• JOHN M. WORD

  Co-Founder of The Word & Brown Companies

  John M. Word III transformed the insurance broker’s role in the small group health benefits marketplace through pioneering technological and marketing advances that began in the early 1970s.

  
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• EDWARD BROWN

  Co-Founder of The Word & Brown Companies

  Edward J. “Rusty” Brown, Jr., is renowned in the insurance industry for establishing and delivering high standards of performance and service, and for improving the ability of health insurance brokers to service their clients’ needs.

  
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• MICHAEL CLOSE

  President, CONEXIS and HealthCompare

  Michael L. Close leads CONEXIS, the nation’s leading benefits administration company and HealthCompare, which was launched in 2009 to help individuals and families easily research, compare, buy, and enroll in nearly 200 of the nation’s premier health insurance carriers.

  
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Company history
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With more than 44 million people eligible for Medicare - and millions more reaching eligibility every year - the need for information about Medicare health plan options has never been greater. Joppel was founded in 2008 in response to this critical need.

These experts created a proprietary online technology to simplify the process for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers.