Nestled in the heart of Houston, Texas, Cone Retiree Healthcare Group stands as a beacon of trust and expertise in the realm of employee benefits. With a focus on serving retirees and self-funded employers, they bring decades of collective experience to the table. Their dedication shines through in their tailored solutions, meticulously crafted to meet the unique needs of each client. At Cone Retiree Healthcare Group, the ethos of personalized care resonates deeply. Their track record speaks volumes, with esteemed clients such as DELPHI SALARIED RETIREES ASSOCIATION BENEFIT TRUST and the VOLUNTARY BENEFIT TRUST FOR AIRLINE RETIREES entrusting them with their crucial benefit needs. Through statequalifiedplans.com, they extend their reach beyond geographical boundaries, offering a digital gateway to their unparalleled services. From comprehensive health coverage to strategic retirement planning, Cone Retiree Healthcare Group is more than just an employee benefits broker; they're a trusted partner in navigating the complex landscape of post-employment benefits with confidence and peace of mind.

At Hotchkiss Insurance, we know by safeguarding one's most valuable assets, people and businesses are better able to grow and prosper. We work with you to understand your unique business and deliver tailored insurance solutions and risk management to protect you from life’s uncertainties. With an advisory approach and an ability to reduce complexity, we demonstrate an abiding care for all of those who entrust themselves to us. Whether you know you need business insurance, risk management, employee benefits consulting, personal insurance, surety, or you just want to start the conversation, we've got you covered. Hotchkiss is Texas-based, with main offices in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio. For more than 40 years, we've protected businesses of all sizes and industries. (Including construction, education, restaurants, landscapers, nursery growers, manufacturing, religious institutions, commercial construction, technology, home builders, energy, more) Endorsed by: Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, Texas Irrigation Association Member of: Builder Agent Network, exclusively endorsed by Texas Association of Builders Founders of: Texas Green Industry Safety Group, Texas Home Builders Safety Group Follow us! www.facebook.com/HotchkissInsurance/ twitter.com/hiallc 800.899.3750

Who do you trust with medical, dental, disability, life and retirement programs for your employees? Since 1979, Guzzetta Benefit Services (GBS) has helped small and middle-market companies provide full-service benefit plans that help employees plan for the future. As your trusted partner in insurance and benefits, we help you manage and expand employee benefit programs as your company grows. At GBS, customer satisfaction is our top goal. That’s why hundreds of companies have trusted us with their benefits planning needs for more than 40 years.

LRD Insurance Solutions LLC in Houston, TX, stands out as a trusted partner for employer benefits, specializing in comprehensive solutions for both medical and ancillary benefits. With a strong focus on local and regional employers, their expertise extends across various industries, particularly excelling in serving companies within the plastics product manufacturing sector. This office location of LRD Insurance Solutions has established a noteworthy reputation, demonstrated by their successful partnership with Medical Extrusion Technologies, a leading player in plastics product manufacturing based in CA. Managing benefits for over 210 participants, LRD showcases its ability to tailor solutions to the unique needs of businesses in this dynamic industry. As a key player in the local brokerage scene, LRD Insurance Solutions brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Their commitment to understanding the specific challenges and opportunities facing employers in the Houston area ensures that clients receive tailored, effective insurance solutions. With a client-centric approach, LRD Insurance Solutions has become a go-to resource for businesses seeking not just insurance coverage, but strategic benefits planning that aligns with their goals.

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What makes Lockton stand apart is also what makes us better: independence. Our private ownership empowers our 12,500+ Associates doing business in over 140+ countries to focus solely on clients' risk and insurance needs. With expertise that reaches around the globe, we deliver the deep understanding needed to accomplish remarkable results.

At Risk Strategies, we help our clients protect those things that matter most to them. We help them see the way forward in a complex world with specialty insight, practical advice, and custom insurance with a vast network of specialists in Property & Casualty, Employee Benefits, Private Client, as well as Consulting Services and Financial and Wealth Management solutions. We are a different kind of insurance brokerage – bringing a strategic, holistic, specialist approach to our clients, so they can face the future with confidence. We are the 9th largest privately held insurance broker in the US with over 30 specialty practices, 200+ locations, and 5,000 team members (and counting!). We love what we do, and it shows. For five straight years, we were named one of the Best Places to Work by Business Insurance. In 2024, we earned certification as a Great Place to Work. Risk Strategies is an Accession Risk Management Group company, a family of specialty insurance distribution and risk management companies powered by a shared vision of delivering a superior client and employee experience.

Established in 1970 by Marvin Smith, our company has grown to a full service insurance agency. Currently, Insuramax serves the insurance needs of over 5,000 individuals and families, and over 1,000 businesses. Insuramax is a firm that utilizes a unique business model known as the "Risk Reduction Approach and/or Total Benefits Approach". We focus on an elite client group providing long term risk reducing services that will lower their total cost of risk and improve their profitability. As a result of implementing a specifically designed risk reduction plan our client's operations become more attractive to the insurance marketplace.

We exist to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Through actionable analytic insight, globally integrated Risk Capital and Human Capital expertise, and locally relevant solutions, our colleagues provide clients in over 120 countries with the clarity and confidence to make better risk and people decisions that help protect and grow their businesses.

Alliant Insurance Services is one of the largest and fastest-growing insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the United States, proudly ranking as the 5th largest brokerage firm and the largest privately held. We are 52% employee-owned with over 13,000 employees across hundreds of offices nationwide. we are fueled by entrepreneurialism and driven by results, operating on the belief that expectations are meant to be exceeded. Instead of sponsoring stadiums or Super Bowl blimps, we choose to invest in innovative, forward-thinking resources to serve a diverse range of industries, including Fortune 1000, 500, and 100 companies, as well as our valued midmarket clients. Our approach is centered on hiring the best people and providing them with the resources and freedom to design and deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower our clients to achieve remarkable success. For 100 years, teamwork and collaboration have been at the heart of our philosophy. We rise together to meet challenges, innovate together to deliver exceptional results and thrive together in the diverse communities we proudly serve. At Alliant, we focus on meaningful investments that drive results for our clients and make a difference in their businesses, their communities, and the world.