McClone Insurance announced today that the Employee Benefits team and clients of Universal Insurance Advisors (UIA) have joined McClone, bringing together trusted client relationships with the resources and capabilities of a full-service brokerage.
For UIA’s employee benefits clients, the relationships and service experience they know will remain in place. Their existing team will continue working with them, now with access to additional employee benefits expertise, resources and the broader capabilities of McClone.
“The relationships we’ve built with our employee benefits clients have always been incredibly important to us,” said Pam Utpadel, President of UIA. “As I thought about the future, I wanted to make sure both our clients and our team were positioned to continue receiving the same personal service and trusted guidance, with even more resources behind them. I feel very good about what this next chapter creates for the people we serve.”
UIA will continue operating its Medicare and Individual Health business. The integration with McClone is specific to UIA’s Employee Benefits team and clients.
“We’re excited to welcome the UIA Employee Benefits team and the clients they serve to McClone,” said Dustin McClone, President and CEO of McClone. “UIA has built strong relationships and a tremendous amount of trust over the years. This integration allows us to build on that foundation, bringing more resources, expertise and capabilities to the table while preserving the relationships and personal service clients value.”
The addition of UIA’s Employee Benefits business builds on McClone’s continued growth while bringing together teams that share a strong commitment to relationships, service, and doing what’s right for clients.
For additional information, please contact:
Ashley Rothmann
pr@mcclone.com
Ashley Rothmann
Ashley Rothmann is the Director of Marketing at McClone, where she leads the firm’s brand, communications, and marketing strategy. With more than 14 years of experience, Ashley has built her career around helping organizations tell better stories, connect with the right people, and make complex ideas easier to understand.
That last part is especially relevant in insurance. As someone who did not grow up understanding the industry, and still believes there is always more to learn, Ashley brings an outside-in perspective to how McClone communicates. Her goal is simple: make insurance, risk, benefits, and everything in between feel more human, more useful, and a whole lot more digestible.
At McClone, she works across the organization to bring the firm’s expertise and perspective to life through content, thought leadership, digital strategy, public relations, and client communications. She is especially passionate about storytelling, building brands people trust, and finding better ways to explain why the work matters to the people and businesses McClone serves.
