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- [Paul] You know, we knew that our previous FSA provider,
we weren't always having a good experience
with that interface between the employee in that benefit,
so we knew we were looking and obviously American Fidelity
was a perfect match for that.
Why EducationPlus is in business, is to help schools.
We have to be very careful about who they are
because we want to make sure they provide great service.
Having had some experience with American Fidelity
over the years, I knew they'd been in business a long time
and they had a track record (soothing chant)
that really supported the idea
that they do good things for people in schools.
- [Dr. Carl] We had a great partnership
with American Fidelity from the very beginning.
They provide a lot of services for our employees
and we really view them as a partner.
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One of the things we realized very quickly
is that taking care of our employees is a priority.
And American Fidelity helps us do that
by providing programs and services
which fits the needs of our employees.
- [Dr. Muzzey] The thing I love about American Fidelity
is that it's really about the relationship.
This goes back three, four, five years
talking with American Fidelity
about possibly making the transition.
At no time did anyone ever
do a high pressure sales pitch on me.
And that's really one of the strongest testimonies
that I can give about the company.
They're here for service,
they wanna build that relationship,
they wanna have that long term relationship with us
to support our people and they're willing to listen
to what we need to help us develop a program
that's gonna meet the needs of every employee.
- And like I said, for me,
it's something I don't have to think about.
And as a superintendent,
when you don't have to think about those types
of programs and services, there's so many other things
on our plate that what you do want to focus on,
it's really a relief, for me (rhythmic music)
to know that I've got experts working on those issues.
- I know that I just feel more comfortable.
I feel like, you know the answers that I have been given
are accurate, that someone on the other end's
not making up information, that I can sleep good at night
knowing that American Fidelity is in our corner.
- [Paul] Working with Kaitlin and seeing the great work
that she had done in the St. Louis area
with many of our schools,
it really provided even a more positive impact on things
that we are doing in the St. Louis area.
They've helped us to partner to make sure
that we have good networking opportunities
for our superintendents.
Last year they worked with us
and we took a group to the capital.
Kaitlin came along with us on that trip.
It gave her a chance to to network with our superintendents,
understand some of the things that we see
and that we're experiencing from a legislative stand point.
So again that partnership goes beyond
just a product and a service.
It's really a how do we make education click
and how do we make things work within the entire process.
- [Kaitlin Economon] What Amercian Fidelity does
is we provide and extension to their HR department.
When we start working with a district,
there's a lot of things that the business manager/bookkeeper
is doing that is something that we
can easily take off their plate.
Meeting with the employees to answer their questions
during enrollment, that's probably the biggest pain point
I see is, business managers, HR people,
they're getting so many questions during enrollment time,
from the employees and I explain how we can help them
and how we can take that off their plate.
- Well I would say if you're not seriously looking at
American Fidelity, that you should be.
Number one.
Number two, when you do decide to make that transition
you will definitely not be disappointed in support,
one-on-one service that we've received,
and just the overall high performance of the company.
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