This service portfolio, called Absence Solutions®, streamlines benefit delivery, simplifies administration and reduces overall benefit costs for companies nationwide employing more than 2 million men and women. Rarick lives and will be based in South Floridaīased on the premise that employees make up the most costly - and valuable - of a company's resources, Matrix focuses on reducing the lost productivity suffered when employees miss work for any reason.

We are excited to have him join the Matrix leadership team.' Tim is a proven leader, innovator and manager not only in our space but in the specific niches where we can move confidently from market player to market leader. 'Notable among these is dramatically evolving our existing workers' compensation services. 'We have identified several key areas in which we want to grow in size and sophistication,' said Ken Cope, president of Matrix. He has built and managed mission critical service operations including account management and implementation and was responsible for distribution and delivery of fully integrated absence management services, for which Matrix is known and well regarded. Prior to that, he held management positions at several top-tier benefits insurance companies and administrators including Aetna, Kemper National and Broadspire. Rarick was most recently President of CWI Benefits, a South Carolina based third party administrator (TPA) and wholly owned division of Patriot National. His initial focus will include expanding the workers' compensation product and distribution to a best-in-class national practice. Matrix integrates short- and long-term disability, workers' compensation, return-to-work services and personal/family and medical leave programs to help employers realize time, efficiency and productivity gains.Īn early leader in the outsourced absence management space, Matrix was founded in 1987 as a workers' compensation administrator in San Jose, California.Ī seasoned executive with 25 years experience in the benefits space, Rarick assumes leadership of Matrix' product expansion strategy, developing and implementing key growth areas. PHOENIX, AZ -(Marketwired - May 09, 2016) - Matrix Absence Management, Inc., (Matrix), a leader in helping employers proactively manage employee absence, productivity and related payments, has named industry veteran Tim Rarick vice president, product strategy and solutions, reporting to Matrix President Kenneth Cope.

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