• Steve Gransbury is a graduate of Hartwick College in Oneonta NY. He started his insurance career in the early 1990’s with the Paul Revere Insurance Group marketing individual and group products. In 1996 Steve began his career in medical stop loss reinsurance with the Boston area Managing General Underwriter (MGU) LDG Insurance Underwriters after three years as an independent employee benefits consultant.
  
  Over the next seven years with LDG, and later with an Atlanta area based MGU that had acquired LDG; Mr. Gransbury held marketing and senior officer positions. In those roles medical stop loss new business production, renewal persistency, profitability objectives and producer management were his primary management responsibilities. Additionally as Vice President & Managing Sales Director for that company, all non-medical products fell under Steve’s direction. Mr. Gransbury is a Board of Directors Member of SLG Benefits and Insurance, LLC and Stratus Reinsurance Company, Inc.
   

• Bob Lang began his insurance career in the early 1990’s with Excess Health, Inc a Medical Stop-Loss and Human Organ Transplant Managing General Underwriter. Bob started working for LDG Insurance Underwriters in 1994, and later with an Atlanta based MGU that acquired LDG.
  
  At LDG and later at the Atlanta based MGU, Mr. Lang initially held the position of renewal stop-loss underwriter and later moved into a production role as a Marketing Representative for that company. In 2000 Bob was promoted to Regional Vice President of the Northeast Region with responsibilities that included overall management of that territory. This charge included oversight of underwriting, risk management and marketing within the Northeast Region in addition to managing corporate profitability targets. Mr. Lang is a Board of Directors Member of SLG Benefits and Insurance, LLC and Stratus Reinsurance Company, Inc.
   

• Steve Solomon graduated from The University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1990 with a BS in Economics. He started in the stop loss business in 1991 working for Excess Health, Inc., a small Medical Stop Loss and Human Organ Transplant MGU. Mr. Solomon received training and managed all aspects of the MGU operations during his tenure, including Underwriting, Marketing, Policy, Premium, Claims, and Reinsurance Accounting.
  
  In 1995 Mr. Solomon joined LDG Insurance Underwriters as a Senior Underwriter. Over the next 9 years Mr. Solomon held various Senior Management positions at LDG (and later the Atlanta based MGU that had acquired LDG). These positions included Northeast Regional Vice President, Chief Underwriting Officer, and Executive Vice President. During his final three years with that firm Mr. Solomon had direct oversight for all underwriting, actuarial, risk management, claims and legal issues, and reinsurance relationships. Mr. Solomon is a Board of Directors Member of SLG Benefits and Insurance, LLC and Stratus Reinsurance Company, Inc.
   

• Ms. Argeros began her insurance career in 1995, working in the sales department for a leading MGU. She gained valuable insight into the reinsurance market through her supporting role to sales, marketing and customer service. She advanced to the position of Underwriter in 1996, learning all aspects of the stop-loss business from the ground-up. Promoted to the role of Senior Underwriter in 2000, her responsibilities include the growth and persistency of a large block of profitable business. More importantly, her goal was to establish and cultivate honest, irreplaceable producer relationships.
  
  Joining SLG Benefits & Insurance, LLC in 2003, Ms. Argeros’ ambition is to carry forward the same business/relationship philosophy, expand her knowledge base and apply onward thinking strategies for this continually changing market. Ms. Argeros’ underwriting management responsibilities include client relationships in the Midwest and Southern United States.
   

• Mrs. Krauss graduated Magna Cum Laude from Merrimack College with a BS in Finance. She began her insurance career in 1996 working at a leading Managing General Underwriter. Mrs. Krauss was hired as an Underwriter where she gained valuable experience in all aspects of sales and underwriting in the reinsurance market. She was promoted to Senior Underwriter in January of 2000 where she maintained one of that company’s most profitable individual loss ratios. In addition to consistent maintenance of her renewal loss ratio and meeting new business sales goals, Mrs. Krauss was involved in the development and implementation of several interdepartmental functions as well as managing Sales Administration and the Renewal Underwriting Team.
  
  Mrs. Krauss joined SLG Benefits and Insurance, LLC as an Underwriting Manager in October of 2003. Her position includes cultivating producer relationships, underwriting new and renewal business and providing expertise and timely solutions to our business partners. Mrs. Krauss’ underwriting management responsibilities include client relationships in the Eastern United States.
   

• Diane has been a nurse since 1983. She has extensive clinical experience including medical/surgical, brain and spinal cord injury and oncology. In addition, Diane has held positions as charge nurse, nursing supervisor and MDS coordinator. This knowledge base and experience is valuable in her risk assessment responsibilities at SLG Benefits.
  
  Ms. Stockwell began her insurance career in early 1999 working as a case management coordinator with the Synergy Department at LDG Insurance Underwriters and later as a case management coordinator for an Atlanta based MGU. As a risk management coordinator, she was responsible for maintaining professional relationships with producers and vendors. Additional duties at SLG Benefits include matching resources for medical issues affecting stop loss, medical underwriting, and implementation of cost containment measures, case management oversight and the overall management of high risk claimants.
  
  Diane has joined SLG Benefits & Insurance as of July 2004.

Susan M. Herzog, RN

• Sue Herzog is a graduate of Salem State College with a BS in Nursing. She has several years of clinical nursing experience in hospital and physician office settings.
  
  In 1995 she began a career in managed care as a Utilization Review Nurse at Cost Care/Unicare, and was promoted to Case Manager in shortly thereafter. Her knowledge of utilization review and case management was further expanded while working at One Health Plan of Massachusetts. In 1998 Sue transitioned to a case management coordinator and later a Transplant Coordinator for a leading Boston Massachusetts area Managing General Underwriter.
  
  Sue joined SLG Benefits in October 2003 as a Risk Management Nurse and hopes to use her experiences to provide support to clients and business partners. Sue’s primary responsibilities at SLG Benefits Include risk assessment, case management oversight and stop loss reimbursement coordination.

Kimberley Carlton, Senior Claims Examiner

• Kimberley Carlton began her career in claims at Safety Insurance in 1982. Kim's service as a Claim Examiner has extended to large insurers, legal firms, and self-insured/self-funded corporations such as Waste Management Inc., August Busch/Anheuser Busch Co., and Partners Health Care. Kim's professional experience has expanded her knowledge in the fields of liability, injury, illness, and workers' compensation in addition to medical claims and stop loss reimbursements. In 1999 Kim was employed by the Claims Department of R. E. Moulton Inc., a full service medical stop loss MGU.
  
  Kim joined SLG in 2005. Her aim is to apply her experience and skills adjudicating claims and stop loss reimbursement requests in compliance with Plan Documents and Excess Loss language while containing costs by utilizing Risk Management principals. In the process Kim looks forward to working with Third Party Administrators business partners.