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Unipres U.S.A. Employee Benefits Brokerage and Consulting Services RFP
Business Experience
Karen R. McLeese is Vice President of Employee Benefits Regulatory
Affairs for CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc., a division of CBIZ,
Inc. She serves as in-house counsel, with particular emphasis on
monitoring and interpreting state and federal employee benefits law:
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Author of At Issue, a CBIZ client newsletter that provides
information of general interest regarding employee benefits law
and legislation.
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Author of For Your Benefit, a CBIZ compliance/reference guide
to welfare benefits.
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Author of Benefit Beat, a monthly CBIZ e-newsletter containing
regulatory updates.
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Reviews and interprets federal and state laws and regulations
impacting employee benefits.
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Monitors federal and state legislation impacting employee
benefits.
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Provides information in response to technical questions
regarding employee benefits.
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Provides technical support in response to employee benefits
issues.
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Follows and analyzes trends in employee benefits.
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Monitors case law impacting employee benefits
Education
Karen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre
Dame and her Juris Doctor from Duke University.
She is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and
the Missouri Bar Association. She is also a member of the Kansas Bar
Association, and the Health Law Forum and Labor & Employment Law
Sections of the American Bar Association.
Karen McLeese
Vice President of Employee
Regulatory Affairs
CBIZ, Inc.
(816) 945-5213
kmcleese@cbiz.com