Kevin Hokanson
Vice President, MGU

Kevin has been involved in the insurance and employee benefits industry since 1990. Kevin’s primary focus has been in the administration, funding and underwriting of group benefit plans. Prior to joining Eastern Benefits Group, Kevin co-founded and was the President of Hokanson Insurance Agency and its affiliated administration company, Employee Benefit Administrators (EBA). EBA was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one the leading Employee Benefit Firms in the Boston area for 5 years straight - 2002 through 2007.

In October, 2007, Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a subsidiary of Eastern Bank, acquired Hokanson Insurance and EBA.

During his time at Hokanson Insurance and EBA, Kevin was instrumental in developing a Managing General Underwriter (MGU) program on behalf of Gerber Life. The program was started in 1994 and continues today – one of Gerber Life’s longest standing underwriting programs. The program underwrites employer stop loss insurance through Third Party Administrators and other brokers across the country.

Kevin also developed a Third Party Administrator for the New England region for both fully insured and self funded programs. At its peak, the TPA operation administered employee benefit plans equivalent to about $50,000,000 in premium.

Kevin has been active with the Society of Professional Benefit Administrators (SPBA) and the Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) organizations since the early 1990’s.

A graduate of the University of Dayton, Kevin started his career with a broker at Lloyd’s of London and then the Boston office of Marsh, Inc., two of the largest, most respected organizations in the industry. Kevin resides in Marshfield, Massachusetts with his wife Kim and 4 children.
 

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