EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced that Ascende — an EPIC Company has promoted Mary Parker and Dina Flavin to managing principals in Houston. In addition, the company’s Southwest Region also welcomed Javier Yturralde as its Global Solutions practice leader.
Parker and Flavin join Steve Goulet and Suzanne McGarey as strategic leaders of Ascende’s Health & Welfare practice. Collectively, they also serve as client engagement managers, providing senior leadership support and direction to the firm’s consulting clients.
Parker joined Ascende in 2005 as a senior associate. Most recently, she led the Global Solutions practice, supporting clients’ globally mobile employees, including U.S. expatriates, rotators, third country nationals and local nationals. Prior to joining the firm, Parker served as a benefits analyst at Reliant Energy Inc. and the Westlake Group.
Flavin began her career at Ascende in 2005 as a senior associate as well. Prior to joining the firm, she held 10 years of experience with actuarial and underwriting roles in the health insurance industry.
Yturralde brings 20 years of international employee benefits experience. Prior to joining the firm, he served as regional director of Broker/Insurance Partnerships at International SOS where he was responsible for the development and expansion of key brokerage, consulting and insurer relationships in the U.S.
He also previously served as regional director of MetLife’s Multinational Solutions, formerly AIG.
Source: EPIC
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