SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Director of Retirement Rob Massa, Benefits Strategy Consultant Suzannah Gill and Principal Rosemary Manning Hughes will present at the 35th Annual ISCEBS Employee Benefits Symposium at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n
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\nMassa will discuss \u201cPreparing for a DOL Audit\u201d on Monday, September 19 at 4 p.m. and Gill and Hughes\u2019 session \u201cBeyond Open Enrollment: Communication Strategies to Engage Your Workforce\u201d will take place on Tuesday, September 20 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
With retirement plans facing ever-increasing levels of scrutiny from both regulatory agencies and participant class-action suits, it is more important than ever to keep your plan in compliance. In his session \u201cPreparing for a DOL Audit,\u201d Massa will discuss how to prepare for a DOL audit including the various issues and common errors that trigger an audit, the building blocks to prepare for an audit and best practiced for establishing a fiduciary audit file.<\/p>\n
The session will include the following takeaways:<\/p>\n
Companies are continuing to spend a tremendous amount of time and money providing strong benefits to their employees. However, more often than not it is found that employees are unaware of these benefits and how to maximize their value. In their session \u201cBeyond Open Enrollment: Communication Strategies to Engage Your Workforce,\u201d Gill and Hughes will demonstrate the keys to a successful communications campaign. They will also discuss how an ongoing outreach program can empower employees to understand their benefits to the fullest, while also reducing the workload to your HR team.<\/p>\n
The session will explore different channels of communications and will include the following takeaways:<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> to see the full agenda: https:\/\/www.iscebs.org\/Symposium\/Pages\/ProgramDetails.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Rob Massa, Director of Retirement, Ascende \u2013 an EPIC Company:<\/strong> About Suzannah Gill, benefits strategy consultant, EPIC:<\/strong> About Rosemary Hughes, senior consultant and principal, EPIC:<\/strong> For 35 years, the Symposium has been the must-attend event for thousands of corporate benefits professionals. Designed with a variety of U.S., Canadian and globally oriented sessions, the Symposium is an unparalleled opportunity to learn from and alongside hundreds of industry colleagues, experts and leaders. Solution-oriented workshops, discussions, case studies and strategic sessions offering practical, timely takeaways are designed with your professional needs in mind.<\/p>\n EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property and 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 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 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 http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACTS: <\/strong> Nicole Conley SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Director of Retirement Rob Massa, Benefits Strategy Consultant Suzannah Gill and Principal Rosemary Manning Hughes will present at the 35th Annual ISCEBS Employee Benefits Symposium at the Hilton Baltimore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":3393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,1,10,105,103],"tags":[225],"class_list":["post-3378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment-news","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-insurance-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":9463,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378","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=3378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRob Massa joined Ascende as the retirement practice leader in 2010, and in 2011, led the introduction of Ascende Wealth Advisers, Inc. He oversees a team of retirement professionals who work with clients and investment committees to help them develop meaningful retirement plan strategies, manage compliance requirements and fiduciary duties, educate employees and make informed decisions in plan operations. To read more about Massa, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Rob](\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0901-rob-massa-600x450.jpg\" "\\"Rob")
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\nJoining EPIC\u2019s employee benefits consulting team in Atlanta as a benefits strategy consultant, Suzannah Gill brings a breadth of benefits consulting experience to EPIC. To read more about Gill, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Suzannah](\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0628-sue-gill-600x450.jpg\" "\\"Suzannah")
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\nRosemary Manning Hughes is a senior consultant and principal in EPIC\u2019s Stamford, CT and New York, NY offices. She brings over 25 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. To read more about Hughes, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Rosemary](\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0915-Rosemary-Hughes-600x450.jpg\" "\\"Rosemary")
<\/p>\nAbout ISCEBS Employee Benefits Symposium:<\/h3>\n
About EPIC:<\/h3>\n
\nDavid Hock
\n650-295-4608
\ndave.hock@epicbrokers.com<\/p>\n
\n650-422-3156
\nnicole.conley@taniscomm.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"