Founded in 1954, A&I Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc., is a Portland, Oregon company specializing in employee benefit administration. We are a privately held, woman-owned corporation.

Like most third party administrators, we began by administering health and pension plans for Taft-Hartley Trusts. Our experience with Taft-Hartley multi-employer groups paved the way for us to expand our services to fully insured groups/associations and single self-funded employers. We provide a full spectrum of services for health and pension plans. Today, over 700 employers covering over 30,000 employees and their families throughout the Western United States use our services.

Our services are tailored to the needs and budgets of our clients.

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A&I Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc., was founded in 1954 with an initial focus on Taft-Hartley health and pension administration. The company has grown significantly and undergone numerous changes over the past five decades.

Through the 1980s, A&I assisted in the development and implementation of several new union health and pension plans, and the company experienced growth from new business. During the 1990s, the company experienced considerable growth as it expanded its products to serve the corporate marketplace.

A new claim processing system was introduced in 1998, which further enhanced claims processing capabilities to include auto-adjudication and EDI claim processing. This allowed us to expand our focus and to be competitive with services offered to small, self-funded single employers.

January 2002 was a new beginning for A&I. Jennifer Schmidt, having worked for the company for over 17 combined years in various capacities, and Lee Centrone, who joined A&I in 1997, assumed ownership and management of the company.

Jennifer, President and CEO, together with Lee, Senior Vice President and Trust Administrator, now lead a staff of 71 employees in the daily operations and oversight of the company. A&I has seen steady growth as we have expanded the quality and depth of our services and relationships.

With new leadership came a renewed commitment to customer service and quality of service. A&I made a substantial investment in technology and systems, including replacing our legacy computer systems and implementing online tools. And we maintain this focus today. It is clear that the company must continue to provide cutting edge technology to ensure we have solid processes to better serve our customers.

Additionally, the company has become more strategic in its approach to doing business. We understand that relationships with our clients, consultants and vendors are vital to our success. We are spending more time listening to our partners, and understanding where we can streamline our processes or provide better service. We pride ourselves on being agile enough to respond to those needs and letting our clients know that everything we do and how we do it, can make a difference.