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Insurance Care Direct
Legal namestring
Health Option One, LLC
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1999
Short descriptiontext

Insurance Care Direct is a family-owned Field Marketing Organization that provides health, life, and ancillary insurance products plus a proprietary enrollment platform to partner insurance agencies across all 50 states.

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Operating
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Headcount rangeband
11–50
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HeadquartersDeerfield Beach, United States
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Deerfield Beach
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
insurance distribution services, field marketing organization, health and life insurance, insurance enrollment platform, agency partner services
Industry2 codes
1Medicare Plan Distribution & Brokerage (Captive, Independent, FMOs)
CodeFSAIAGAHPrimaryYes
2Medigap Distribution & Brokerage (Captive/Independent/IMO/FMO)
CodeHLAEADADPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Insurance Agencies and Brokerages52421
  • Other Insurance Related Activities52429
SIC code3 codes
  • Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service6411
  • Accident & Health Insurance6321
  • Life Insurance6311
Product category
Insurance Distribution Services (Field Marketing Organization)
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Insurance Product Distribution
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Insurance Care Direct operates as a Field Marketing Organization (FMO), earning commissions from insurance carriers for placing insurance products through its network of partner agencies. The company offers competitive compensation structures to agencies while generating revenue through carrier commission agreements.

insurancecaredirect.com
Marketing channels4 records

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Distribution channels1 record

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Insurance Care Direct is a Field Marketing Organization (FMO) that distributes health, life, supplemental, and ancillary insurance products through a nationwide network of partner insurance agencies. The company equips these agencies with a proprietary enrollment platform, an administrative back-office system, compliance and client-management tools, training programs, and expert guidance, and earns commissions from carrier partners for policies placed.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Insurance Care Direct is a family-owned Field Marketing Organization (FMO) that provides a comprehensive platform of insurance products and services to agencies. The offering consists of a proprietary enrollment platform with administrative back office capabilities, supported by a suite of training programs and expert guidance services. The product portfolio includes four main insurance categories: (1) Insured Core products covering Short Term Medical, Term Life, ACA Plans, and Whole Life Insurance; (2) Individual Limited Medical including Hospital Indemnity and physician services; (3) Insured Ancillary including Dental, Critical Illness, and Accidental coverage; and (4) Non-Insured Ancillary programs offering discount dental/vision/rx, medical concierge services, and deductible reimbursement. The company serves as an FMO connecting insurance professionals with carriers nationwide since 1999.

Product and service6 records
1Insured Core
CategoryHealth and Life Insurance
Description

Core insurance coverage line for partner agencies and their clients, bundling Short Term Medical Coverage, Term Life Insurance, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Plans, and Whole Life Insurance into a single product category.

2Individual Limited Medical
CategorySupplemental Health Insurance
Description

Supplemental medical coverage for individuals, including Hospital Indemnity, Physician Office Visits, Surgery, Lab Services, and additional limited medical benefits, offered to partner agencies and their clients.

3Insured Ancillary
CategoryAncillary Insurance
Description

Ancillary insurance coverages offered to partner agencies and their clients, including Dental Insurance, Critical Illness, Accidental Medical Expense, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage.

4Non-Insured Ancillary
CategoryNon-Insured Benefit Programs
Description

Non-insured benefit programs offered to partner agencies, including Discount Dental, Vision, and Prescription programs, a Direct Medical Concierge Program, and a Financial Security Suite covering Home and Auto Deductible Reimbursement.

5Proprietary Enrollment Platform and Administrative Back Office
CategoryInsurance Technology Platform
Description

Standalone proprietary technology product enabling insurance agencies to enroll clients in health, life, supplemental, and ancillary insurance products, with integrated administrative back-office tools for client information management, compliance, and ongoing member services.

6Agency Training and Expert Guidance Services
CategoryAgency Enablement Services
Description

Structured training programs for the company's proprietary tools and the broader insurance marketplace, plus expert guidance and ongoing support services delivered to partner insurance agencies to help them grow their business.

