IRVINE, Calif., May 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Burnham Benefits Insurance Services – an industry leader in the California employee benefits broker and consulting arena – announced today the promotion of Raymond Tunnell as a new partner.

Tunnell has nearly 30 years of experience in employee benefits consulting. His vast expertise provides him with the unique ability to understand and effectively articulate risk strategy and long-term risk implementation ideas to C-suites that have proven to stabilize healthcare costs for the long-term. Tunnell is an expert coaching employers through the financial benefits of a partially self-insured program. In his role as partner, Tunnell will lead Burnham’s corporate self-funding and analytics strategy, as well as continue to design benefits programs that provide a fair balance of plan design cost and employee contribution strategy, which attracts and rewards the best risk within the purposefully balanced benefit program plan design.

“Raymond is an industry leader—his ideas on risk strategy and how we’re going to evolve the culture toward long term risk. Through embracing Raymond’s expertise, we can make quick decisions in investments that allow us to bring greater technologies to our clients and improve the long-term strategies that we perform. The ability to be nimble is a differentiator from a company standpoint,” said Burnham President and CEO Kristen Allison.

Tunnell attributes his continued upward trajectory within Burnham Benefits to its solid foundation: “I came to Burnham because of thought leadership and Kris Allison’s direction. The Burnham organization boasts and delivers a fantastic culture that’s allowed me, and the people who work alongside me, to flourish and find their own path. We want to serve the benefits needs of our clients, and we possess the necessary depth of resources—unmatched against the competition.”

To learn more about Ray Tunnell please visit his Burnham Benefits profile page here.

About Burnham Benefits Insurance Services:
Burnham Benefits Insurance Services, Inc. is a privately held, full-service strategic employee benefits consulting, and brokerage firm based in Irvine, California, with seven offices throughout the state offering comprehensive client-first strategic solutions. The closely held nature of Burnham allows its leadership to easily adapt and create customized programs 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 rapidly changing business climate demands. Burnham goes Well Beyond Benefits with its cadre of highly skilled industry professionals providing unmatched personal service. Retirement Consulting and Wealth Management services are also offered through our strategic partnership with Burnham Gibson Wealth Advisors, Inc. Burnham is a certified Benefits Corporation (B Corp), holds national recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance magazine since 2013, and consistently ranks as one of the Best Places to Work by the Orange County Business Journal, North Bay Business Journal, and Los Angeles Business Journal. For more information, visit BurnhamBenefits.com.

If you would like more information about Burnham Benefits or Ray Tunnell, please contact Kristen Allison at 949-252-4580 or email allison@burnhambenefits.com.

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