Pasadena's Bolton & Company Joins BAN

CLEVELAND, OH (4/13/10) --- Pasadena-based Bolton & Company – one of the nation’s largest employee-owned insurance brokers, providing clients worldwide with insurance and risk management services, employee benefits, and financial products – has joined Benefit Advisors Network (BAN).

BAN is the premier national network of independent benefit advisory and consulting companies. BAN members, or Smart Partners®, represent the “best of the best” among benefits brokers in their respective markets.

“To be admitted to BAN, firms like Bolton & Company go through a stringent screening process which focuses on their industry knowledge, ethics, business acumen and vision,” explains BAN Director Deane Elek. “Through BAN, our Smart Partners® can offer their clients a level of service and capabilities that are usually only available from national firms – and they do it with a level of care and consideration that can only be offered by an interested local partner who understands the needs of local employers. BAN’s independently owned firms are focused on the needs of their clients – not the dividend expectations of stockholders."

“Membership in BAN will provide our firm with vitally important shared resources to help our leadership group become a better steward of growth for our agency,” says Bolton & Company Chairman Ronald Wanglin, CIC, CSRM.

Founded in 1931 by Dorance D. Bolton, Bolton & Company has grown along with the California economy. Today, Bolton employs more than 120 insurance professionals and places $150 million in annual premiums on behalf of its clients. While the firm handles the insurance and risk management needs of some of the world’s largest corporations, it has continued to maintain its focus as a full-service broker dedicated to exemplary service on a personal level.

“Bolton & Company has taken great pride in remaining one of the few full-service insurance brokerages,” notes Wanglin. “Whether our clients desire business insurance, personal insurance, surety bonds, employee benefits, estate planning, risk management services, or even human resources consulting, we have developed the expertise to handle these services."

BAN selects only one firm per market or market segment to join the organization, unlike many other insurance industry organizations. Their unique structure and philosophy allow members to share best practices, unencumbered by concern about the presence of their competitors. Recent studies show this unique collaboration results in BAN members producing 65% higher revenues per employee than their peers.

For more information about Bolton & Company, call 626-799-7000 or visit the company’s website at www.boltonco.com.

About Benefit Advisors Network

Benefit Advisors Network is a federated association of benefits brokers who leverage their combined size to bring employers the right solutions at competitive prices. For more information about Benefit Advisors Network, contact Director Deane Elek at (440) 528-0301 or visit the organization’s website at www.benefitadvisorsnetwork.com.