TRG ADVISORS
TRG MANAGEMENT TEAM
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OUR VALUE

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What makes us unique? We have a singular focus: employee benefits and retirement programs. That’s all we do.

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Greg Pallone

Chairman

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DELIVERING VALUE

We create sustainable benefits and retirement plans with the clarity, vision and value you expect from industry-leading advisors. Our passionate team, depth of experience, and proprietary Benefits Optimization System™ are what help us deliver the best outcome for every client, every time.

Most companies know the price of their benefits plan, but few consider its cost. While a great plan can improve the health, productivity and success of a workplace, a poor one can waste valuable time, money, and resources.

  • Does your benefits plan make a powerful and positive impact on the health of its members?
  • Is it specifically designed to address the needs of your organization, its people, and its culture?
  • Is it meaningful, strategic and sustainable?
  • Does it strike the perfect balance of fiscal and social responsibility?
  • Do you know where the outlay is headed, and why?

We’ve built our business helping our customers answer these questions, and using those answers to build sustainable, thoughtful and strategic benefits plans that manage costs and improve results. We call it the TRG Benefits Optimization System™ and let us put it to work for you.

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“If TRG is going to be of any value to your company, we need to either increase your revenue, decrease your cost, or reduce your risk.”
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Jim Sced
Past Chairman
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OUR FOUR-STEP PROCESS

TRG uses a four-step process that guides us in learning what we need to know, and drives our advice and recommendations. We call it the Benefits Optimization Process™— our approach for creating customized, focused outcomes.

As counterintuitive as it might sound, our approach is problem focused. We spend most of our time helping you articulate the vision for your benefits program, identify what got you to your current state, and uncover the gaps or problems that are holding you back. But we don’t stop there. What values drive our clients to achieve their strategic vision of their benefits and compensation policies? Understanding what motivates our clients—or their WHY—is a fundamental part of what we do.  

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  • STEP ONE

    DISCOVERY

    Everything starts here. There is no solution without all parties being crystal clear on what the problem is. Where the traditional approach focuses on numbers, we go deeper - uncovering WHAT you want and WHY you want it. Many organizations don’t look at benefits this way. Our process paves the way for good conversation on your WHY. This is the most important part of how we do what we do.

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    DEVELOPMENT

    With better clarity on your vision and goals (your WHAT), and your motivations (your WHY), TRG creates a roadmap to define the steps you can take to get there.

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  • STEP THREE

    DELIVERY

    With detailed tactical and strategic action plans, TRG manages and executes on your project calendar.

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    MANAGEMENT

    As projects are completed, your progress evolves and your future shifts and strategies may have to be updated. Management is about closing gaps between where you are and where you want to be. It's also about revisiting and redrawing the plan frequently.

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 Trusted Advice Powered By Our Optimization Process

Let us show you how you can get the most from your group benefits plan

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Shane Hohlweg,
Advisor

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TRUSTED ADVICE FROM
GROUP BENEFITS EXPERTS

Our Advisor team is comprised of some of the most experienced, well-respected group benefits professionals in the industry. Together, we offer the level of expertise, support and care that is unmatched in the group benefits industry.

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YOUR MOST TRUSTED ADVISOR

Employee benefits are complex, and finding the right plan for your organization requires you to look at your benefits plan in an entirely different way. We take the time to get it right, learning all we can about your situation so we can implement thoughtful, focused, well-communicated plans that work. Our methodical process will ensure we stay on the right path, powered by a strategy you believe in. The result is a program that is uniquely tuned to your organization, supportive of your overall business strategy, valued by your people, and that makes good business sense.



YOUR GROUP BENEFITS ADVOCATE

Clients view us as their advocate, and it’s a role we take very seriously. As seasoned experts, we simplify the complexity and take the guesswork out of benefits. We work tirelessly to earn your trust, and we bring transparency, honesty and clarity to everything we do.

Rob Taylor and Ricardo Barreiros
Advisors

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I have worked with Craig for over 10 years. He provides exceptional service to our firm. I am constantly recommending him to my clients. ”

Eric Vanderluit
CA Owner
Vanderluit & Assoc

Client since 2005

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LATEST BLOGS

 
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The Benefits of an EAP

By Patrick Burkart on March 18, 2016

Why You Should Contribute to Your Group Retirement Plan

By Robert Bogress on February 15, 2016

What’s the Latest Employee Benefits Trend?

By Patrick Burkart on January 25, 2016

The Ontario Registered Pension Plan (ORPP) – It is still a go or is it?

By Greg Pallone on November 12, 2015

The Impact of Specialty Drugs on Private Plans

By Greg Pallone on September 15, 2015

Dental Fee Guide

By Robert Bogress on August 19, 2015

Is It Possible to Opt Out of All Group Benefits?

By Patrick Burkart on June 9, 2015

Coverage and Limitations of Paramedical Practitioners

By Robert Bogress on May 12, 2015

Why Employer Paying for Employee Benefits Makes Sense

By Patrick Burkart on February 16, 2015

Subrogation

By Robert Bogress on February 2, 2015

5 Things You Don’t Know About Retirement

By Greg Pallone on January 20, 2015

The Inherent Liability of Offering a Benefits Plan

By Patrick Burkart on November 25, 2014

The Pre-Existing Condition Clause

By Robert Bogress on November 3, 2014

Can You Force an Employee to Retire?

By Patrick Burkart on August 19, 2014

What is the Living Benefit in a Group Plan?

By Robert Bogress on August 11, 2014

Reforming Pension Reform

By Greg Pallone on June 30, 2014

How to Choose the Right Funds For My Retirement Plan Portfolio

By Patrick Burkart on May 26, 2014

Generic Drugs – Are they really the same?

By Robert Bogress on May 20, 2014

What’s a MER and Why Do I Care?

By Greg Pallone on March 31, 2014

Long Term Disability (LTD) Executive Discrimination

By Patrick Burkart on February 24, 2014

Leaves of Absence

By Robert Bogress on February 18, 2014

Movember – For Men’s Health

By Greg Pallone on November 5, 2013

Is Your Group Basic Life Insurance Coverage Enough?

By Robert Bogress on October 8, 2013

Re-thinking Retirement – Part II

By Greg Pallone on September 10, 2013

EFAP (Employee and Family Assistance Plans)

By Robert Bogress on July 30, 2013

Re-thinking Retirement (Part 1)

By Greg Pallone on July 15, 2013

Getting Your Generation Y Employees Excited about Saving for Retirement

By Brent Delveaux on June 24, 2013

Termination of employees because of age

By Brent Delveaux on April 15, 2013

Inflationary Trends

By Patrick Burkart on January 28, 2013

What is an Open Space Limitation on my Dental program and how does it apply to me?

By Robert Bogress on November 26, 2012

True Costs

By Patrick Burkart on October 9, 2012

Dental Scaling

By Robert Bogress on August 20, 2012

The Taxability Myth

By Patrick Burkart on June 19, 2012

CAP Guidelines Do Matter

By Greg Pallone on March 12, 2012

What is a Health Care Spending Account

By Robert Bogress on January 24, 2012

Benefits, pension plans face sustainability issues

By Greg Pallone on January 21, 2012

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