Scale indicator3 records

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Recent move5 records

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Expansion highlight4 records

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Peers10 records
TypeEmerging player
Description

EverQuote operates an online insurance marketplace that connects consumers with agents and carriers across auto, home, life, and health, using data-driven consumer acquisition. Its agent-channel monetization is structurally similar to how an FMO like ICD monetizes partner agencies.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Quotit provides web-based quoting, enrollment, and agency management software for individual health, Medicare, and ancillary insurance products. Comparable to ICD's proprietary enrollment and back-office platform serving partner agencies.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

eHealth is a publicly traded online health insurance marketplace offering individual, family, Medicare, and ancillary plans nationwide. It overlaps with ICD's health and Medicare distribution focus at much greater scale, but serves consumers directly rather than through partner agencies.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Benefytt (formerly Health Insurance Innovations) is a technology-driven distributor of individual health, Medicare Supplement, and ancillary insurance products through its own consumer-facing brands and partner channels, with a comparable multi-line product mix to Insurance Care Direct.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

GoHealth is a large Medicare-focused health insurance marketplace operating proprietary enrollment technology across all 50 states. Its platform-centric distribution model overlaps materially with ICD's proprietary enrollment platform and FMO services for partner agencies.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

HealthMarkets is a national insurance agency distributing individual, family, Medicare, and small-business health products through a network of licensed agents across all 50 states — comparable to ICD's nationwide distribution footprint and multi-line product focus.

TypeDirect peer
Description

SelectQuote is a tech-enabled insurance distribution platform focused on life, health, and senior-market products sold through call-center agents; comparable to ICD for its multi-line distribution model and carrier commission revenue mechanics.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Integrity Marketing is one of the largest independent insurance distributors in the U.S., aggregating agents and agencies across life, health, Medicare, and retirement products with proprietary technology and back-office services — a scaled analog to Insurance Care Direct's model.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Ritter is one of the largest independent FMOs in the U.S., offering Medicare, ACA, life, and ancillary products through partner agencies with proprietary enrollment technology — directly comparable to Insurance Care Direct's FMO-plus-platform model.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

AmeriLife is a large insurance distribution platform serving agents and agencies nationwide across health, life, Medicare, and annuity products through partner relationships. Comparable to ICD as a multi-line distribution platform serving independent agencies.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat5 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
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Docs URL, Description

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Has app

Feature2 records

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Core technology
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Number of profiles
No data
Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

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M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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Insurance Care Direct

Insurance Distribution Services (Field Marketing Organization)insurancecaredirect.com

Insurance Care Direct is a family-owned Field Marketing Organization that provides health, life, and ancillary insurance products plus a proprietary enrollment platform to partner insurance agencies across all 50 states.

Insurance Care Direct firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Insurance Care Direct
Legal name
Health Option One, LLC
Website
https://insurancecaredirect.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1999
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Insurance Care Direct is a family-owned Field Marketing Organization that provides health, life, and ancillary insurance products plus a proprietary enrollment platform to partner insurance agencies across all 50 states.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Insurance Care Direct industry classification

Industry
Product category
Insurance Distribution Services (Field Marketing Organization)
NAICS
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (52421), Other Insurance Related Activities (52429)
SIC
Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411), Accident & Health Insurance (6321), Life Insurance (6311)
akta.pro primary industry
Medicare Plan Distribution & Brokerage (Captive, Independent, FMOs) (FSAIAGAH)
akta.pro secondary industry
Medigap Distribution & Brokerage (Captive/Independent/IMO/FMO) (HLAEADAD)

Keywords

  • Insurance distribution services
  • Field marketing organization
  • Health and life insurance
  • Insurance enrollment platform
  • Agency partner services

Where Insurance Care Direct is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Deerfield Beach
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Insurance Care Direct business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

  1. Insurance Product Distribution: Insurance Care Direct operates as a Field Marketing Organization (FMO), earning commissions from insurance carriers for placing insurance products through its network of partner agencies. The company offers competitive compensation structures to agencies while generating revenue through carrier commission agreements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Insurance Care Direct product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Insurance Care Direct is a Field Marketing Organization (FMO) that distributes health, life, supplemental, and ancillary insurance products through a nationwide network of partner insurance agencies. The company equips these agencies with a proprietary enrollment platform, an administrative back-office system, compliance and client-management tools, training programs, and expert guidance, and earns commissions from carrier partners for policies placed.

