you time to migrate information from Ease to Employee Navigator, verify everything is correct, and conduct a smooth open enrollment.

How B&P can help

While GAs can't migrate groups on your behalf, we can help you understand the migration process, clean up any errors you may have in Ease, and assist with any updates needed once the group is in Employee Navigator.

New groups looking to enroll online?

Our Online Enrollment Team builds groups within 24-48 hours on both Ease and Employee Navigator, so please reach out if you would like any assistance with either platform.

• Unlimited group builds for new and renewing groups written through B&P.
• Ongoing maintenance where B&P will process changes directly with the carrier.*
• Rate library with all B&P carriers with links to benefit summaries, SBCs, provider & Rx searches, and carrier value adds.
• BrokerPicks for each new group with 1 or more enrolling in a B&P medical carrier.

Reminder: There are no minimum group size or premium thresholds to qualify for our online enrollment services.

We're here to help 

Contact your B&P Sales Rep to learn more about how you can leverage B&P's Online Enrollment Team to quickly and accurately get your groups set up online - (888) 722-3373. 

*For policies written through B&P, we will process changes directly with the carrier. For policies not through B&P, we will download the necessary information and email it to the provided contact. Broker must complete B&P's Ongoing Maintenance Request Form.