Hub International Gulf South

Benefit Packages That Give Your Company An Edge

Competing for talent in today’s business climate takes expert advice, creative problem solving, finding innovative solutions, all while keeping a budget in mind. Annette Dowdle and her team at HUB International can provide access to benefits programming that fits into, and ultimately enhances, your workplace culture, helping you attract and retain the best talent in your industry.

A Senior Vice President on the HUB Gulf South Executive Team with over 25 years of experience, Annette has assembled a group of dedicated consultants and employee advocates that act as an extension of your HR Team to take care of employee needs while advising clients on employee benefit programs, strategic planning, underwriting, data analysis, marketing, compliance, and custom communications. “The A-Team”, as she calls her group of colleagues, has the experience to evaluate an array of options for a custom benefit package that works most effectively for you.

Annette’s focus is making sure that your operations are running smoothly while she promotes your business and networks with her other clients to create business opportunities for you.

“One of the things I enjoy most about partnering up with local businesses is showing how my clients can work together to their mutual benefit, even if they are not in the same industry. That may look like pairing up a medical client with a restaurant for events or introducing a niche interior product distribution company to a design + build firm. Creating synergies is why I wake up every day.”

Her success is rooted in working with companies of all sizes to carefully curate offerings in the ever-changing benefits market that you and your employees will value. There are a number of creative ways to strengthen the tie between your company and your employees who deliver service to your customers every day. Employees have evolved to value more than just their salary. New generation employees are searching for companies with great benefit options and innovative approaches that meet their current and future needs.

Much has changed in the areas of health and well-being benefit opportunities. As a company culture element and an employee retention tool, these options can foster a healthy work environment and strong team connectivity. Both are important supporting elements in a competitive workplace. Studies show that a happy and healthy team is guaranteed to be more productive and can significantly reduce costs and workplace absenteeism. A best-in-class holistic approach to benefits strategies include:

1. Establish company goals and objectives that align with employees needs

2. Design a well-being strategy that engages employees by offering incentives to encourage healthy lifestyles and disease prevention

3. Enhance well-being communication by offering customized multimedia materials, tailored to your industry and population

4. Creating a gap analysis of current benefits efforts and let HUB provide strategic guidance on how to fill in the gaps to enhance your benefits offerings

“Providing great benefits is only half of the mission. Clients need to brand their benefits program to establish its own identity and value proposition to the company’s internal clients…its employees.”

Community involvement and team engagement is something Annette values. Over the years she has been particularly committed to the work being done in areas of health and wellness that include her involvement in the American Heart Association and being a Certified Corporate Wellness Coach. Her most important partnerships for the new year include being a part of the American Heart Association Circle of Red and sponsoring and co-chairing the May 2022 Northshore AHA Heart walk.

From strategic guidance to networking and business partnership, Annette and her team give you all of the resources you need to focus on your business growth. Let her HUB A-Team help you make 2022 the most successful year possible.

HUB International Gulf South, 504-491-5576 Annette.dowdle@hubinternational.com