EPIC Adds Hughes to Employer Services Platform in Northeast

EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer Services Platform (ESP).

Hughes joins EPIC as a principal and senior consultant, responsible for Employee Benefits consulting and new business development. Hughes will focus on continuing to build EPIC’s Employee Benefits Consulting operations in the Northeast and will divide her time between EPIC’s offices in Stamford, Conn. and New York City. She will work closely with Steve Levene, Managing Principal of EPIC Risk Solutions, an experienced team of large account/complex property & casualty risk specialists, who are also based in Stamford.

Hughes was most recently the Director of Benefits for Avis Budget Group based in New Jersey, where she was responsible for benefit and wellness programs in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. In addition, Hughes previously served a wide range of clients as a health and welfare consultant at several large, national brokerage/consulting firms. Hughes earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and Sociology from Fordham University at Rose Hill in the Bronx, N.Y.

EPIC launched its national Employers Services Platform in 2012 in response to the Affordable Care Act and national healthcare reform. Since then the company has invested heavily in its consulting operations around the country with key hires in major regions to expand the expertise and services EPIC offers to employers nationwide.

Headquartered in San Francisco, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has nationwide presence with industry expertise across commercial property and casualty insurance, employee benefits, specialty program insurance, and private client services.

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