UZIO was named the winner of the Silver Stevie® Award in the Startup of the Year category in The 16th Annual International Business Awards®

The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards program. All individuals andorganizations worldwide – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small – are eligible to submit nominations. The 2019 IBAs received entries from organizations in 74 nations and territories.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala awards banquet at the ANDAZ Hotel am Belvedere, Vienna, Austria on 19 October.

A record total of more than 4,000 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Company of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Startup of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others. UZIO was named the winner of the Silver Stevie® Award in the Startup of the Year category.

“We are truly honored and humbled to have been chosen for this prestigious award. This is the recognition of a customer centric work culture we have nurtured here at Uzio. Our team members work hard every day with a singular mission of helping small to mid-size businesses provide cost-effective benefits to their employees. This is our North Star and it guides us as we continue our journey to make benefits easily accessible to SMBs.” Said Sanjay Singh, CEO and Founder of UZIO.

Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 250 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process from May through early August.

“The IBA judges from across the world were highly impressed with the nominations they reviewed this year. With the level of achievement documented in the nominations from 74 nations, the Stevie Awards are proud to honor organizations that demonstrate a high level of achievement in a variety of industries” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “We received more nominations than ever and look forward to honoring the Stevie winners at our gala in Vienna, Austria this October.”

Details about The International Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

About UZIO
UZIO www.uzio.com, provides the Benefit Administration and HRIS SaaS technology platform for brokers, employers and employees in the SMB space. With over 150+ broker partners, 1700+ Employers relying on UZIO and 70+ carrier serving plans, UZIO digitally transforms traditional brokers, thereby differentiating them from their peers.

For small and midsize businesses looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners, which simplifies the benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local brokers. UZIO enables small and mid-size businesses to manage HR and compliance with its user-friendly platform and advanced features.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards,The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

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Sunny Arora
Sr. Director – Head of Marketing & Inside Sales at UZIO, Inc
sunny.arora@uzio.com

UZIO Wins Silver STEVIE Award In 2019 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS

Reston, VA – January 10, 2019: Sanjay Singh, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded two successful companies GlobalLogic and hCentive is onto his third venture, UZIO.

UZIO [www.uzio.com], provides the Benefit Administration and HRIS SaaS technology platform for brokers, employers and employees in the SMB space.

With over 100+ broker partners, 1700+ Employers relying on UZIO and 70+ carrier serving plans, UZIO digitally transforms traditional brokers, thereby differentiating them from their peers.

For small and midsize businesses looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners, which simplifies the benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local brokers. UZIO enables small and mid-size businesses to manage HR and compliance with its user-friendly platform and advanced features.

“Brokers serving the SMB market are being squeezed from all sides.  The idea of partnering with them to ease their pain, giving them a one stop solution for benefit management and a HRIS solution for their SMB customers is very exciting and challenging at the same time” said Sanjay Singh, Founder & CEO at UZIO.

What UZIO Partners have to Say:

“I had recently done a demo for one of our clients, it was a small employer client with 10 employees and we went through the UZIO demo with them and they looked at it and said you know what this is the kind of platform we had access to when I was an executive at IBM and that was a real eye-opener for me, because I was able to say: we are able to offer to SMB’s what fortune 500 companies have access to… “ Said, JS Gagnon, President, Employee Benefits, Thomas Financial. Hear the full story

Before UZIO, Sanjay co-founded and led two other successful ventures, hCentive and GlobalLogic. GlobalLogic was sold in 2013 to a PE firm for a very successful exit for its investors which included top notch VC firms like New Atlantic Ventures, Sequoia and NEA.

Media Inquiry:
Sunny Arora
Sr. Director, Head of Marketing at Uzio, Inc
sunny.arora@uzio.com

Sanjay Singh, a serial entrepreneur, who launched, built and grew two successful ventures, hCentive and GlobalLogic, starts his next venture, UZIO

Through this partnership, employers using UZIO to manage their benefits will have easy access to a low-cost solution that helps employees live healthier, happier lives.

