Why? It's because the business leaders working behind the scenes at TopProdeals are intimately familiar with the dental industry. They have 50 years of combined experience in the healthcare community and have diligently worked to negotiate some of the best prices in the business. As a result, dental providers benefit by having easy access to discount dental supplies.

TopProdeals.com, a secure website, offers daily multiple deals at some of the industry's lowest prices. For example, weekly promotions include "Disposable Fridays" where 300 plus disposable dental supplies deals are offered; and free shipping is offered on Tuesday for all orders of $100 or more.

Deals are typically limited to a specific time frame or until the product sells out; and buyers are usually limited to the amount they can buy. This is to ensure that all buyers have access to great savings.

Staff at TopProdeals explains that its service is unlike that of the competition. It offers a greater variety of deals and vendors from which to choose. And staff truly understands and cares about the needs of its customers.

It's simple for both buyers and sellers to get involved with TopProdeals. Buyers register, purchase, save and stay informed about future deals. Sellers register and liquidate overstock. And buyers do not have to do any of the research; the work has already been done for them. They simply purchase the daily deal(s) of their choice and save money so they can run a more efficient practice.

This dental supply marketplace is ideal for dental practices that are business conscious and want to reduce overhead. TopProdeals puts the control in the hands of the dental practice, not in the hands of the major retail conglomerations.

For more information about this discount dental supply industry leader that connects buyers and sellers, visit: http://www.TopProdeals.com/ or watch a 30-second video here: http://youtu.be/3Dwrw32Ue9k .

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"For most, the Affordable Care Act is daunting. It is the largest change to our healthcare system since Medicare. EPIC recognized employers needed help to effectively understand and communicate about reform," said Dana Liedel, EPIC Principal and Senior Benefits Consultant who developed the project. "This led to the creation of our healthcare engagement video series which has become a key resource for employers and delivers on EPIC's promise to lead and innovate."

"Understanding Healthcare Reform" will help employers educate employees about their role in the changing landscape of employee benefits. It also addresses key issues related to the Affordable Care Act and healthcare reform. The video can be viewed at http://www.edgewoodins.com/product/Employee_Benefits .

In addition to this video series, EPIC continues to actively develop and add resources to simplify employer transition to the new healthcare system. EPIC's benefits consulting division is equipping employers to manage communications, compliance, plan design, and the costs of healthcare reform.

This second EPIC healthcare video addresses topics such as:

* Personal responsibility, federal subsidies, and regulations
* The three sources for healthcare plans
* Qualifying for benefits in the workplace
* The Healthcare Insurance Marketplace and options it provides
* Prevention and wellness initiatives in new care plans.

Two additional videos make up this series. "Benefits Consumerism" is currently offered and "Wellness Behaviors" is in production and will soon be available.

Connect with EPIC: https://www.facebook.com/EPICInsuranceBrokersAndConsultants .

About EPIC:

EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions across California and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

The 7th largest broker based in the U.S. West, EPIC has more than 300 team members operating from nine offices across California (Los Angeles, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, Folsom, San Francisco, San Mateo, Petaluma and San Ramon) and in Denver, Colorado and New York.

With more than $80 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 40 retail insurance brokers in the United States. The company's strategic plan calls for more than tripling revenue over the next five years ($250 million by 2018) and further expansion across the country. For additional information, please visit http://www.edgewoodins.com/ .

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He was previously Product Manager with Persistent Systems and oversaw the PaxPro Brand Asset Lifecycle Management solutions. With a B.S. in Computer Technology from Purdue University, Valentine brings more than twenty-five years of experience in Information Technology, focusing exclusively on Digital Asset Management for the last twelve years.

DAX Chief Technology Officer Chris Chen said, "Shaun's experience and knowledge of media workflows and digital asset management gained at Cognizant and Persistent Systems will be hugely valuable to us. Shaun will be our product visionary, helping to steer DAX product development to a bright future as we greatly expand our product offering over the next twelve months."

DAX has launched its 4.0 platform, the latest version of its application introduced at NAB 2013 in Las Vegas. The company sponsored the NAB Cloud Computing Conference, where DAX CEO Patrick Macdonald-King delivered a keynote address. DAX has also launched its Canadian arm, DAX Cloud ULC with offices in Toronto, booking the History Channel's 10-episode historical drama "VIKINGS" as its first major Canadian production.

