Hylant Group Adds Elizabeth Thorne as Client Executive

The Hylant Group recently announced that Elizabeth Thorne has joined the Cleveland office as its client executive. According to the release issued by the company, Thorne has 20 years of sales and marketing experience with the last 18 years specializing in
group insurance and employee benefits.

Prior to joining Hylant Group, Thorne spent six years with a
small Northwest Ohio benefits brokerage agency. She opened the Cleveland satellite office in June of 2000 with no Northeast Ohio clients and single handedly grew her benefits book of business to over 15 clients and $400,000 of annualized revenues. On April 17th, 2006 the Hylant Group bought Thorne’s book of business and welcomed her to the organization where she and services.

The new client executive began her insurance career in Dallas, Texas in 1988 as a special projects manager for a mid-size insurance company. After a year in Texas, she was recruited back to Cleveland as an account executive for a large national carrier where she sold ancillary insurance products and stop loss coverage for approximately 7 years. Her experience working with large self-funded employers lead her to a regional TPA, where she worked as an account executive until June of 2000.

Hylant Group is a 70-year old, privately held insurance brokerage
serving businesses and individuals around the world. In addition to the
corporate headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, the firm has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio; Troy and Ann Arbor, Mich.; as well as Indianapolis, Bloomington and Fort Wayne, Indi.

Source: Hylant Group