David Embry joins SelectQuote Benefit Solutions as senior vice president of sales and client services. He will be responsible for enhancing existing client and partner relationships. Prior to joining SelectQuote Benefit Solutions, Embry spent 20 years at JPMorgan Chase. Most recently he was the managing director of client service, sales and marketing for JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services unit. … John M. Consul, Jr. joins EPIC Advisors, Inc. as a client services administrator. Consul has a financial planning/administrative background and previously worked for HNP Capital LLC. … Compliance Assurance Corporation announces that the Great American Insurance Group has selected Comply on Demand Enterprise to mitigate enterprise-wide regulatory risks. … Brian Heapps is named president of John Hancock Financial Network announces James Boyle, president of John Hancock Financial Services. Heapps will be responsible for all aspects of JHFN, the company's national network of independent firms, and its broker-dealer, Signator Investors, Inc. … Marvin Braxton appointed president and CEO of Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation regional company. … Robert J. Klonk, president & chief sales officer of Oswald Companies based in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named chair of the Council of Employee Benefits Executives Board. Klonk, who had been serving as CEBE vice chair, replaces Vinnie Daboul. Klonk will serve as CEBE chair through the 2013 Employee Benefits Leadership Forum. … The International Insurance Society announces Manuel Póvoas, founder and former CEO, Bradesco Vida e Previdência, Brazil, as the 2012 Posthumous Insurance Hall of Fame winner. Póvoas will be inducted at the June 18 gala dinner during the IIS 48th Annual Seminar. In 1977, when the Brazilian government legalized companies that offered private pension funds and annuities, Póvoas established the first private Brazilian pension fund corporation. He was one of the founders, a director and, subsequently the CEO of the company, which is today the largest Brazilian entity in annuities and pension funds and represents approximately 20% of the market share. ... Rosenfeld Einstein adds Darlene W. Godbee as a shared services specialist in its employee benefits group. Godbee joins Rosenfeld Einstein after more than 10 years in human resources with Extended Stay Hotels, where she focused on employee benefits administration and relocation services for an employee group exceeding 9,000 members. As part of the Rosenfeld Einstein organization, she will focus on employee benefits support for medium and large group benefit programs.
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Healthbook+'s app allows employees to access personal medical information and offerings, and get trained AI-driven answers to health- and benefit-related questions.
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Project 55 is helping organizations empower their workforce with mental health education and resources.
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