Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) July 02, 2013
United Advantage Advisors (UBA), 1 of the nation’s top independent employee advantages advisory organizations, named Symetra its Strategic Partner of the Year at the firms annual Ubbie Awards ceremony. The Strategic Partner of the Year award recognizes a companion that consistently delivers impeccable service, is proactive in understanding problems and possibilities, and offers advantage solutions that far better serve employers, staff and their families.

Symetra has been a Strategic Partner to UBA since 2004 and was honored for taking a inventive approach to fulfilling consumers demands and offering outstanding service. Thomas Mangan, CEO of UBA says, “From the outset, Symetra differentiated themselves by asking, What can we do to help you be much more profitable? They backed this up by seeking for techniques to be flexible in their item and service offering. Winning UBA Partners enterprise is very competitive, and Symetra demonstrated they will go the extra mile to help UBA Partners provide world-class merchandise and services to their clients.”

“We are genuinely honored to receive this recognition from UBA,” stated Tom Costello, regional vice president in Symetras Benefits Division. “We appear forward to continuing our productive partnership with UBA and delivering benefit solutions that fulfill the requirements of employers and their staff in this evolving marketplace.”

The announcement came at UBAs 2013 Spring Conference held in Rosemont, Ill., which saw a record attendance of almost 500 employee benefit and financial advisors and Strategic Partners. UBAs conferences supply an opportunity for UBA believed leaders to discuss the rapidly changing advantages market and what is necessary of effective advisor firms looking to remain ahead of emerging trends. Highlights from the 2013 conference included a keynote address by Joel Wood of CIAB and Janet Trautwein, CEO of NAHU, and discussions on PPACA headlined by Linda Rowings, UBA’s Chief Compliance Officer. Partners took benefit of new data on stop loss coverage, exchanges, recruiting and selling strategies.

UBA and Symetra are operating closely as far more employers consider self-funding their employee medical plans in light of PPACA implementation. Cease-loss insurance coverage, such as that supplied by Symetra, helps employers mitigate the threat linked with catastrophic healthcare claims. UBA and Symetra also are partnering on group life, disability, leave administration and voluntary benefits enterprise.

About Symetra
Symetra Financial Corporation is a diversified economic services business primarily based in Bellevue, Wash. In company considering that 1957, Symetra offers employee rewards, annuities and life insurance coverage through a national network of benefit consultants, economic institutions, and independent agents and advisors. For far more details, check out http://www.symetra.com.

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