Specifications include, but are not limited to: Provide the City with unbiased professional guidance regarding the most advantageous information concerning insurance markets from the standpoint of cost, service and coverage.•Provide technical assistance to reduce the overall cost of providing these benefits through avariety of means including developing effective negotiations strategies to expeditiously reduce the absolute cost of insurance benefits.•Provide assistance and make recommendations in the selection and implementation of newprograms and/or changes to existing programs.•Act as a resource to advise the City in the areas of COBRA, HIPPA, Cafeteria Plan Section 125,ERISA, FMLA, Health Care Reform laws and other areas in the insurance field where expertise andguidance may be requested.