For Healthier Employees and Healthier Businesses

DULUTH, GA – Group Resources, Incorporated announced today that is has acquired Employee Benefits Concepts, Inc., a Third Party Administrator based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, as of September 1, 2011.

“We are pleased to welcome Employee Benefits Concepts, Inc. and their employees into the Group Resources® family,” said Tom Byrd, Sr., RHU, President and CEO of Group Resources.  “We have both known and known of Employee Benefit Concepts for many years and have great respect for the reputation and market presence that Brian has built over the years.  This transaction is in keeping with our strategy of growth, both through organic sales and strategic acquisitions.”

“I am very excited about this important change,” said Brian Burns, President and CEO of Employee Benefit Concepts, Inc.  “Over the past few years I have been pursuing a strategic alliance that would allow us to continue to provide excellent service to our clients while gaining access to additional markets and resources.  When this opportunity arose with Group Resources, I realized that now was the time.  I view this as an important “win-win” for all our brokers and clients. With a greater variety of reinsurance markets with whom to work, along with new, innovative insurance products and concepts, our clients should see their Plan savings increase over the next twelve to eighteen months.  And, EBC will remain right here in our current offices continuing to provide the great local service for which we have become so well known.”

About Employee Benefit Concepts, Inc.

Employee Benefit Concepts Inc. (EBC) is an Employee Benefits Management Company, providing superior benefit plan designs and options, and benefit administration services, for employers who provide employee benefits to their employee’s, that are consistent with the goals and objectives of the employer.  We are committed to providing employee benefits plans and benefit administration services that are at lower than regular market prices, while still achieving high levels of professional excellence.  With a thirty year history of service in Michigan and the upper Mid-West, EBC is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

About Group Resources, Incorporated

For over thirty years, Group Resources has led the way to healthier employee and healthier businesses for their clients.  On the cutting edge of new trends in healthcare risk management, Group Resources combines modern technology and old-fashioned customer service to administer health and welfare plans. Utilizing exceptionally high corporate standards of quality, knowledge and innovation, Group Resources delivers client-driven product design at a competitive rate.  Based in Duluth, GA, Group Resources also has locations in Dallas, TX, Detroit, MI, Houston, TX, Memphis, TN and Phoenix, AZ.  Visit http://www.groupresources.com