ABOUT DAX, LLC:

Formerly Sample Digital, in 2012 the company's product became the company's brand, and DAX continues to lead the industry at center of the media universe. DAX is the leading provider of targeted workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content. Used by most Hollywood Studios and TV Networks, the DAX platform is a highly-secure web-based environment where users can share ideas, information and content created throughout the production or campaign lifecycle, or as required for trafficking and distribution of final product.

The company's U.S. headquarters is in Los Angeles, close to the major Hollywood studios and networks it services, while DAX Cloud, serving Canada's media industry, and its clientele shooting in Canada, operates from its Toronto office. DAX has served the production of more than 2,000 TV shows and movies. More information: http://www.daxcloud.com/ or follow on Twitter at @daxplatform .

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Using PowerPoint presentations instead of chalkboards, chat instead of raising hands, and pop-up poll questions instead of quizzes, the teachers at Bright Spanish strive to make their classes feel and function as much like a regular classroom as possible. Students can even turn on their microphones and repeat words after the teacher to practice their pronunciation.

Each class lasts 45 minutes, and meets twice a week for six weeks. That's nine hours of class time, and the Bright Spanish teachers try to cover a lot of ground. The Beginner's course assumes students don't know a single word of Spanish; starting from there, they learn about nouns and articles, conjugating verbs in the simple present tense, the most common irregular verbs, common verbs and nouns in everyday speech, and a variety of other useful tips and expressions. Every class caps off with three common phrases for the students to learn and remember.

According to Bright Spanish's teachers, the courses have been going quite well. "We usually have anywhere from twenty-forty people enroll for a class," said Anna Rasshivkina, one of the teachers. "Generally, about ten of them show up regularly to the class. So it's a very manageable size, and we can give time to individual students – to answer their questions, review things they want to spend more time on, and so on."

Currently, Bright Spanish is wrapping up its second Beginner's course, and is about midway through its third. Enrollment is open for a one-day six and a half hour intensive Beginner's course on July 13, as well as its first Beginner's/Intermediate course, which is scheduled to start on Tuesday, June 25 and run until August 1, 2013. It will meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

For information on the current class schedule, visit http://www.brightspanish.com/schedule . For questions, feel free to contact Bright Spanish directly at info[at]brightspanish.com.

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"I am thrilled to have Patrick and Jacob join VLP's Commercial Lending group. Patrick is a highly respected attorney in our field and his arrival will enhance our ability to serve our clients. Jacob has a considerable amount of experience with commercial lending transactions and will be a great addition to our team," said David Lawson, chair of VLP's Commercial Lending practice group.

Mr. Lawler has practiced corporate law for over 20 years, all at large law firms. He has worked in New York City where his practice focused on mergers, acquisitions, equity and debt offerings, syndicated commercial lending, SEC reporting and disclosure requirements, as well as other general corporate advice. Mr. Lawler has also worked in San Francisco, practicing in many of the same areas but also working with many clients in the technology, private equity, structured finance and oil and gas areas. Since 2008 Patrick has worked in Los Angeles for O'Melveny, once again expanding his practice, this time to include representation of entertainment companies, asset based lenders and small and large aircraft companies.

"I am very excited about joining VLP and look forward to working with my new colleagues. VLP is a great firm with a great business model, and offers an excellent platform from which I hope to continue to expand my practice with top-tier service with greater efficiency and lower costs, said Mr. Lawler.

Mr. Lawler received his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1992. He received his A.B. with honors and distinction in Classical Studies from Stanford University in 1989, where he was the recipient of the Classics Undergraduate Scholarship, the Fairclough Prize and the Andersen Prize and a member of phi beta kappa.

About VLP's Commercial Lending Practice:

VLP's Commercial Lending Practice Group is dedicated to representing banks and other institutional lenders, borrowers, private equity funds, and venture capitalists in all aspects of structuring, negotiating, documenting, closing and working out loan, lease, and other credit transactions.

The group's lawyers represent lenders and borrowers in regard to loan transactions in a wide variety of industries, including debt financings for:
* Early-Stage and Venture-Backed Technology Companies;
* Life Sciences Companies;
* Middle-Market Companies;
* Later-Stage Companies.

