WHO WE ARE
- we deliver results for brokers, consultants, insurance carriers and their employer clients focus3 BENEFITS offers web-based and traditional strategies to help employers, their consultants, brokers and insurance carriers automate the business processes of enrolling and administering employee benefits, marketing insurance products and communicating benefit plan information to employees.
OUR TEAM
DIVERSE, TALENTED and READY TO TAKE ON ANY AUTOMATION CHALLENGE focus3 BENEFITS combines the specialized talents of: human resource and benefit managers; financial services and insurance carrier executives; enrollment specialists; client services professionals; creative services specialists, print designers and graphic artists; web designers, developers and programmers; and project management experts.
We harness this talent to deliver flexible, cost-effective benefit automation, communication and administration solutions for our employee benefits brokers, consultants, insurance carriers and their employer clients.
OUR SPECIALISTS
- DESIGN AND development Our design and development team will create a benefits
automation and communication solution that works for you now and in the future.
- enrollment and education Our enrollment specialists enroll core and voluntary benefits
while educating employees about the value of their benefit programs.
- ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT Our account management team ensures a smooth
design, implementation and on-going support process for your benefit automation solution.
Director of Sales
- PHIL BRIMER PROVIDES NATIONAL INSURANCE CARRIER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE TO BROKER/CONSULTANTS AND THEIR CLIENTSPhil Brimer joins focus3 BENEFITS to direct the sales operation. Phil's knowledge of the industry, gained from over 30 years experience in senior sales management positions with major national carriers, will enable him to provide excellent products and services on a consultative basis to carriers, brokers, consultants and their clients.
founder/ceo
- ERNIE MEREDITH KNOWS WHAT BENEFIT ADVISORS NEED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYER CLIENTSWith over three decades of experience in the independent group insurance industry, Ernie Meredith has a keen sense of what brokers and consultants need. He knows that trust, reliability and seamless delivery are essential to help a brokerage firm maintain excellent relationships with existing clients and provide the services needed to attract new ones.
DIRECTORS
PHIL BRIMER, Director of Sales
With 37 years in the insurance industry, Phil Brimer has spent the past 32 years focused on voluntary benefits. He has held senior sales leadership roles with several leading voluntary benefits carriers and most recently was the GreatLantic Territory Vice president for Allstate. Phil was co-founder of the Voluntary Employee Benefits Board (VEBB) and has served as a board member, Treasurer and President of the Mass Marketing Insurance Institute (MI2). He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) professional designation and has received the MI2 Pinnacle Award and Member of the Year, and the VEBB Star. Phil graduated with a BS in Business Administration from The Citadel and was a commissioned officer in the US Army prior to launching his insurance career.
PETER BRYAN, Project Oversight
Peter Bryan’s executive management positions with life insurance companies, brokerage firms and enrollment organizations provides the experience necessary to design and implement benefit automation, communication and enrollment strategies. A navy vet and UVA grad, Peter holds the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) professional designation.
TIM NICHOLS, Technology
With Decades of experience in project management and IT/operations, Tim Nichols has the expertise to transition HR and Benefit teams from paper-based enrollment processes to an automated benefits environment. Tim is a graduate of the University of Tennessee.
TIM MORGAN, Communications
With 30 years of experience in print, broadcast and new media, Tim Morgan provides expertise to assist brokers, consultants, insurance carriers and employers with communicating benefits to employees.
TRINA FOLDEN, Client Relations
15 years of HR and Benefits management experience and 10 years of Client Relations experience makes Trina Folden the perfect fit with brokers, consultants, insurance providers and their employer clients.
ERNIE MEREDITH, Founder/CEO
Ernie Meredith spent over 30 years of his career as an independent group employee benefits brokerage owner. Over the last decade, Ernie realized that superior benefits technology, enrollment services and employee benefits communication needed to be combined with a year-round commitment to employer client support, so he founded focus3 BENEFITS to fill those service gaps for brokers and consultants. Ernie is a CPA, served in the USMC and is a graduate of Viginia Tech.