Can I use Claremont’s eQuote-to-Enrollment service to manage changes during the plan year?

You can. Your client’s employees can make normal, qualified changes (add dependents, change address, etc.) by accessing their benefits portal in Ease (which is offered through your own account or Claremont’s – at no cost to you by the way). Ease can be configured to notify you, the group’s administrative contact or Claremont (or all three) that a change has been made. Then, depending on your arrangement with the client, one of the three can submit that change to the carrier just like normal. Or, in the case of Principal, which has just launched a direct link with Ease for ongoing administration, during-the-plan-year changes can be configured to transmit directly from Ease to Principal with no need for the group administrator, the broker or the general agent to get involved.