Transaction types include asset-based loan transactions, growth capital facilities, equipment loans, equipment leases, capital call facilities, senior, second-lien and mezzanine debt transactions, acquisition financings, loan transactions involving foreign entities, single lender transactions, and syndicated loan transactions. The clients of the Commercial Lending Practice Group are located across the United States, including California, Colorado, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia.

In representing our clients, the Commercial Lending Practice Group attorneys utilize the expertise of attorneys in other practice areas within VLP (including securities, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, and tax) on an as-needed basis to ensure the best possible service to our clients. The combination of our expertise and our drive to be both responsive and economical, allows us to deliver an exceedingly high level of quality and value to our clients. More information: http://www.vlplawgroup.com/ .

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The combination of TeamF1's turnkey software solutions and Open-Silicon's powerful Voledia 5 platform is ideally suited for residential and service provider CPE gateways that feature advanced broadband technologies, high-performance wireless networking, and innovative mobile and cloud-friendly features.

"We believe Open-Silicon's Voledia 5 platform is an excellent fit for our mutual customers," said Mukesh Lulla, president of TeamF1. "This platform excels in providing high performance combined with an efficient power profile at a very cost-effective price point. We are confident that our ongoing strategic efforts with Open-Silicon will provide the high quality and performance that our mutual customers have come to expect, while mitigating integration risk and lowering development costs."

"TeamF1 has a history of executing a best-of-breed strategy by combining its innovative SecureF1rst software with the best processors in the market to reduce the time to deployment and development risk for its customers," said Steve Erickson, General Manager and Vice President Platform BU at Open-Silicon. "By working closely with TeamF1 to pre-optimize its software for our silicon platform, Open-Silicon enables its customers to rapidly take to production advanced gateway applications built on our Voledia 5 platform."

TeamF1 develops and markets highly integrated, hardware-accelerated embedded networking and security software solutions targeted towards network equipment and internet access devices for homes and small businesses. TeamF1's SecureF1rst software drives a multitude of secure embedded networking devices available from leading OEMs. TeamF1's collaboration with Open-Silicon demonstrates its commitment to provide seamlessly integrated products that combine the rich connectivity, security and device management functionality of its SecureF1rst platform with the native hardware-accelerated resources that modern System-on-Chip (SoC) processors bring to the table.

The Voledia 5 platform from Open-Silicon provides a customizable platform with integrated Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) engine to perform critical security and application aware value added services, a strong requirement for the next generation Digital Home and Office market. In addition, the Voledia 5 platform offers high performance home networking capabilities, application aware QoS, and packs an unparalleled 7,500 DMIPs performance. The Voledia 5 platform is ideal to enable the next generation IEEE802.11ac AP routers, residential and Small and Medium Business (SMB) gateways, and storage devices.

A demonstration of TeamF1's SecureF1rst solutions on Open-Silicon's Voledia 5 platform will be presented at Taiwan International Convention Center (TICC) Meeting Rooms "Cozy Corner" (1st Floor ) from June 3 – June 7 at 1 Hsin-Yi Road, Section 5., Taipei, Taiwan. Appointments for meetings can be made by contacting us at +886 (933) 760-292 or by filling out a contact form at: http://TeamF1.com/home/computex-contact-form .

About TeamF1:

TeamF1, Inc. a privately held corporation headquartered in Fremont, California, is a leader in high performance embedded networking and security software. TeamF1's products enable secure networking of telecom/datacom and industrial equipment. For more information visit http://www.TeamF1.com/ or contact TeamF1 Public Relations at 510-505-9931.

About Open-Silicon:

Open-Silicon, a leading supplier and developer of customer-specific products (CSPs), provides ASICs, platforms, concept-to-parts development, customized IP, low-effort derivative design, and state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions. With Open-Silicon, customer's benefit from global engineering including an ARM(R) Technology Center of Excellence, advanced SerDes integration, 2.5D interposer-based package engineering, experienced architects, leading-edge physical design methodology, and embedded software development, all leveraging the industry's best technology from both Open-Silicon and the open market. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.

Names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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The platform for the new EPIC and DCP venture (Protector Holdings, LLC) is retail insurance broker Premier Insurance Services, Inc. Premier Insurance Services, Inc. is an agency founded by President Alex Kabir to serve the unique insurance needs of the Latino community across California. Since its formation in 2004 with a single office in Bakersfield, CA, Premier has grown to 15 locations across the state and is now the ninth largest non-standard automobile broker in California.

