According to the recent market data, catastrophic medical claims have grown in size and frequency over the past 5 years. In addition, healthcare costs continue to surge, making the traditional way of medical stop-loss insurance obsolete.

The idea that Self-Funding could potentially expose employers to large and catastrophic medical claims drives them into seeking new solutions and/or a new brokers. After all, million-dollar claims may seem like a rare occurrence – but they happen more often than expected.