Product overview

Insurance Care Direct is a family-owned Field Marketing Organization (FMO) that provides a comprehensive platform of insurance products and services to agencies. The offering consists of a proprietary enrollment platform with administrative back office capabilities, supported by a suite of training programs and expert guidance services. The product portfolio includes four main insurance categories: (1) Insured Core products covering Short Term Medical, Term Life, ACA Plans, and Whole Life Insurance; (2) Individual Limited Medical including Hospital Indemnity and physician services; (3) Insured Ancillary including Dental, Critical Illness, and Accidental coverage; and (4) Non-Insured Ancillary programs offering discount dental/vision/rx, medical concierge services, and deductible reimbursement. The company serves as an FMO connecting insurance professionals with carriers nationwide since 1999.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Insured Core Core insurance coverage line for partner agencies and their clients, bundling Short Term Medical Coverage, Term Life Insurance, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Plans, and Whole Life Insurance into a single product category.
  • Individual Limited Medical Supplemental medical coverage for individuals, including Hospital Indemnity, Physician Office Visits, Surgery, Lab Services, and additional limited medical benefits, offered to partner agencies and their clients.
  • Insured Ancillary Ancillary insurance coverages offered to partner agencies and their clients, including Dental Insurance, Critical Illness, Accidental Medical Expense, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage.
  • Non-Insured Ancillary Non-insured benefit programs offered to partner agencies, including Discount Dental, Vision, and Prescription programs, a Direct Medical Concierge Program, and a Financial Security Suite covering Home and Auto Deductible Reimbursement.
  • Proprietary Enrollment Platform and Administrative Back Office Standalone proprietary technology product enabling insurance agencies to enroll clients in health, life, supplemental, and ancillary insurance products, with integrated administrative back-office tools for client information management, compliance, and ongoing member services.
  • Agency Training and Expert Guidance Services Structured training programs for the company's proprietary tools and the broader insurance marketplace, plus expert guidance and ongoing support services delivered to partner insurance agencies to help them grow their business.

Companies that use Insurance Care Direct

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Insurance Care Direct technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Insurance Care Direct partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Insurance Care Direct competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

  • EverQuote: EverQuote operates an online insurance marketplace that connects consumers with agents and carriers across auto, home, life, and health, using data-driven consumer acquisition. Its agent-channel monetization is structurally similar to how an FMO like ICD monetizes partner agencies.

Direct peers

  • Quotit: Quotit provides web-based quoting, enrollment, and agency management software for individual health, Medicare, and ancillary insurance products. Comparable to ICD's proprietary enrollment and back-office platform serving partner agencies.
  • Benefytt Technologies: Benefytt (formerly Health Insurance Innovations) is a technology-driven distributor of individual health, Medicare Supplement, and ancillary insurance products through its own consumer-facing brands and partner channels, with a comparable multi-line product mix to Insurance Care Direct.
  • SelectQuote: SelectQuote is a tech-enabled insurance distribution platform focused on life, health, and senior-market products sold through call-center agents; comparable to ICD for its multi-line distribution model and carrier commission revenue mechanics.
  • Ritter Insurance Marketing: Ritter is one of the largest independent FMOs in the U.S., offering Medicare, ACA, life, and ancillary products through partner agencies with proprietary enrollment technology — directly comparable to Insurance Care Direct's FMO-plus-platform model.

