Case Study: Bridge Builders USA achieves significant health insurance cost savings with PeopleKeep

Using ZaneHealth, Bridge Builders USA Avoids Escalating Health Insurance Costs

Bridge Builders, a North Carolina–based timber bridge contractor, was struggling with escalating health insurance costs that strained both company finances and employee contributions. To control costs while staying competitive for employees, Bridge Builders turned to PeopleKeep and implemented its ZaneHealth/Zane Benefits defined‑contribution health solution.

PeopleKeep’s ZaneHealth program gives employees monthly, tax‑free allowances to buy individual insurance while allowing Bridge Builders to treat those payments as a tax‑deductible business expense. As a result, Bridge Builders lowered its health benefits spending (switching from a traditional group plan to a “pure” defined contribution model), employees keep more take‑home pay, and the company reports saving thousands of dollars compared with the old group premium approach.

Bridge Builders

Greg Solomon

General Manager