Mike Wojcik, MBA, CLU, CFP®

Mike is Senior Vice President of The Horton Group, one of the largest privately-held, multiline insurance Agencies specializing in Insurance, Risk Advisory and Employee Benefits. He joined Horton in 1989 as one of the founding partners of their benefit brokerage and consulting division. His leadership and innovative drive have helped the division earn continuous growth and recognition as a thought leader in the industry.

Mike earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Roosevelt University and an MBA from Lewis University. He received his Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) designation from the American College and is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU). He recently received a Professional Certificate in Public Finance from the University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy and is currently enrolled in the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mike has served on numerous advisory boards for insurance carriers and related industries including HCSC’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and now currently the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana Agent Advisory Committee. Mike serves on the Government Relations Committee of the Illinois Independent Agents and testified several times to state legislative committees and co-authored several white papers on healthcare reform. He serves on the Governance Board of Advocate South Suburban Hospital for the past 15 years and was Chair for three. Mike also serves on their Quality Management Oversight Committee. He was the past president of United Way Metro South Suburban.

At the national level, Mike is regarded as an industry expert. He is past chairman of the Big ‘I” National Health Care Task Force in Washington D.C. and now serves as the group’s Health Care Liaison which supports their government affairs efforts on healthcare reform. The Big “I” is a national alliance of more than 250,000 insurance agency owners and their employees.

Mike speaks regularly on the challenges of healthcare to community, business, and legislative leaders.

My career is based on an unwavering passion to expand accessibility and long term affordability of health care. My involvement legislatively, in my industry and the community has had a profound impact on the way I present healthcare options to clients. I continuously look for innovative ways to assist employers with long-term strategies and have helped many evolve to a consumer-driven healthcare model with an emphasis on wellness, product understanding with appropriate engagement of primary and value providers.