Resources
NAW’s strategic business-to-business service partners have a wide array of resources available to wholesaler-distributors, many of which are available here. Check back frequently to see updated and additional material for your reference and use.
Risk Management Case Studies
Client Lowered Total Premium using CORE360 Approach
A wholesaler-distributor with 30 international locations and a diverse business interviewed multiple insurance brokers. Their decision to interview brokers was driven by their current broker’s lack of international presence and expertise, but they thought they were getting good results on their domestic program.
CORE360™ Boosts Your Risk Management Program and Saves You Money
Gallagher partners with NAW to serve the wholesale-distribution industry. We recently worked with several wholesaler-distributors to achieve significant improvements within their business insurance programs.
Employee Benefits and Health Insurance
Getting in the Loop — a Defined Process for Becoming and Remaining a Destination Employer
How four interdependent elements of an integrated compensation and benefits strategy work together to help employers get continued high performance from their workforce, without incurring prohibitively higher costs.
Actively Managing Risk for Long-Term Sustainability — Looking Beyond Insurance Limits and Premiums
How to effectively manage overall risk for long-term sustainability by assessing the significance of specific risks that include human capital as well as property and casualty concerns. How the use of risk surveys to create risk maps that provide a quick-reference guide for insights into the state of an organization’s risk management program, individually, or from an industry perspective.
Three Key Factors for Engaging Employees to Help Drive the Bottom Line
Why it’s important for wholesaler-distributors to identify and evaluate key drivers of employee engagement each year. They also examine key drivers common among many employers today — including their employees’ perception of strong senior leadership, confidence in having pathways to learn and grow within their organization, and sense of fair compensation.
Private Exchanges Offer Employees More Choices and Help Control Healthcare Costs
How private exchanges can help resolve the dilemma of providing benefits that fit diverse workforce needs and preferences, including an increasing expectation for personalization, while keeping rising costs in check.
Logistics and Shipping
Is the traditional distributor value proposition dead?
Multiple market forces affect wholesaler-distributors: high expectations of the purchase experience, rapidly changing demographics and more. A study from NAW strategic partner UPS® implies that wholesaler-distributor value is being redefined by 4 major forces. The NAW-UPS Shipping and Freight Program can help improve logistics and cost.
What if that container is yours?
Supply chain risks come from unpredictable sources: weather, theft, loss, accidents. There are effective ways to make sure you survive unforeseen disruption. Among the surest ways to mitigate risk for wholesaler-distributors is to partner with the best logistics and shipping providers, such as offered in the NAW-UPS Shipping and Freight Program.
