Member Benefits

Your return IS connected to your investment in an organization that works FOR YOU!

More Return on Your Investment!

Advertising & Promotional Services — The Chamber promotes your Business!

Chamber E-News: Free bi-weekly e-newsletter distributed to all members. Timely updates on Chamber and community events. Member news included free of charge. Advertising and sponsorship rates available upon request.

Fostoria Welcome Guides: Produced every three years. Ad discounts available for Chamber Members. Details acquired through personal contact with sales representatives from the Focus. Distributed to local hotels, banks, restaurants, new residents and visitors.

Member Directory: Provide information with your investment application. Your website is linked free of charge. Complete directory available to help you support our member investors.

Chamber Website: Information about the Chamber and the community, along with a complete membership directory and links to your website.

Business Profile Display: Business cards, brochures and business referral information.

Monthly Window Display: Once per member until entire membership is served. Free of charge!

Ribbon Cutting/Open House Ceremonies: Call Chamber office for details.

Services — The Chamber provides unique services!

Chamber Conference Room Usage

Small Business Development Center

Industrial/Manufacturing Directory

New Business Guide

Community Demographics & Statistics

Legislative Advocacy

Sponsorship & Networking Opportunities — The Chamber gives you Exposure!

Events: Annual Meeting, Dueling Pianos, Car Show, & Golf Classic.

Seminars and Legislative Forums: Safety Council, Legislative Forums and Legislative Updates.

Group Rating Discount Programs — The Chamber can save you Money!

Health Insurance Discounts: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (Disability and Life Insurance also available) *some businesses are eligible to receive discounted group health insurance through other providers. Call the Chamber office for details.

Workers’ Comp Group Rating Plans: CompManagement – www.compmgt.com Receive free quotes from the state’s largest workers’ compensation pool-available to Chamber members.

Credibility — The Chamber informs people of your commitment & support of the Fostoria Area!

Membership Window Decal: Display your sign in a prominent place. Show your reinvestment with a new annual decal.

Customer Referrals: Our staff only refers customers to Chamber members. If you’re a Chamber member, you’re referred; no membership, no referral.

Group Health Insurance

The Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Paramount Healthcare to provide quality comprehensive medical insurance programs at reduced costs. The Chamber plans offer healthcare protection that can be customized to fit specific needs. As a Chamber member, your company can save on group health insurance through a combined premium discount and premium tax credit savings.

Better options lead to better decisions. Only you know which type of plan best fits your company. And only your employees know which doctor or hospital best fits their personal needs. Whether you choose Anthem or Paramount, your employees will have plenty of choices for both.

For more information, contact the Chamber or one of these providers or visit www.chambersaver.com/noacc.

Corporate One Benefits

(419) 435-4085

NOACC

1-866-466-6222

Workers Compensation Group Rating

The Group Rating Plan potentially lowers a company’s operating costs by providing lower Workers Compensation premiums. Group ratings permit employers in the same or a similar industry to group their claims experience for rating purposes. By pooling companies with good experience, the group will attain a better rate than the individual rates of its members.

Procedure
Enrollment in the program can only occur during the open enrollment period from May to October each year.

A company must submit an authorization form to the Chamber plan’s third party administrator. The AC-3 form allows the Bureau of Workers Compensation to permit the third party administrator to review your company’s workers compensation account in order to determine eligibility for the group-rating program.

After an analysis of all companies that have made application, the administrator will notify you of your company’s eligibility status and, if you qualify, will mail you an estimate of your savings.

If you decide to join the Chamber program, you must complete the necessary forms and return them to the third party administrator.

Program Cost
Each member is charged an administrative fee to be in the program. By enrolling in a group rating program, you are also hiring plan administrator CompManagement Inc.(CMS) to provide their claims cost control services. Fees vary depending on company size. Also, you MUST become a member in good standing of the Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce’s Worker’s Compensation Group Rated Program through CompManagement could save your company significant money on your worker’s comp premium. In 2011, 17 members of the chamber are projected to save over $30,600 on their workers’ comp premiums, with one member alone saving over $5,975!

Fact: Over 75,000 Ohio employers are in a workers’ compensation group. Most employers not in groups are paying much more than those in groups. Most employers not in groups are paying much more than those in groups. CMS offers chamber members multiple savings levels from the BWC maximum to a lesser percentage, for companies with claims. The multiple levels of savings can possibly prevent you from losing your group rating discount once a claim occurs, simply dropping you down to a lower tier.

Even if your company is enrolled in another workers’ compensation group rating program, you should compare your current program to the chamber group rating program through CMS. For more information, or for a no-cost, no-obligation quote of your potential premium savings, contact Genny Hart, the chamber’s CMS representative at 1-800-837-3200 ext. 7228 or visit www.compmgt.com

NOACC Benefits

As a member of the Northern Ohio Association of Chambers of Commerce, the Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce has access to the power of the NOACC partnership. Northern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce (NOACC) is a regional partnership of over 120 community-based chambers of commerce in northern Ohio dedicated to helping chambers deliver competitive and cost-saving benefits and services for almost 35,000 member businesses. The organization provides benefits and resources that the individual business or chamber would be unable to obtain on their own.

The NOACC Chambers have a menu of discounted benefits to choose from to offer the businesses they serve in their local communities. Members of NOACC Chambers can use any of the NOACC benefits by contacting the providers directly.

Benefits currently available to NOACC Chamber members include:

Accounts Receivables and Collection Management: AmerAssist AR Solutions

Group Health Insurance: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Group Life & Disability Insurance: Anthem Life

Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Programs: Benefits 1 Group

Managed Care Organization (MCO): University Hospitals CompCare

Merchant Credit Card Services : Heartland Payment Systems

Employee Wellness Program: Wellness Council of Northern Ohio

Transportation Savings : CT Logistics

Office Supplies and Service: Independence Business Supply

Fed-Ex Shipping Discounts: PartnerShip

Payroll Processing Services : Heartland Payment Systems