Risk Strategies has appointed Jason Ellison as employee benefits leader for the brokerage’s national healthcare practice. In his new role, Ellison will coordinate the firm’s specialised resources and expertise across the two key practices of employee benefits and healthcare, while developing processes to expand this model to other business segments. With experience across the healthcare industry, Ellison has previously worked with for-profit and non-profit hospital systems and multi-specialty organisations across employee benefits and reward strategies, including compliance, network optimisation, and direct-to-employer strategies. Ellison most recently held the position of area senior vice president of Gallagher’s health and welfare consulting business, where he also served on both the firm’s national healthcare practice leadership team and national innovation advisory group. Before this, Ellison was principal and senior consultant at Mercer, and held various leadership roles at UnitedHealthcare. Commenting on the appointment, Bob Dubraski, chief growth officer and national healthcare practice leader, says: “We are thrilled to have Jason join the Risk Strategies family. His leadership and expertise in this national role for employee benefits, focusing on the healthcare industry and other areas of the benefits business, will allow us to grow our existing team and the business.” Ellison adds: “It is really exciting to join a true specialty broker like Risk Strategies in such a pivotal role. I am eager to apply my wide range of experience in employee benefits program consulting in a way that drives collaboration between practices to better serve clients while growing the firm’s overall business nationwide.”
