President
Ed has over twenty years of experience in the employee benefits field and was recently promoted to the role of President. Since 2000, he was responsible for overseeing our Wholesale Brokerage Division, with an emphasis on the professional development of our internal staff and over nine hundred outside agents. This division works as an intermediary sales and service contact between the insurers and many insurance agents and agencies who wish to market, sell, and service their products. Under his direction, the division became one of the largest and most-respected intermediaries in the Philadelphia region, with over 1 billion in premiums under management. In addition to his brokerage responsibilities, he successfully established and managed our Group Sales and Service Division.
Ed has been instrumental in expanding the company’s scope of services, market access, and staff through several strategic agency acquisitions. Prior to his tenure with Brown & Brown, he held various positions of increasing responsibility over an 11-year period in the Marketing and Sales Division at Independence Blue Cross.
Ed graduated from Saint Leo University in 1990 with a B.A. in Finance. He holds a current insurance license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Vice President, Consulting
Scott Kane is Vice President, Consulting and a senior consultant for Brown & Brown Consulting, specializing in health and welfare benefits consulting.
Scott joined Brown & Brown in 2003. He has over 25 years of group insurance and benefits consulting experience, particularly in the areas of large employer fully-funded and self-funded health and welfare benefits. Scott formerly managed a Phoenix Arizona field office for a medical excess loss underwriter, with responsibilities of sales and service of self-funded medical benefit programs to employer groups.
Scott is also a technical consultant who specializes in assisting employers in the design and marketing of their Employee Benefit programs. Scott employs a rigorous investigative process to understand clients’ needs, risk tolerances, and motivations, in order to provide sound solutions that are consistent with the clients’ objectives. Scott currently manages the benefits programs for several clients, including Brown & Brown, Inc., and serves on the Brown & Brown President’s council of National Benefits Practice. Scott is also the compliance officer of Brown & Brown Consulting.
Scott has experience in the management of private and public sector employer benefit plans, including: financing, plan design, compliance, underwriting analysis, employee communications, and presentations.
Scott graduated from West Chester University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and holds a current Life and Health insurance license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Vice President, Brokerage
Bob joined Brown & Brown Consulting in late 2010 to lead our wholesale Brokerage Division. Prior to joining Brown & Brown, Bob had his own employee benefit practice firm for over 10 years. He also brings over 20 years of wholesale brokerage experience with a major insurance carrier which included opening and managing several offices. In his current role, he is responsible for a professional staff of 20 employees assisting over 900 brokers who entrust their wholesale needs to Brown & Brown Consulting.
Bob graduated from Babson College in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management. He holds current insurance licenses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware among others.
Senior Actuary
Mr. Kikla has over forty years of experience in the Employee Benefits arena. A graduate of Colgate University, he is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary with ERISA.
Mr. Kikla’s expertise spans the Retirement, Employee Benefits, and Casualty Insurance fields including: consulting on employee benefit plan design, funding and administration; actuarial valuation of defined benefit pension plans to determine ERISA funding requirements, accounting expense, and disclosures under FAS 87, FAS 88, and/or GASB 27; actuarial analysis and design of retiree medical plans and expense development under FAS 106 and GASB 45; analysis of cost and funding implications of alternative pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plan designs; consulting on ERISA and Internal Revenue Code compliance for Employee Benefit Plans; conducting feasibility studies, actuarial rates, and reserve analysis for self-insurance programs in Workers’ Compensation, Health, and Disability; and serving as Appointed Actuary to Insurance Companies in the U.S. and Bermuda.
Mr. Kikla has testified as an expert witness before State Insurance Departments on various insurance related issues, as well as on pension liabilities litigation. A nationally recognized expert in the retirement field, Mr. Kikla has served on the pension committee of the American Academy of Actuaries from 1989 to 1991, and was Chairman of the Pension Committee for 1992 and 1993. He has authored several articles, the most recent being “How to Make the Best Use of Your Actuary,” published by Pension Management, November 1995.
Vice President, Business Development
Mr. Blemlek is a seasoned Benefit Consultant who specializes in creating and implementing long term strategic benefit plans designed to control and reduce costs without reducing employee benefit offerings. Mr. Blemlek has over 15 years experience in Administration, Human Resources and Employee Benefits. Prior to joining the Brown & Brown Consulting team Mr. Blemlek worked in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey for a well respected Benefit Consulting firm and prior to that was a District Manager for Automated Data Processing, ADP. Mr. Blemlek received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from King’s College in 1992 and attended Capital University Law School. He consults with Brown & Brown clients in the area of strategic planning and the implementation of Disease Management and Wellness programs. He currently manages the Business Development Team out of the Philadelphia office.
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