Wausau Signature Agency unveils new Employee Benefit Division

Wisconsin-based Wausau Signature Agency has unveiled its new Employee Benefits Division with comprehensive sales, marketing and service capabilities to fully complement its traditionally-strong property and casualty products and services.

Rod Flanders has been named as the WSA vice president-Employee Benefits. He will head a new team, which will grow over time to include eight to 10 agents plus support staff. The existing WSA group benefits unit in the upper Midwest will fold into the new Employee Benefits Division.

According to WSA, the benefits of a dedicated Employee Benefits Division include:

Making it easier for clients to do business with WSA by providing better service to those customers who are demanding group and retirement products;

Making WSA more competitive with other agencies that offer employee benefits services, including online resources;

Increasing the level of group benefits expertise will enable WSA to market and sell these products more effectively; and,

Meeting the demands from clients who want to purchase employee benefits services from the same agency, but want to work with an employee benefits expert;

Flanders has been with Wausau for more than 22 years, most recently as WSA vice president-Sales Training, Reporting and Remuneration. He joined Wausau Insurance Companies in 1984, and has held several positions of increasing responsibility within Wausau Insurance and more recently with WSA. He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation, Chartered Life Underwriter and Associate in Risk Management professional designations.

“I am very excited about the opportunity that lies ahead in growing this very important segment of the market,” said Mark Steinberg, WSA president. “I am confident that with Rod’s focused leadership, we will truly meet all of the insurance needs of our clients and prospects. We’re sharpening our focus on employee benefits to fully complement our strong property and casualty products and services.”

WSA identifies itself as one of the top 50 largest commercial insurance agencies in the nation, offering access to group, property and casualty products from a variety of carriers. WSA is the largest distributor of Wausau Insurance property and casualty products, coverages and services.