Keenan Names Lee Exton New Vice President of Healthcare Division

[Frank Public Relations via BizWire]

Dedicated to Expanding Services to Hospitals & Medical Groups
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TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004--Keenan, the
largest privately held brokerage firm in California, today announced
the appointment of Lee Exton as Keenan's new vice President of
Healthcare.
Jim Tinyo, senior vice president, Healthcare, says, "We are happy
to welcome Lee to Keenan. His recognized expertise and results
oriented approach to helping clients select the right employee benefit
options, well fits with Keenan strategic initiative to grow our
healthcare practice."
In his new role, Exton will focus on expanding Keenan's current
employee benefits consulting practice for hospitals and medical
groups. His first assignment will be to lead a first of its kind
survey to accurately assess the unique employee benefit needs of
medical groups. This evaluation will assist Keenan in developing
forward thinking approaches and product. Survey results are
anticipated to be available in June.
Says Exton, "I am excited to be part of the Keenan healthcare
team. Keenan is one of the strongest brokerage-consulting firms in CA
and the bellwether for forward thinking approaches to health insurance
services and products."
Henry Loubet, chief strategy officer, says, "With Lee's
comprehensive healthcare background and his technical expertise, he
brings an important dimension to Keenan's healthcare division. This
will be extremely beneficial to expand even further our rapidly
growing healthcare practice."
Exton comes to Keenan after serving as the Southern California
Healthcare Practice Leader for a prominent employee benefits
organization. Recently, he worked to develop a state-of-the-art
integrated wellness program, working in concert with the Risk
Management and Human Resources departments of a local municipality. He
also has experience working with healthcare purchasing coalitions in
California.
His experience includes the development of a national database of
health plan organizations, the design of numerous full flex cafeteria
plan programs, and the implementation of innovative consumer driven
programs. Exton has worked with organizations in the private and
public sectors. In addition to serving numerous hospital and health
care industry organizations, he has consulted to states, counties,
cities, and school districts.
Exton is a frequent speaker and has presented to such
organizations as IPMA, PIHRA, California CPA Association, World@Work,
and GeoAccess. In addition he has appeared on ABC's Financial Watch.
He graduated with degrees in biology and economics from UC Irvine and
has served as an instructor for the Wharton Schools CEBS program.

About Keenan

Founded in 1972, Keenan is the 24th largest insurance brokerage
firm in the United States, and the largest independent broker in
California. Keenan is dedicated to providing superior insurance
products and service to schools, community colleges, municipalities
and healthcare organizations that include employee benefits, third
party claims administration, workers compensation, integrated
disability, risk management, and property and liability. Keenan has a
network of nine offices located throughout California and a staff of
more than 550 insurance specialists. For more information, call
1-800-654-8102, 310-212-3344 or email in...@keenanassoc.com Visit our
web site at http://www.keenanassoc.com.