Rick Gantt

About Rick Gantt

Rick combines his extensive knowledge of insurance with his ability to quickly assess company culture. He deploys this understanding to help the executive team connect its vision for the organization to the people who help bring it about. In addition to being an expert in the areas of funding strategies, Health and Welfare plan strategy, design and execution, and underwriting strategies and methodologies, Rick is also a leading expert in Onsite Clinics, Direct Primary Care Model, Nearsite Clinincs, Wellness, Risk Management, Disease Management, and employer/employee communication planning and execution. He has built a wellness organization to support his clients’ wellness efforts while applying his ability to develop systems and track effective wellness initiatives to deliver outstanding results. Rick’s wellness expertise coupled with clinical partnerships builds and produces enviable outcomes for the organizations he serves. In addition to wellness, Rick also brings deep expertise in the areas of plan strategy & implementation, funding strategies, underwriting and self-insured plan design.Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. is one of the leading employee benefit brokers and consultants in the U.S. Our full range of benefit services includes strategy, plan design and management, financial planning, actuarial, data analysis and benchmarking, retirement brokerage and consulting, and human resource services. Gallagher’s trusted experts bring new ideas, innovative tools and world-class compliance capabilities to tailor benefit solutions to our clients’ unique business objectives and employee needs. Our custom solutions ensure benefit programs perform better so businesses perform better. To learn more, email Rick at R••••••••@ajg.com for a copy of our recent High Performing Health Plan Survey to see how your company measures up. You can also request a Best Practices customized survey with the largest benefits survey in the market.

Experience

1. South Carolina Area President

   Gallagher

   Dec 2012 — Present · Greenville, SC, US

   As the South Carolina Area President, I pursue new client opportunities, service our existing clients, and strive to ensure our team is giving the best customer service possible! We also offer Wellness Consulting services to our clients, and are always seeking new and exciting ways to introduce Wellness incentives to our clients and their employees to improve employee health while reducing healthcare costs.AJG is a blended Benefits Brokerage and HR Strategy firm which specializes in helping middle market companies, particularly those going through rapid change, maximize the value of their benefit program spend. WE UNDERSTAND THE ART OF DELIVERING RESULTS for our clients is a multifaceted design mix of innovative strategies, specific workable solutions and the tools and levers that assure their success. THE AJG TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS achieves this by designing, implementing and managing innovative Health and Welfare plans along with the technical systems to support them. THE FIRM has developed compelling employee engagement solutions to support and extend the employee/employer connection. We specialize in four key areas: 1. Benefits Brokerage 2. HR Systems - HRIS / Benefits Administration 3. Employer / Employee Communications 4. HR Strategic Planning

Education

• University of South Carolina

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Risk Management
• Client Relations Skills
• Employee Benefits
• Benefits and Wellness Consultant
• Health Insurance
• Brokers
• Employee Engagement
• Customer Service
• Strategy
• Benefits Administration
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Insurance
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Motivational Speaking
• Working with Brokers
• Public Speaking
• Leadership