Our goal is to form lasting relationships with our clients that are built on strength, integrity and honesty. Meet some of the people who work hard to make navigating health insurance easier for you.

Mr. Beakey is the President and founder of The Health Consultants Group. His primary role is strategic and tactical director of the firm, and the corporate liaison for HCG’s elite clientele. He started his insurance career with Prudential in 1979. After working at Prudential he accepted a position at The Farmington Company where he supervised multi-million dollar enrollments in the voluntary benefit arena. He continued his success at Arthur Watson & Company in the Credit Union League Insurance Agency. In this role, he spearheaded a corporate initiative with credit unions to offer benefits to workers and built up a significant voluntary program. Due to this success, Brien was promoted to work in Trumbull with the Fairfield County Medical Association. In this capacity, he worked with physicians to promote Long Term Care, and was one of the top producers of LTC in the country. He also set significant benchmarks with life and disability sales to this group.      In 1992, Brien went to the Managed Care Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of St. Francis and Yale New Haven Hospital. As an agency inside of the Health Choice of Connecticut, Brien continued his success until May of 1994 when he purchased the agency. Starting with one employee and less than 50 accounts in a small office in West Hartford, he has guided the firm’s growth to its present 45 employees located in 3 states. The firm now manages over 1300 accounts nationally.      Brien is also active in a number of industry and community organizations, including Past President and current board member of the Connecticut Benefit Brokers, Past Chairman of the National Association of Health Underwriters, and has been a member of ConnectiCare, CBIA, United HealthCare and Anthem advisory boards. He is also President of the Board of the Open Hearth and a board member of The Golf Club of Avon. He was instrumental in getting the endorsements of the Independent Electrical Contractors of New England, Fairfield County Medical Association, the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association, the Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors Association, Connecticut State Medical Society, Connecticut Technology Council and many others.      Brien was selected to serve on a council for the State of Connecticut, which assembled to create the first managed care report card for health insurance organizations. He is also currently the co-chair of the Geno Auriemma Fore the Kids Golf Tournament, the top tournament for the Connecticut Children’s Hospital. Brien holds a CIC designation.

Brien Beakey, CIC President

Phil Boyle Vice President

Phil started in the health insurance business in 1995. He joined The Health Consultants Group as their third full time employee and helped to build the agency up to more than 40 employees in three states. The Health Consultants Group and The Health Solutions Insurance Agency, now known as HCG Services, is a total benefits agency encompassing employee benefits, business and retirement solutions. Phil is a Vice President with his firm. In his current role, he oversees the day to day operations of the firm. Phil manages many areas of the company, including Human Resources, customer relations, carrier appeals and HIPPA compliance. Because of his extensive state and federal legislative knowledge regarding healthcare reform, Phil has spoken at a number of local and nationally known organizations on the topic of healthcare reform.      Phil serves on a number of boards, including the Connecticut Association of Health Underwriters (local chapter of NAHU), National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA - Hartford County chapter) and the Geno Auriemma’s Fore the Kids Golf Tournament. Prior to health insurance, he enjoyed a successful career in banking and life insurance. He received his BA in Political Science from Marist College in Poughkeepsie NY and currently holds Life, Health and Accident licenses in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.

Partners

      Beverly Kelly, a 25 year insurance veteran, joined HCG in 1997 and in 2005, was named a partner in the firm. In her current role, Beverly manages the Benefits, Health & Wellness initiatives for a large, diverse group of clients, as well as the direct oversight of the firm’s Choice Business Segment which is comprised of over 580 accounts and over $4,000,000 of written premium. Before coming to The HealthConsultants Group, Beverly began her career as an executive Office Manager for Lord & Taylor, where she was in charge of the executive offices and department managers. She also played an integral role in the company’s implementation of its new automation platform. She then moved to The Farmington Company where she was directly involved in voluntary benefits marketing. While serving in that capacity, Beverly worked the New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York City territory for the firm.
     After several years of success with The Farmington Company, she continued her career with Aetna Life & Casualty. While at Aetna, she took on increasingly responsible roles in various sales and management capacities, ultimately managing a team of 25 full and part time employees. Her territory included the entire Northeast Region, encompassing Hartford, Boston and Portland ME, and her expertise and guidance of the sales team garnered 3 Top Producer sales awards during her tenure with the company. Beverly holds degrees in business and marketing from both Bay Path College and Central Connecticut State University. She supports and is currently involved with numerous philanthropic organizations, most notably the American Cancer Society. She currently holds Life, Accident & Health licenses in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.