Broad incumbents

  • eHealth: eHealth is a publicly traded online health insurance marketplace offering individual, family, Medicare, and ancillary plans nationwide. It overlaps with ICD's health and Medicare distribution focus at much greater scale, but serves consumers directly rather than through partner agencies.
  • GoHealth: GoHealth is a large Medicare-focused health insurance marketplace operating proprietary enrollment technology across all 50 states. Its platform-centric distribution model overlaps materially with ICD's proprietary enrollment platform and FMO services for partner agencies.
  • HealthMarkets: HealthMarkets is a national insurance agency distributing individual, family, Medicare, and small-business health products through a network of licensed agents across all 50 states — comparable to ICD's nationwide distribution footprint and multi-line product focus.
  • Integrity Marketing Group: Integrity Marketing is one of the largest independent insurance distributors in the U.S., aggregating agents and agencies across life, health, Medicare, and retirement products with proprietary technology and back-office services — a scaled analog to Insurance Care Direct's model.
  • AmeriLife: AmeriLife is a large insurance distribution platform serving agents and agencies nationwide across health, life, Medicare, and annuity products through partner relationships. Comparable to ICD as a multi-line distribution platform serving independent agencies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Insurance Care Direct social profiles

Digital presence

Insurance Care Direct compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance2 records

Insurance Care Direct financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Insurance Care Direct leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Insurance Care Direct funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Insurance Care Direct M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Insurance Care Direct

What does Insurance Care Direct do?

Insurance Care Direct is a Field Marketing Organization (FMO) that distributes health, life, supplemental, and ancillary insurance products through a nationwide network of partner insurance agencies. The company equips these agencies with a proprietary enrollment platform, an administrative back-office system, compliance and client-management tools, training programs, and expert guidance, and earns commissions from carrier partners for policies placed.

Is Insurance Care Direct a public or private company?

Insurance Care Direct is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.

When was Insurance Care Direct founded?

Insurance Care Direct was founded in 1999. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Insurance Care Direct based?

Insurance Care Direct is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, United States, in the North America region.

How does Insurance Care Direct make money?

One revenue line is on record: insurance Product Distribution.

Who are Insurance Care Direct's main competitors?

EverQuote is listed as an emerging player. Direct peers are Quotit, Benefytt Technologies, SelectQuote and Ritter Insurance Marketing. Broad incumbents are eHealth, GoHealth, HealthMarkets, Integrity Marketing Group and AmeriLife.

Does Insurance Care Direct have an API?

No public API is recorded for Insurance Care Direct.

What industry is Insurance Care Direct in?

Insurance Care Direct's product category is Insurance Distribution Services (Field Marketing Organization). Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSAIAGAH, Medicare Plan Distribution & Brokerage (Captive, Independent, FMOs), with a secondary code of HLAEADAD, Medigap Distribution & Brokerage (Captive/Independent/IMO/FMO). Its NAICS code is 52421 and its SIC code is 6411.

