Full-Service Group Benefits Policy Support

OCI has your back with Group Benefits. Our team of knowledgeable staff is here to assist you every step of the way.

Our Benefits Operations team of specialists is there to provide product and industry education, assist in developing a strategy to make the sale, as well as create the spreadsheet for presenting to new business or renewing groups, and provide insight for the Agent’s group.

The Group Accounts team will provide you with best practices and guidance, act as a resource for compliance and legislation, resolve services and claims issues, help with employee changes, and work to renew the Agent’s book of business.

The department knows the ever-changing group marketplace and is able to keep our Agents up to date.

Full-Service Group Health Policy Support

OCI has your back with Group Benefits. Our team of knowledgeable staff is here to assist you every step of the way.

Our Benefits Operations team of specialists is there to provide product and industry education, assist in developing a strategy to make the sale, as well as create the spreadsheet for presenting to new business or renewing groups, and provide insight for the Agent’s group.

The Group Accounts team will provide you with best practices and guidance, act as a resource for compliance and legislation, resolve services and claims issues, help with employee changes, and work to renew the Agent’s book of business.

The department knows the ever-changing group marketplace and is able to keep our Agents up to date.

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Meet the Group Benefit Teams

Benefit Operations

Augusta Ratliff
Augusta RatliffBenefit Operations Manager
Combining my passion for helping people and coaching is what brought me to OCI and what an amazing couple of years it has…

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Jim Macaitis
Jim MacaitisInterim Benefit Operations Manager
I am a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the large group sector of the healthcare and insurance industries. Over the course…

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Alexander Houston
Alexander HoustonBenefit Operations Senior Specialist
Critical thinking, accuracy, and efficiency are a few of the tools I use to serve our brokers and clients. OCI is a great place to constantly…

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Ashley Kellis
Ashley KellisBenefit Operations Specialist
Hi! My name is Ashley and I started at OCI in August of 2022. I grew up in west Omaha, but I lived in Lincoln for the last four years while I…

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Ashley Vozar
Ashley VozarBenefit Operations Associate
I was born and raised in Kansas City but moved to Nebraska to attend UNL. After graduating and moving to Omaha, I wasn’t sure what…

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Makenzie Galde
Makenzie GaldeBenefit Operations Associate
I grew up in Omaha and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UNL, I found OCI at the perfect time of needing a change of pace…

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Group Accounts Team

Jessica Heywood
Jessica HeywoodGroup Accounts Team Manager
Important qualities such as being positive, flexible, and organized come in handy while working in the Renewals department and…

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Lexi Goertz
Lexi GoertzGroup Accounts Specialist
OCI came into my life at the perfect moment, I was trying to find my niche in the world and never imagined it would involve working…

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Natalie Ohl
Natalie OhlGroup Accounts Associate
Coming soon.

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Katie Perkins
Katie PerkinsGroup Accounts Associate
I found OCI at the perfect time. I was in the legal profession dealing with things that left me feeling empty. Working at OCI has lifted…

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Hannah Losh
Hannah LoshGroup Accounts Associate
I grew up in central Iowa (GO HAWKS!), and graduated from Lincoln Christian University in 2012. My boyfriend and I live in Blair with…

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Benefit Implementation

Ease Specialist

Sam Fischer
Sam FischerBenefit Implementation Specialist
After work you can usually find me doing something outside or playing softball, volleyball, or some other sport. I also…

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