“MeYou Health’s intervention-based approach to keeping employees engaged is just the type of impactful solution we wanted to offer our employer clients,” says Sushant Jha, VP, Head of Commercial Business at UZIO. “Their solution keeps participants engaged so they continuously see the health impacts of their choices over time.”

The partnership between UZIO and MeYou Health will enable effortless employer setup and automatic exchange of census data for employee participation.

“As the only turn-key wellness program that can be purchased online and setup in minutes, we’re in a unique position to bring wellness to as many small businesses as possible,” says Jennifer Gendron, Chief Revenue OĀcer at
MeYou Health. “Integrating with the UZIO marketplace will help expand this mission.”

About MeYou Health

MeYou Health provides a full-feature, turn-key wellness suite optimized for small and midsize businesses. Designed for digital delivery, MeYou Health’s platform was built from the ground up to give employers a social, engaging, and effective alternative to traditional wellness programming. With industry-leading engagement and multiple clinical trials demonstrating impact, MeYou Health’s programs deliver measurable results to even the smallest organization.

About UZIO

At UZIO, we provide the best technology platform for brokers, employers and employees. UZIO digitally enables traditional brokers, thereby differentiating them from their peers. Our technology gives brokers a means to efficiently deploy benefits in a true digital landscape that simplifies the client’s experience. Brokers can impress their peers and clients with state of the art technology!

UZIO’s empowering platform helps brokers grow revenue and acquire new clients. For small and midsize businesses looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners which simplifies benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local brokers.

Media Inquiry:
Sunny Arora
Sr. Director, Marketing at Uzio (by hCentive, Inc)
sunny.arora@uzio.com

UZIO and MeYou Health Partner to Bring Affordable Employee Wellness to the SMB Market

Transamerica introduces a portfolio of employee benefits in UZIO’s marketplace that will compliment employers’ healthcare offerings by offsetting deductibles and other expenses that health insurance alone may not cover.

Through this collaboration, UZIO’s broker community will be able to streamline their voluntary benefits offering and will provide incremental value to their clients.

John Stanley, Managing Director of Transamerica Employee Benefits, says “Transamerica is focused on empowering employees to focus on their wealth and health. UZIO’s platform provides benefit brokers and consultants with access to enrollment, communication and decision support tools to help employees better manage the benefits selection process.”

With UZIO’s strategic approach in the market, this collaboration aims to simplify the distribution and management of health insurance, ancillary benefits, and other HR needs such as compliance, payroll, onboarding and more.

“As a leader in the benefits marketplace, UZIO’s mission is to empower small and mid-size businesses to gain access to comprehensive benefits”, said Sushant Jha, VP of Commercial Business at UZIO. “Transamerica has added a suite of voluntary products to our marketplace to include accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance which will further enable this market”.

About UZIO (powered by hCentive)
At UZIO (http://www.uzio.com), we provide the best technology platform for brokers, employers and employees. UZIO digitally transforms traditional brokers, thereby differentiating them from their peers. Our technology gives brokers a means to efficiently deploy benefits in a true digital landscape that simplifies their client’s experience. UZIO’s empowering platform helps brokers grow revenue and acquire new clients.
For small and midsize businesses looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners which simplifies benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local brokers. We enable small and mid-size businesses to manage HR and compliance with our user-friendly platform and advanced features.

About Transamerica
With a history that dates back more than 100 years, Transamerica is recognized as a leading provider of life insurance, retirement and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States. Recognizing the necessity of health and wellness during peak working life, Transamerica’s dedicated professionals work to help people take the steps necessary to live better today so they can worry less about tomorrow. Transamerica serves nearly every customer segment, providing a broad range of quality life insurance and investment products, individual and group pension plans, as well as asset management services. In 2017, Transamerica fulfilled its promises to customers, paying more than $35.6 billion in insurance, retirement, and annuity claims and benefits, including return of annuity premiums paid by the customer. Transamerica’s corporate headquarters is located in Baltimore, Maryland, with other major operations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Transamerica is part of the Aegon group of companies. Based in the Netherlands, Aegon is one of the world’s largest providers of life insurance, pension solutions and asset management products, operating in more than 20 markets worldwide. For the full year of 2017, Aegon managed $982 billion in revenue generating investments. For more information, please visit http://www.transamerica.com.

