This month's Partner success stories highlight Sullivan Benefits, D & S Agency, ECM Solutions, Horan, Acadia Benefits, and Employee Benefit Solutions.

In a listing of the 2017 Best of Business: Best Professional Services for 2017 in the Worcester Business Journal, UBA Partner Firm Sullivan Benefits (Sullivan Insurance Group) has been recognized as the Best Business Insurance Agency. Sullivan provides predictable and well-managed insurance and risk-management programs by using long-term professional staff with varied areas of expertise, along with a range of insurance carriers.

In the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) January 20, 2017, Washington Update, the "What We're Reading" section links to the blog "Ouch! Department of Labor Form 5500's Time-Intensive and Expensive Reporting Requirements Painful for Small Employers" by UBA Partner Carol Taylor, Director of Compliance and Health Plan Collaborative at D & S Agency.

ECM Solutions was honored as Rough Notes magazine's December Agency of the Month in an articled titled, "Honoring The Past, Looking To The Future." This now puts them as a candidate in the running for the magazine's 28th Annual Agency of the Year award.

In the January 9, 2017, issues of Health Plan Week, three UBA Partners —Valerie Bogdan-Powers at Horan Securities, Inc., Vicki Ferentz at Acadia Benefits, Inc., and Paul Rooney at Employee Benefit Solutions (EBS) — were all quoted in the article, "Despite Stable Rates, Employers Will Push Insurers for Savings."