Burnham Benefits Hires Seasoned Health Insurance Consultant to Serve Clients

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 4, 2015) - Burnham Benefits Insurance Services -- one of California's most successful employee benefits brokerage firms -- today announced the newest member of its team, Lisa Palmer. As senior consultant, Palmer will use her consulting and carrier experience to advise Burnham's new and existing clients, facilitate RFP processes, and help grow the company's Los Angeles office.

"With more than 24 years of experience in the healthcare benefits industry, Lisa is an influential addition to our team," says Kristen Allison, president and CEO of Burnham Benefits. "Lisa's successful background on the consulting and carrier side will allow her to bring a fresh perspective. Her ability to balance the needs of our clients and the capabilities of the carriers we work with will give our clients the unprecedented service they're looking for us to provide."

With her years of experience leading regional marketing and sales support teams at Aetna and Prudential Healthcare, Palmer will also help Burnham attract quality talent to its Los Angeles office.

"Joining the team at Burnham is revitalizing," says Palmer. "I am looking forward to dovetailing my carrier experience with Burnham's successful brokerage model and helping to build a team of consultants in Burnham's dynamic, flexible and empowering environment."

Prior to joining Burnham Benefits, Palmer was a senior associate at Mercer where she was responsible for managed revenue of $2.3M across seven national, multi-sited accounts, supervised a team of analysts, and co-led local and national efforts to collect, review, and improve best practice proposal responses. She takes pride in making genuine and personal connections with people, feeling it allows her to quickly identify her clients' needs and expectations and is the foundation of great consulting.

To learn more about Burnham Benefits, visit www.burnhambenefits.com.

ABOUT BURNHAM BENEFITS INSURANCE SERVICES: Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. is a privately held, full-service employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm headquartered in Irvine, Calif. The firm is among the largest in the state to specialize solely in strategic employee benefits consulting and brokerage services. With a comprehensive offering of client-first health and wellness programs, Burnham effectively manages more than $1.5 billion in premiums for more than 400 clients. A certified Benefits Corporation (B Corp), the firm maintains a more than 97 percent client retention rate and has averaged 25 percent growth every year over the past 10 years. Because Burnham Benefits does not have outside shareholders, it can easily adapt and create customized solutions that fit clients' best interests -- investing in cutting-edge technology and the tools and resources needed to provide the specialized level of service that today's challenging climate demands. Its team of more than 75 highly skilled industry professionals includes in-house underwriters, compliance officers, healthcare reform consultants, communications specialists and wellness experts.

Through a strategic partnership with Burnham Gibson Financial Group, Burnham also provides retirement planning and wealth management services. Burnham Benefits' footprint currently spans offices in Orange County, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sacramento and San Diego, Calif., as well as satellites in the Washington D.C. metro area. Burnham Benefits holds national recognition as Business Insurance's #1 Best Place to Work in Insurance 2013 and 2014 and has been ranked a Best Place to Work by the Orange County Business Journal for five years running.