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PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Responds to IRS Summons on Insurance Policies Carried by CompanyInsurance Care Direct and its corporate officers are cooperating with the IRS regarding a summons enforcement action related to the company's captive insurance arrangements. The company, along with the Department of Justice, has requested a court continuation of proceedings to allow time for an amicable resolution of the issues.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct and the Cohen Family Expand Partnership with HOPE South FloridaInsurance Care Direct announced the expansion of its partnership with HOPE South Florida, with the Cohen family continuing their decade-long tradition of providing homecooked meals to homeless and food-insecure populations in South Florida. Beginning in 2009, the family has donated, cooked, and served weekly meals, and this fall they are expanding to downtown Fort Lauderdale as local shelters implement lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. HOPE South Florida serves 50,000 shared meals a year across Broward County and provides additional services including eviction prevention, rental assistance, clothing distribution, and job training.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Celebrates Student Success in Pioneering Educational Program Offered as Employee Benefit During COVID-19 PandemicInsurance Care Direct (ICD), a health and life insurance agency headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, celebrated the success of students who participated in its Educational Support Program (ESP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The in-person learning program, led by education expert Dr. Jaimee Sabato, served 28 students in grades K-12 whose schools had transitioned to remote learning, providing individualized academic support in a COVID-compliant setting. According to ICD, the program helped students improve test scores, develop new skills, and enabled some who were struggling to meet graduation requirements to receive their diplomas on time.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct's Leadership Team Faces Questions after Malicious Marketing Scheme Exposed in Newly Filed LawsuitMcLaren Insurance Solutions filed a federal lawsuit against Insurance Care Direct (ICD) alleging that ICD used deceptive marketing to trick consumers into purchasing limited healthcare benefit plans instead of the comprehensive coverage they were advertised, operating fake websites with logos from major insurers like Humana, United Healthcare, and Cigna. The lawsuit claims ICD's scheme, masterminded by Seth Cohen, targeted vulnerable Americans and forced agents to sell only limited plans that provided higher profit margins while exposing consumers to inadequate coverage, with former politicians including former Nebraska Senator E. Benjamin Nelson and Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating allegedly hired to help evade regulatory scrutiny. Attorneys expect to hear from additional victims as the case proceeds in the United States District Court for the District of California.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Chief Operating Officer John D. Doak Appointed to Coalition Against Insurance Fraud's Amicus CommitteeInsurance Care Direct's Chief Operating Officer John D. Doak has been appointed to the Amicus Committee of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, an organization that has served as an anti-fraud voice to American courts for over 20 years. Doak, who previously served as Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019, brings extensive experience in combating insurance fraud, having chaired the NAIC Antifraud Task Force and testified before the U.S. Senate on insurance fraud issues. The appointment is expected to strengthen the Coalition's ability to file influential briefs on federal and state insurance fraud cases.PR NewswireLawsuit Filed to Stop Malicious 'Health Plan' Marketing Scheme that Preyed on Vulnerable PeopleMcLaren Insurance Solutions filed a federal lawsuit on July 27, 2021, in the United States District Court for the District of California against Insurance Care Direct (ICD) and its related entities, alleging a deceptive marketing scheme that misled vulnerable consumers into purchasing limited healthcare benefit plans instead of comprehensive health insurance. The complaint describes how ICD operated websites under unregistered fictitious names such as "Affordable Healthcare of California," displaying logos from major insurers like Humana, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Cigna, and Aetna to trick consumers into believing they were purchasing comprehensive coverage. The lawsuit also alleges that ICD hired former politicians including former U.S. Senator E. Benjamin Nelson and former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak to evade regulatory scrutiny, and that the company conducted insurance business without a registered agent.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Adds Mark Peterson as Director of Mergers and AcquisitionsInsurance Care Direct (ICD), one of the nation's largest health and life insurance agencies, announced that Mark Peterson has joined the company as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, reporting to Chief Strategy Officer David Corsaut. Peterson brings 25 years of investment banking experience in the insurance and capital markets sectors, having previously established Raymond James & Associates' Financial Services Group in Chicago and completed advisory engagements exceeding $7 billion in aggregate value. The company stated the hire will support its strategy to expand market share through industry-focused acquisitions in the individual health and life insurance products market.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Adds David Corsaut as Chief Strategy OfficerInsurance Care Direct, a health and life insurance agency headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, has appointed David Corsaut as Chief Strategy Officer and member of its Advisory Board. Corsaut, who brings 35 years of experience overseeing more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, will lead ICD's M&A strategy as the company pursues its next stage of growth. This appointment follows recent leadership additions including former Senator Ben Nelson as CEO and former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak as COO.PR NewswireFormer Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating Joins Insurance Care Direct Board of AdvisorsInsurance Care Direct announced that former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating has joined the company's Board of Advisors, effective June 16, 2019. Keating brings over 30 years of experience in law enforcement, public service, and leadership roles at the American Bankers Association and American Council of Life Insurers. He replaces Wayne Goodwin, who stepped down after more than two and a half years of service to pursue other opportunities.PR NewswireInsurance Care Direct Expands Executive Leadership Team With Two Key HiresInsurance Care Direct (ICD) has appointed Christa Rapoport as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, and promoted John D. Doak to Chief Operations Officer to strengthen its legal and operational infrastructure. These executive hires follow the appointment of E. Benjamin Nelson as CEO, positioning the company for significant growth and enhanced regulatory compliance.