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Stop-Loss

Protect your plan from the claims you can not predict

Stop-loss helps protect self-funded employers from high-cost claims. But the right stop-loss strategy should do more than provide a policy. It should help you understand your risk, evaluate your options, and make decisions with better visibility into your plan.

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Every structure.
Right sized for your plan.

Apta works across all stop-loss structures and helps you determine which combination fits your risk profile, cash-flow tolerance, and long-term plan strategy. There's no default recommendation. There's only what makes sense for your company.

Specific Stop-loss

Individual claims


Protects the plan against any single member's claims exceeding a set threshold in a given plan year. 

Aggregate Stop-loss

Total plan exposure


Sets a ceiling on total plan claims liability in a plan year. Typically set as a percentage of expected claims, aggregate coverage ensures that a bad year doesn't become a catastrophic one.

Captive Arrangements

Group risk pooling
 

For employers who want to participate in shared risk structures, captives allow groups of like-minded employers to pool stop-loss exposure. Which often leads to improved pricing and terms.

Alternative Risk Solutions

Custom structures
 

For employers with unique risk profiles, we structure contracts with additional considerations including, run-in and run-out structures, lasering strategies, and alternative funding.

For more information on our stop-loss offerings, check out Apta Stop-Loss
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