Keenan Names Lee Exton New Vice President of Healthcare Division; Dedicated to Expanding Services to Hospitals & Medical Groups.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004 Keenan, the largest privately held brokerage firm in California, today announced the appointment of Lee Exton as Keenan's new vice President of Healthcare. Jim Tinyo, senior vice president, Healthcare, says, "We are happy to welcome Lee to Keenan. His recognized expertise and results oriented approach to helping clients select the right employee benefit options, well fits with Keenan strategic initiative to grow our healthcare practice." In his new role, Exton will focus on expanding Keenan's current employee benefits consulting practice for hospitals and medical groups. His first assignment will be to lead a first of its kind survey to accurately assess the unique employee benefit needs of medical groups. This evaluation will assist Keenan in developing forward thinking approaches and product. Survey results are anticipated to be available in June. Says Exton, "I am excited to be part of the Keenan healthcare team. Keenan is one of the strongest brokerage-consulting firms in CA and the bellwether Bellwether A leading indicator of trends. Notes: A bellwether stock is a stock that is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors was an example of a bellwether stock, hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America. for forward thinking approaches to health insurance services and products." Henry Loubet, chief strategy officer, says, "With Lee's comprehensive healthcare background and his technical expertise, he brings an important dimension to Keenan's healthcare division. This will be extremely beneficial to expand even further our rapidly growing healthcare practice." Exton comes to Keenan after serving as the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Healthcare Practice Leader for a prominent employee benefits organization. Recently, he worked to develop a state-of-the-art integrated wellness program, working in concert with the Risk Management and Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. departments of a local municipality. He also has experience working with healthcare purchasing coalitions in California. His experience includes the development of a national database of health plan organizations, the design of numerous full flex cafeteria plan Cafeteria Plan An employee benefit plan that allows staff to choose from a variety of benefits to formulate a plan that best suits their needs. Also known as "cafeteria employee benefit plan" or "flexible benefit plan". programs, and the implementation of innovative consumer driven programs. Exton has worked with organizations in the private and public sectors. In addition to serving numerous hospital and health care industry organizations, he has consulted to states, counties, cities, and school districts. Exton is a frequent speaker and has presented to such organizations as IPMA IPMA International Project Management Association IPMA International Public Management Association IPMA International Personnel Management Association IPMA International Primary Market Association (finance) , PIHRA PIHRA Professionals in Human Resources Association , California CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. Association, World@Work, and GeoAccess. In addition he has appeared on ABC's Financial Watch. He graduated with degrees in biology and economics from UC Irvine and has served as an instructor for the Wharton Schools CEBS CEBS Committee of European Banking Supervisors CEBS Certified Employee Benefit Specialist CEBS Chemical Effects in Biological Systems CEBS Church of England Boys Society CEBS Charles Edward Brooke School (UK) program. About Keenan Founded in 1972, Keenan is the 24th largest insurance brokerage firm in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and the largest independent broker in California. Keenan is dedicated to providing superior insurance products and service to schools, community colleges, municipalities and healthcare organizations that include employee benefits, third party claims administration, workers compensation, integrated disability, risk management, and property and liability. Keenan has a network of nine offices located throughout California and a staff of more than 550 insurance specialists. For more information, call 1-800-654-8102, 310-212-3344 or email info@keenanassoc.com Visit our web site at http://www.keenanassoc.com. |
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