     John Zawadski is a founding member and senior partner of The HealthConsultants Group. Since the inception of the agency in 1992, he has created a number of value added services for our clients and developed several of the unique benefit strategies the firm employs today. Most significant of these accomplishments was the creation of The Benefit Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm that administers Section 125 plans and Health Reimbursement Arrangements for our clients, and several relationships with outside financial planners, HR consultants and life insurance producers.
     John’s career in the financial sector began with Connecticut Bank & Trust as a Financial Accountant for the Controllers Division. His responsibilities included daily accounting and balancing of 13 subsidiary companies' finances. From there John expanded his role to include the Mutual Funds Department where he managed over 100 people. In this critical position, he was accountable for the correct processing of mutual fund investments, telephonic purchases and exchanges.
     Following his management stint in the Mutual Funds Department, John was promoted to Assistant Treasurer for Branch Automation. In this highly visible role, he was responsible for all online branch transactions, new automated equipment, ATM machines and teller training. He also headed up the department that educated employees through online computer training. Based on his success in this area, John was asked to transfer to the Real Estate Division to oversee outstanding default loans on commercial real estate. Because of his vast expertise, John was recruited by Connecticut National Bank & Trust to a management position in the asset lending department. There he conducted onsite audits of inventory to justify lending limits.
     John’s experiences in the Financial and Banking industries led him to an opportunity at Allen, Russell & Allen, an employee benefits firm based in Hartford. There he worked as an Account Manager, managing a multi-million dollar book of business for the firm. Among his responsibilities was to generate new sales opportunities and cross sell multiple lines of business. After several years at that firm, he joined the new sales team at Health Choice of Connecticut where he marketed and promoted employee benefits throughout the Greater Hartford Region. It was there that John became affiliated with the Managed Care Group, which later became The HealthConsultants Group. He now manages one of the largest blocks of business for the firm.
     John graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University in 1976 with degrees in both math and physics, and played collegiate soccer during his tenure. He currently holds Life, Accident & Health licenses in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. John is a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, continues to coach high school recreational basketball, and is an avid golfer.

      Keyne Reid has worked in the insurance industry since 1978. Prior to joining the sales force at The Health Consultants Group in 1995 she was employed by The Charles Warner Company and The Farmington Company in the sales and marketing of voluntary benefits.
     Keyne is one of the original partners in the agency and has played an integral role in the growth of HCG. She manages a large book of business with a diverse group of clients in both the not for profit and private sectors. Keyne also oversees the Voluntary Benefit division for the company.
     She received her BS in Sociology from The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and currently holds life, health and accident licenses in CT, MA, RI and NY.

 

Stephanie DeGrandi has been with The Health Consultants Group since 1999 and a Partner of the firm since 2005. In her current role, Stephanie manages both benefits and health & wellness initiatives for a large, diverse group of clients. Her oversight also includes the management of the Marketing and Telemarketing Departments for the entire agency. In this latter role, Stephanie guides and has responsibility for all of the marketing and telemarketing efforts for the company.      In 1993, prior to coming to The Health Consultants Group, she worked for ConnectiCare as a customer service representative. While at ConnectiCare, Stephanie served in a number of increasingly responsible roles in the Customer Service Department. After serving there for several years, she was promoted to the Small Group Department as Broker Liaison to the producer community in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. While serving in this capacity, Stephanie’s creativity, vision and success led to her directing the efforts of the company’s newly formed Small Group Sales Division, which continues to be an integral part of ConnectiCare’s marketing and sales efforts today.      Stephanie is a native of the Hartford area, having attended Farmington High School; she was accepted to Bay Path College in Massachusetts and also attended Tunxis Community College. She currently holds licenses in Life, Accident, Health, Property and Casualty in the States of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Illinois. Stephanie supports and is currently involved with numerous philanthropic organizations including the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society, the Humane Society of the United States and the ASPCA.

 

Steve Lukin started in the health insurance business in 1994. Steve holds the certification of Certified Insurance Consultant (CIC) and Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC)specialist. He joined The Health Consultants Group as their fourth full time employee in 1996 and helped to build the agency up to more than 40 employees in three states. The Health Consultants Group and The Health Solutions Insurance Agency, now known as HCG Services, is a total benefits agency encompassing employee benefits, business and retirement solutions.       Steve serves on a number of boards, including the Schools For Children, Inc., the Massachusetts Health Connector Advisory Board and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Advisory Board. Prior to health insurance, he enjoyed a successful career in the health club industry. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and currently holds Life, Health and Accident licenses in Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Virginia and Massachusetts. He lives with is wife Anne Marie and their son Jordan.

Tony Chandler began his career in the insurance sales industry in 1986. He has been with the Health Solutions Insurance Agency since 2001, becoming a partner in 2007.       He started his career with the New England in Worcester, MA as an agent achieving leader’s status in his first year. In 1994, he joined The Copeland Companies which managed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Deferred Compensation plan. In 1996 he became State Plan Manager, overseeing sales activity of 12 sales reps.       Tony moved to American Stop Loss in 1998 where he spent time working with large stop loss reinsurance medical accounts. He received an Associates degree in Business from Mitchell College in New London, CT in 1983 and a Bachelors of Science in Marketing from Long Island University in Southampton, NY in 1986.       Tony is licensed in Life and Health in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Tony Currently resides in Worcester with his wife and three children.