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Silberstein Insurance Group is riding a two-year streak as an honoree in the Best Places to Work in Insurance. Baltimore, Maryland-based SIG repeated as the top-ranked small employer overall as well as the top employer among agents and brokers in the Best Places to Work program. 2016 is the seventh year that the employee benefits firm has made the list. Founded in 1999, SIG embraces a Results-Only Work Environment, which features flexible scheduling and telecommuting. Other attributes that SIG's 42 U.S. employees enjoy about their company include onsite fitness classes, community service days and social events, such as company dinners, Orioles games and a crab feast.
BEST PLACES TO WORK IN INSURANCE 2016: AGENTS/BROKERS | ||||||
1 | SIG | 42 | 29 | Kapnick Insurance Group | 151 | |
2 | Reliance Partners | 28 | 30 | J. Smith Lanier & Co. | 620 | |
3 | Burnham Benefits | 69 | 31 | Liazon | 334 | |
4 | Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners | 116 | 32 | Rogers & Gray Insurance | 128 | |
5 | Alltrust Insurance | 38 | 33 | The Plexus Groupe LLC | 103 | |
6 | Assurance | 438 | 34 | Fred C. Church Insurance | 132 | |
7 | Lovitt & Touché | 187 | 35 | Digital Insurance | 740 | |
8 | PRITCHARD & JERDEN | 95 | 36 | Falvey Insurance Group, Ltd. | 74 | |
9 | Business Benefits Group | 39 | 37 | Gunn-Mowery, LLC | 68 | |
10 | Marsh & McLennan Agency | Michigan Health & Benefits Team | 94 | 38 | IPMG | 134 | |
11 | Alternative Service Concepts | 127 | 39 | HNI Risk Services | 123 | |
12 | Atlas General Insurance Services | 161 | 40 | ABD INSURANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES | 199 | |
13 | Dubraski & Associates Insurance Services, LLC | 34 | 41 | Holmes Murphy & Associates | 724 | |
14 | M3 Insurance | 227 | 42 | The Partners Group, Ltd. | 125 | |
15 | SAHOURI. | 33 | 43 | Odell Studner Group | 51 | |
16 | Connor & Gallagher OneSource | 57 | 44 | Lacher & Associates | 35 | |
17 | Lawley | 348 | 45 | Cambridge Consulting Group | 60 | |
18 | The Insurance Exchange, Inc. | 38 | 46 | McConkey Insurance & Benefits | 82 | |
19 | Lockton Companies | 3863 | 47 | Avalon Risk Management Insurance Agency LLC | 131 | |
20 | Costello & Sons Insurance Brokers, Inc. | 34 | 48 | Spring Venture Group | 208 | |
21 | Discovery Benefits | 587 | 49 | Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, LLC | 127 | |
22 | ECBM Insurance Brokers and Consultants | 76 | 50 | Carroll Insurance Agency, Ltd. | 32 | |
23 | MarketScout | 68 | 51 | EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants | 799 | |
24 | Preferred Insurance Services, Inc. | 27 | 52 | Networked Insurance Agents, LLC | 109 | |
25 | TexCap Insurance | 37 | 53 | CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc. | 1385 | |
26 | Hoffman Brown Company | 54 | 54 | Paychex Insurance Agency | 805 | |
27 | Hylant | 625 | 55 | The MGIS Companies, Inc. | 55 | |
28 | Safeware | 53 | 56 | The Nitsche Group | 124 | |
57 | GFI Insurance Brokerage Inc. | 34 |
To those on the outside, insurance might seem like a starchy and boring business. In reality, the industry's leading companies are attracting talent because they offer interesting, meaningful and flexible work.