Media Inquiry:
Sunny Arora
Sr. Director, Marketing at hCentive, Inc
sunny.arora(at)hcentive.com

UZIO and Transamerica Team Up for a Strategic Alliance in the Benefits Space

In the first half of 2018, the company released new product features that enhance the functionality of their platform. With these new features, HR will be able to handle more of their day-to-day through the UZIO platform, making it easier to keep track of their workflow. The new product enhancements include:

• Hiring and Onboarding
• Time Off Management
• Compliance Health Check
• Employee Communication
• Redesigned Employer and Employee home pages
• Form Generator

The hiring and onboarding, time off management, compliance health check, and employee communication applications are premium features available for employers. Each application helps streamline various HR functions. Below is a summary of each application and how the enhancements will benefit small businesses.

1. Hiring and Onboarding: simplifies talent acquisition and onboarding by allowing the employer to set up the hiring process electronically via the UZIO platform. There are templates for:

• Offer letters
• Agreement notices
• Employee handbooks
• Onboarding documents such as: Employment verification form (W-2), Federal and state tax forms, Custom documents, Onboarding task list etc.

2. Time-Off Management: this tool allows employers to create custom policies and automate tracking, accrual balances and adjustments. Employees can review time off requests, make updates, and request approvals. Some key capabilities include:

• Real-time dashboard that shows who’s out and PTO balances
• Managers and employee notifications of requests and approvals/denials

3.  Compliance Health Check: is designed for employers to answer a series of surveys to get customized advice that shows some of the blind spots an organization is facing regarding regulatory compliance. Employers can take the initial survey for free to see a brief list of recommendations that give them a taste of the module. The recommendations cover:

• ERISA
• ACA and the Employer Mandate
• COBRA
• Medicare
• Other compliance related topics

“Building efficiencies for our clients is our top priority” said Ashish Jaiswal, Head of Product at Uzio. “With these platform enhancements, we are able to bring digital capabilities to the small business market by offering them a seamless integration of their day-to-day HR and payroll tasks that are fully automated and easy-to-use.”

4. Employee Communication: there is a new set of filters on the employee listing page and in the Communication App that enables employers to target communication to specific employees who have actions pending. The filters include:

• EOI required
• Missing account information
• LSC not complete
• Forms not signed

Additionally, the app had been enhanced to allow employers to create custom templates that fit their needs. They can name the template and save it to be used in the future.

The last two enhancements include revised employer and employee homepages and a form generator. The revised home pages were updated to accommodate all the enhancements made to the platform to help it be an all-in-one hub for employee management. The employer portal shows at-a-glance statistics, has employee record management, and shows an organizational chart and celebration updates.

The employee portal has been redesigned to accommodate the HR and payroll functions. They can view their demographic information and make updates as needed, and they can see existing benefits or initiate a life status change.

Lastly, the form generator helps employers manage paper forms more efficiently by bringing paper forms to an electronic format. Employers can load any document, regardless of format or document type, to generate pre-filled forms using data that is already available on the UZIO platform. The form generator allows text-tagging, where you insert a text box to an area of the form that needs to be completed, and our system will populate that part of the form with the relevant information.

For example, HR can upload a privacy form, text-tag the First Name, Last Name and Address, and when employees access the form, their first name, last name, and address will be pre-populated with their information. The employee will review, complete, and electronically sign the form, which saves valuable time for the employer and employee. HR can easily identify employees who have the form, that status of the form and when it is completed. Once the document is completed, it will be part of the employee’s profile, making it easily accessible and keeping it in a safe location to never get lost.

“UZIO is a pioneer in digital transformation” said Sushant Jha, Business Head at Uzio. “With over 2,000 employers on our platform, we have learned the pain points they face when dealing with their day-to-day tasks. We are confident these enhancements to our platform will help make their lives easier so they can spend more time on their strategic goals.”

