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

Tailored Worksite Services brings over 20 years of worksite benefit expertise to assist brokers and their clients in the design, selection and implementation of these enhanced benefit plans. By combining the best of plan design and selection with a bespoke employee communication and education process, we deliver high value and high return experiences for our broker partners and their clients. The employee engagement actions are designed to increase understanding and allows employees to truly personalize their benefit plan which leads to increased satisfaction. Contact us to find out how we can help and get a free case analysis.

EBS, Inc. is a full service independent insurance agency dedicated to providing creative, personalized, and cost effective health insurance options to our clients. We recognize that each client is unique and we will work with you to design and market a benefit package to meet the needs of your company or individual needs. We help you arrange and implement your enrollment process, as well as conduct enrollment meetings with your employees and provide them with the proper communication materials. Once your benefit plans are in place, we work with the insurance carriers, the benefit administrator and employees to solve your day to day issues. We possess the knowledge, expertise and ability to assure the success of your benefits.

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.

Brown & Brown delivers risk management solutions to help protect and preserve what our customers value most. Our three business segments—Retail, Programs and Wholesale Brokerage—offer a wide range of insurance solutions to businesses and individuals. We are one of the insurance industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, with a strong, deeply rooted cultural foundation built on integrity, innovation, superior capabilities and discipline. The Power of WE ignites our performance, and while diverse and varied in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission—always doing what is best for our customers. Brown & Brown is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work®, and we are always actively looking for talented teammates who embrace our culture to join our winning team. Find us on the NYSE as BRO.

Ranked among the top three spots for growth due to acquisition in the property & casualty (P&C) space, Leavitt Group stands as one of the top privately held insurance brokerages nationwide. With an extensive network of 250+ locations across 27 states, Leavitt Group's agencies offer a distinctive advantage with local ownership, delivering a personalized and consultative approach to commercial insurance, employee benefits, and personal insurance needs. With over 70 years in the insurance industry, Leavitt Group brings national strength and local trust to the communities and clients they serve. As one of the top privately-held insurance brokerages in the nation, we bring you the national resources, expertise, problem-solving skills, and key insurance company and underwriting relationships that will result in an effective risk management and employee benefits strategy. Our agencies provide a broad range of insurance services, including: - Business Insurance - Group Employee Benefits - Industry Programs - Personal Insurance To learn more about our company, visit www.leavitt.com.

Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) has proudly put our expertise to work in the areas of risk management, business insurance and employee benefits since 1983. We specialize in delivering a Fortune 500-level of risk management to the middle market space, and today rank among the largest privately held independent insurance agencies in the Southwest United States. At BCH, we focus on quality over quantity. As a relationship-driven firm, our goal is to serve as part of our clients’ teams. We work to learn their industries from the inside out, develop custom solutions to protect their endeavors and encourage growth — and regularly re-evaluate to keep them poised for success. It’s all part of being there when it matters.

USI is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the world, delivering property and casualty, employee benefits, personal risk, program and retirement solutions to large risk management clients, middle market companies, smaller firms and individuals. Headquartered in Valhalla, New York, USI connects over 10,500 industry-leading professionals across approximately 200 offices to serve clients’ local, national and international needs. USI has become a premier insurance brokerage and consulting firm by leveraging the USI ONE Advantage®, an interactive platform that integrates proprietary and innovative client solutions, networked local resources and enterprise-wide collaboration to deliver customized results with positive, bottom-line impact. USI attracts best-in-class industry talent with a long history of deep and continuing investment in our local communities. For more information, visit usi.com.

Founded in 1933, Stephens is a family of privately-held, independent financial services firms focused on building value for companies, state and local governments, institutions and high-net-worth investors. We are headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with offices in leading cities across the country and overseas. Since our founding, Stephens has pursued an independent course. We’ve built our firm on long-term relationships and enduring values, establishing an international reputation for vision, integrity and innovation. Free from herd mentality, short-term thinking and quarter-to-quarter imperatives, we’ve always stayed focused on the people who matter most: our clients. As investors and business owners ourselves, we have a unique perspective on the world. We understand the needs and concerns of individual investors, industry leaders and public interest stewards. Because we sit on the same side of the table as our clients, we are able to understand their goals and help build their future in partnership. © 2025 Stephens Inc. | Member NYSE, SIPC Disclosures: https://stephens.com/social-media http://www.stephens.com/

As you run down the list of the HR and administrative functions in your company you'll find many key areas where you are lacking the support of quality personnel. Maybe you're doing some of these tasks yourself and are feeling overwhelmed and pressured due to wearing multiple hats. What if a prospective candidate walked in, who happens to be an expert in all those areas, could implement time-saving technologies, is certified in all those HR and administrative areas and could show you how his or her process has vastly improved the efficiency as well as reduced costs of previous employers? What if this candidate never gets sick, never takes vacations and never has a bad day? Wouldn't you eagerly hire this person? You're looking at hiring the quintessential "million-dollar employee."​ Can you afford to hire this person? And more importantly, can you afford not to? Visit www.gnapartners.com