SYRACUSE — JMC Benefits Group, a Syracuse–based provider of employee benefits and business insurance, on Sept. 1 joined CH Insurance Brokerage, Inc. CH Insurance Brokerage is an independent agency located on the ground floor of AXA Tower I in downtown Syracuse. Joseph Courcy, who operated JMC Benefits Group, has been hired by CH Insurance and […]
SYRACUSE — JMC Benefits Group, a Syracuse–based provider of employee benefits and business insurance, on Sept. 1 joined CH Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
CH Insurance Brokerage is an independent agency located on the ground floor of AXA Tower I in downtown Syracuse.
Joseph Courcy, who operated JMC Benefits Group, has been hired by CH Insurance and brought his customers with him, according to Joseph Convertino, Jr., president of CH Insurance.
Convertino, Jr., along with father, Joseph Convertino, Sr., the firm’s CEO, co-owns the agency.
Courcy was the lone employee of JMC Benefits Group, which previously operated in a 500-square-foot office at 327 Fayette St. in Syracuse’s Armory Square area, he says.
Both Convertino, Jr. and Courcy spoke with the Business Journal News Network on Sept. 9.
With his employment at CH Insurance, Courcy will no longer use the name JMC Benefits Group, he says. He operated under that name for about three years.
CH Insurance spoke to Courcy about three years ago, as it attempted to grow its employee-benefits business, says Convertino, Jr.
At the same time, CH Insurance also talked with Courcy “about the property casualty [insurance] side of business and helping his clients.”
Through that relationship, Courcy became familiar with the staff at the CH Insurance.
“So, over three years, it led to offering him employment and bringing his book of business over to CH,” says Convertino, Jr.
JMC Benefits Group provided group coverage for health, dental, vision, life, and disability to about 30 total clients, he says.
When asked why he decided to join CH Insurance, Courcy noted the agency’s customer service, its reputation, and the support staff it can provide.
“My clients will be better off under the CH name,” Courcy contends.
Courcy also wanted his clients to have to more options to consider, including workers’ compensation and personal lines of insurance that JMC Benefits Group wasn’t providing, he says.
The two organizations are “… kind of joining forces to network together and bring more business ultimately to CH [Insurance],” says Convertino, Jr.
JMC’s revenue grew 10 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, Courcy says. Convertino, Jr. declined to disclose any revenue information for CH Insurance.
Founded in 1999, CH Insurance operates in a 4,500-square-foot space in AXA Tower I at 100 Madison St. in Syracuse. It leases space with CBD Companies, the property manager at the AXA Towers.
The agency employs 27 people between offices in Syracuse and Rochester, along with its DHH Insurance Agency, LLC and Schillaci Agency, both in Rome.
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