Uncommon Benefit Partners

Alignment, Transparency, & Accountability in Employee Benefits

Uncommon Vision

Benefit risk is unsustainable. Costs are running higher, regulations are onerous, and trust is hard to build.

UNCOMMON is your solution to restore alignment, transparency, and accountability to employee benefits. Founded out of MIT in 2024, we build on years of industry experience to:

  • Fix a broken system of backend dealing

  • Hold partners accountable

  • Reveal missed opportunities and better outcomes

  • Build long-lasting trust and transparency

Our Services

  • We understand your benefits consultants represent a pivotal partnership. Choosing the right team, establishing optimal terms, aligning incentives, and ensuring accountability directly influence your members’ experiences during life’s critical moments while also impacting millions of dollars on your bottom line.

    Drawing on our expertise as consultants, benefit leaders, insurers, actuaries, and innovators, we identify the ideal broker for your needs and maximizing the value of your relationship with them.

  • For clients ready to change the system, we are your critical partner. Our team operates with clear, transparent terms, incentives, and accountability.

    Drawing on our expertise as benefit leaders and innovators, we eliminate the conflicts of interest in the commissions system and spend those funds directly on services that add value to your plan.

  • Uncommon Edge is an AI-powered analytics platform designed to help brokers gain deeper insight into health and welfare benefit contracts. The platform analyzes plan documents, contracts, and RFP materials to surface cost-saving opportunities, risk indicators, and areas where contract terms may be unclear, missing, or unfavorable.

    Uncommon Edge acts as an extra set of expert eyes—bringing consistency, structure, and advanced analysis to a process that is often manual and fragmented. Our tool elevates the RFP process by highlighting what truly matters in health and welfare contracts, helping teams focus on the right questions, comparisons, and negotiation points.

    By transforming complex documents into clear executive summaries and actionable findings, Uncommon Edge enables brokers to operate with greater confidence, efficiency, and expertise when advising clients.

  • We also serve customers and the benefits community through speaker engagements, innovation sessions, and general consulting.

Case Studies

Meet Our Founder

Neil Larson

CEO & Founder of Uncommon BP

Former CSO at Benefit Science, credentialed actuary for Aon and AJG, Head of Benefits for JBS, MIT Alum

Actuary

20 years of industry across broker, carriers / payers, and employers

Insider

Direct work with executive level benefit leaders across the industry

MIT Innovator

Utilize cutting-edge tools to demystify plan levers and drive lower cost and higher employee satisfaction

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