Overview

• Surety HR, Inc. is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) founded in 2017 and headquartered at 28605 Ranney Pkwy, Westlake, Ohio.
• The company operates with 12 employees and is part of the Spooner Risk Control family, which includes Spooner Inc (TPA) and Spooner Medical Administrators (MCO).
• Organic growth began in 2015 with payroll services, expanding by 2017 to include in-house legal counsel, HR experts, and specialized teams for workers’ comp, safety, unemployment, and absence management.
• Granted self-insured status by Ohio BWC in September 2019, enabling significant client savings in Ohio’s workers’ compensation system.
• Initially focused on existing Ohio clients needing solutions outside Ohio BWC, then expanded statewide to help businesses save time on payroll, benefit plans, employee relations, and workers’ comp.

Specializations

• Navigating Ohio’s claimant-favoring, monopolistic workers’ compensation system for state-fund and self-insured clients.
• Claims and program management proven to save clients hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in workers’ compensation costs.
• Self-insured status for Ohio workers’ compensation (granted by Ohio BWC in 2019) enhancing client savings.
• Unemployment services including Third-Party Administration (TPA) for unemployment claims.

Services & Approach

• Payroll processing services established since 2015.
• Workers’ compensation claims management with documented savings for Ohio employers.
• Safety training and OSHA compliance support.
• Absence management including FMLA and disability management.
• Benefit plans management for employer clients.