{"id":2070,"date":"2016-07-21T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2016-07-21T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:48:32","slug":"epic-adds-business-development-manager-will-ogilvie-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/epic-adds-business-development-manager-will-ogilvie-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC adds Business Development Manager Will Ogilvie in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers &amp; Consultants (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Will Ogilvie has joined the firm\u2019s southwest regional office. He will be based in Houston and report to Brett Haugh, Managing Principal, Southwest Region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0721-Will-Ogilvie-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Will Ogilvie\" title=\"Will Ogilvie\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0721-Will-Ogilvie-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0721-Will-Ogilvie-600x450-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nOgilvie brings nearly 15 total years of experience to EPIC. Prior to joining the firm, he was a director for DirectPath, LLC, a privately-held leader in strategic employee engagement and health care compliance for Fortune 1000 companies. Ogilvie also served as Regional Vice President for RS Investments, where he managed over 3,500 financial advisors and delivered educational presentations, seminars and other public speaking engagements as an industry thought leader for the company.<\/p>\n<p>As a business development manager for EPIC\u2019s Employee Benefits practice, Ogilvie will identify opportunities to improve employee programs and\/or administrative services, as well as help companies better manage costs and optimize their return on investment in human capital. He will collaborate with business leaders and subject matter experts to craft tailored solutions to advance clients&#8217; business goals. Ogilvie will also develop new business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted that Will has joined our firm, and know that his contributions to the firm\u2019s intellectual capital will serve us, and our clients extremely well.\u00a0Will\u2019s results orientation, creativity, passion for service excellence and client advocacy makes him a terrific fit for our firm,\u201d said Jim Watt, EPIC President, Southwest Region. \u201cI know his impact on our organization will be felt immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ogilvie earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Will Ogilvie can be reached at:<br \/>\n<strong>Ascende &#8211; an EPIC Company<\/strong><br \/>\nOffice: 832-476-9938<br \/>\nMobile: 713-248-8253<br \/>\nWogilvie@ascende.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>About EPIC:<\/strong><br \/>\nEPIC is a unique and innovative retail property &amp; casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d in multiple regions and as a \u201cBest Place to Work in the Insurance Industry\u201d nationally.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC now has more than 850 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 13,000 clients.<\/p>\n<p>With more than $200 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Backed by the Carlyle Group, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*PHOTO for media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0721-Will-Ogilvie-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n<p>MEDIA CONTACTS:<br \/>\n<strong>Dave Hock, of EPIC<\/strong><br \/>\n650-295-4608<br \/>\ndave.hock@epicbrokers.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Conley<\/strong><br \/>\n650-422-3156<br \/>\nnicole.conley@taniscomm.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers &#038; Consultants (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Will Ogilvie has joined the firm&#8217;s southwest regional office. He will be based in Houston and report to Brett Haugh, Managing Principal, Southwest Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,72,317,103],"tags":[225],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance-news","category-houston-news","category-career-news","category-san-francisco-news","tag-ascende-an-epic-company","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":7534,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}