EPIC announces strategic benefits partnership with Liazon

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) announced today that its Employee Benefits Practice has launched a strategic partnership offering employers a new way to manage benefit program costs while expanding flexibility, choice and value for their employees.

EPIC has teamed with Liazon Corporation to offer their clients Liazon's Bright Choices^® Exchange. Bright Choices is an online benefits store that helps employers save money on their healthcare costs by setting predictable budgets while guiding employees to purchase better, more individually appropriate coverage.

"The Affordable Care Act presents employers with the opportunity to take a fresh look at the role health benefits play in attracting and retaining top talent," says Anna Willson, Principal and Senior Consultant in EPIC's benefits practice. "The Bright Choices Exchange helps to manage costs while increasing plan choice and employee satisfaction. It offers employees the coverage they personally need at a price they can afford. It makes the whole system work more efficiently."

"EPIC's benefits practice is once again optimizing technology to deliver more efficient and intelligent solutions to our clients," says Dan Francis, Co-founder and CEO of EPIC. "Our benefits team understands where the market is going and how we can capitalize on a changing healthcare and benefits environment to deliver innovation and added value to our clients."

About EPIC:
EPIC is an innovative California-based retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. The company provides a unique equity ownership opportunity and has created a values-based culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence.

The fastest growing brokerage in the state, EPIC now has more than 300 team members operating from nine offices across California (Los Angeles, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, Folsom, San Francisco, San Mateo, Petaluma and San Ramon).

With more than $60 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 50 retail insurance brokers in the United States and is the 5^th largest privately-held broker in California. For more information, please visit www.edgewoodins.com.

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