We understand the complexities our senior living community clients face, whether they’re administrators, owner-operators, private equity firms, or a REIT while preparing for a large retiree population in the years to come.
James Phelan
312.989.1443 / james.phelan@thehortongroup.com
Since 2009, Horton has specialized in healthcare organizations to take their commercial insurance and employee benefits programs to a higher level of performance. Comprised of sound risk management, innovative employee benefit solutions, and industry-leading safety, wellness, and risk transfer strategies, agencies have the tools at their fingertips to control their destiny.
Our senior living clients have their hands full trying to execute their purpose-driven work while worrying about a variety of concerns, including rising costs, increasing claim severity and frequency especially around COVID-19, difficult litigation environments, occupancy concerns and staff / labor pressures. It is our job to handle these concerns so our clients can fully focus on their operations – not their insurance.
Many of the ongoing and emerging risks we see in our Senior Living Community clients include:
We are proud to be a Supporting Member of Argentum, the leading national trade association serving companies that own, operate and support professionally-managed senior living communities in the United States. They provide many resources and products to help us stay updated on the latest news in senior living.
Since 1990, Argentum has advocated for choice, independence, dignity, and quality of life for all older adults. Along with its state partners, Argentum’s membership represents approximately 75 percent of the professionally managed communities in the senior living industry—an industry with a national economic impact of nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars and responsible for providing over 1.6 million jobs. These numbers will continue to grow as the U.S. population ages.
Andy Baskel serves as a member of Horton's Healthcare Practice and brings over 16 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Horton's Healthcare Practice is a team of dedicated risk management and employee benefits insurance specialist's that focus on serving medical professionals and healthcare facilities. Baskel is responsible for providing clients with comprehensive, cost-effective and innovative solutions for their most complex, risk-related challenges.
With clients ranging from hospitals to individual physicians' practices, Mike and his team have earned the trust of many business owners. He feels that Horton differentiates itself from the competition through the delivery of value-added services, such as safety consulting, claims advocacy and legal assistance.
