Franchise Insurance: New Sources of Value

Case in point: Allegra Network, which has 600 printing and sign franchises and an estimated 3,200 employees. In the past, franchisees of the Northville, MI-based company were on their own to secure and supply employee health insurance. The quality of rates and coverage was all over the map, according to Carl Gerhardt, corporate president and CEO, and dramatic rate spikes reached 25 percent in a year.