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The Return Is the Proof: Telling Members the Story Behind Their Fund’s Surplus

Illustration of an origami boomerang folded from a check, sailing back toward the farm and factory that threw it

Michigan typically authorizes $80 million to $90 million a year in surplus returns to group fund members, yet a member employer sees one number. Ryan Smith looks at why the work behind a return matters more as carriers cut price and claim costs rise, and how a fund can show each member what it earned.