All these LIVE enhancements make UZIO an all-in-one platform for employers.

About UZIO(powered by hCentive)
At UZIO, we provide the best technology platform for brokers, employers and employees. UZIO digitally transforms traditional brokers, thereby differentiating them from their peers. Our technology gives brokers a means to efficiently deploy benefits in a true digital landscape that simplifies their client’s experience. UZIO’s empowering platform helps brokers grow revenue and acquire new clients.

For small and midsize businesses looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners which simplifies benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local brokers. We enable small and mid-size businesses to manage HR and compliance with our user-friendly platform and advanced features.

UZIO Releases New Product Features in the First Half of 2018

SAN ANTONIO, TX and RESTON, VA, April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —

Execupay (execupay.com), a long-trusted SaaS provider of payroll & HR technology and services for small to medium businesses, today announced a new partnership with hCentive.  Execupay was selected by hCentive (www.hcentive.com) to provide white-labeled payroll services and technology empowering them to offer full-service payroll in all 50 states under the brand Uzio (www.uzio.com). This partnership and integration has given hCentive the ability to offer their customers an integrated payroll solution through close collaboration between the two companies. Execupay is the leading provider of white-labeled payroll services, powering major brands like Sam’s Club, BBVA Compass, BambooHR, YODLEE, CSI, and more.

Execupay’s integration for hCentive benefits both HR departments and the employees. For the HR professional, hCentive’s Uzio Payroll offers a full-service online payroll experience, which includes dedicated, highly trained, payroll support, automated tax services and seamlessly synced payroll data for one system of record.

“Uzio is excited to partner with Execupay, as it would help us serve our customers better,” said Ashish Jaiswal, Head of Product at Uzio. “Our HR and Benefits platform and Execupay’s payroll management technology will enable Uzio to deliver a unified customer experience for our broker partners, employers and employees.”

Execupay’s Channel Partnership program enables industries such as financial institutions, brokers, accountants, retailers and franchisors to offer white-labeled Payroll & HR Services to their businesses customers changing the way their customers think about Payroll. With “Powered by Execupay”, companies have the option to offer branded payroll and HR services without the investments in product or staffing, while strengthening their customers relationship with their brand.  With customized sales material, websites and more, Execupay handles all aspects of the offering from sales to implementation to service for their partners, all backed by a White Glove Service promise.  “Powered by Execupay” is the easiest way for any business to offer payroll and HR service to their small business customers.

“Customer success is the topmost priority for Uzio, including our partnership with Execupay,” said Sushant Jha, Business Head, Uzio. “Our collaboration will empower our mutual customers to manage employee benefits and payroll in more effective ways.”

About Execupay
Execupay has been a trusted leader in providing payroll and HR Solutions for both small and medium sized businesses since 1974, covering payroll, time and labor management, talent acquisition, talent management, and more for thousands of businesses and millions of employees.  Execupay couples innovative products with white glove customer service to empower customers, allowing them to focus on growing their business.   Learn more about Execupay at execupay.com, get great payroll and HR advice at execupay.com/blog and follow us on Twitter at @execupay.

About Uzio (powered by hCentive)
At Uzio (www.uzio.com) we provide the best technology platform for broker, employers and employees. Uzio transforms brokers into a digital broker and helps them differentiate from the “pen & paper” based brokers. Our technology will enable brokers to provide a fast and efficient deployment of the benefits in a true digital landscape that simplifies the clients’ experience. Impress your peers and clients with state of the art technology! Uzio’s empowering partnership helps brokers, grow revenue and acquire new clients.

For SMB’s looking to provide comprehensive benefits in a cost-effective way, UZIO provides a marketplace of products and partners, which simplifies the benefits management by combining the power of technology and the experience of the local Brokers.

Sebastiaan Pleij
Design & Marketing Manager at Execupay, Inc.
877-366-9511
sebastiaan.pleij@execupay.com

Sunny Arora
Sr. Director, Marketing at hCentive, Inc
sunny.arora@hcentive.com

Execupay Introduces Branded & Integrated Payroll for hCentive