Kabir will work closely with Protector Holdings CEO Paul Areida to expand the Premier brand across the Western and Southwestern United States.

"There is a tremendous opportunity in the Hispanic insurance market," says Areida. "Historically, a few large agencies have controlled much of this business, but this is rapidly changing. Carriers, vendors, salespeople and our Latino communities are all looking for a better, more effective alternative. Alex Kabir, the Premier team and I will provide a strong, viable option with the financial, operations and market relations support of EPIC and Dowling Capital Partners."

Kabir adds, "The Premier team has built a strong reputation of professionalism, service and value. We are poised to expand significantly to better reach and serve our Latino customers. The support of EPIC and Dowling Capital Partners and the formation of Protector Holdings make it possible to capture the current opportunities and expand our market share. I am very excited to join with Paul Areida and Protector Holdings in this effort."

Paul Areida can be reached at:
Protector Holdings, LLC
Address: 135 Main Street, 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA
Phone: 818-482-6917
Email: paul [at] protectorholdings.com

Alex Kabir can be reached at:
Premier Insurance Services, Inc.
Address: 1231 E Washington St # B, Colton, CA 92324
Phone: 949-836-0604
Email: akabir [at] freeenetquote.com
Web Site: www.freenetquote.com .

About EPIC:

EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions across California and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

The 7th largest broker based in the U.S. West, EPIC has more than 300 team members operating from nine offices across California (Los Angeles, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, Folsom, San Francisco, San Mateo, Petaluma and San Ramon) and in Denver, Colorado.

With more than $80 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 40 retail insurance brokers in the United States. The company's strategic plan calls for more than tripling revenue over the next five years ($250 million by 2018) and further expansion across the country. For additional information, please visit http://www.edgewoodins.com/ .

About Dowling Capital Partners:

Dowling Capital Partners is a private equity fund that invests primarily in the insurance industry, including underwriters, distribution firms and service companies. Collectively, the management of DCP has over 80 years of senior level industry experience, including insurance-related private equity investment management, investment banking, industry research and operational and board-level roles within major insurance, reinsurance and brokerage companies. Formed in 2011, DCP's financial partners include highly regarded insurance industry organizations and professionals. DCP provides its portfolio companies and co-investors with industry expertise, broad relationships and operating experience. DCP's affiliates include Dowling & Partners Securities and Dowling Hales, leading insurance industry-focused equity research and investment banking boutiques. The firm is based in Farmington, CT. For additional information, please visit http://www.dowlingcapitalpartners.com/ .

About Premier Insurance Services:

Founded in 2004 by Alex Kabir, Premier has grown to be the 9th largest broker of non-standard auto insurance in California. Now serving the Latino community from 15 offices across the state, Premier plans to aggressively grow its operations as a part of Protector Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of EPIC and Dowling Capital Partners. For additional information, please visit http://www.freenetquote.com/ .

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The LOS' Instant Support capability creates a unique communication medium that allows lenders to conveniently and quickly pose questions and have problems swiftly addressed. In addition to direct communication with clients, LendingQB's support staff is able to view and take control of users' desktops to identify, troubleshoot and fix issues while the user effortlessly watches. Almost half (46 percent) of all support requests are received via Instant Support.

Participants in the survey encompassed a wide range of job functions within lending organizations that included executives, loan officers and brokers, underwriters, processors, closers, shippers, set up staff and secondary marketing managers. A number of different categorical questions were asked of lenders. Notable is that LendingQB routinely monitors clients' usage of its system to proactively reach out to them and call their attention to functionally that isn't being used, as well as new functionality.

58 percent of respondents indicated that they had questions about how to take advantage of various features in the LOS, which they wanted to become familiar with in order to make their jobs easier. 94 percent of clients said their questions were answered clearly and expeditiously; 52 percent of support requests are responded to within 5 minutes; only 21 percent said they waited longer than an hour for a response; and 91 percent of LendingQB's clients categorized support as being good or excellent.

"In talking with all types of lenders in the marketplace, one of the biggest complaints they have with their LOS providers is a lack of responsive support, an inability to clearly answer questions, and requests for new features and enhancements that frequently fall upon deaf ears," stated Linn Cook, marketing director at LendingQB. "Vendor support is absolutely critical for lenders to be able to take full advantage of their LOS platform, and not just within the first 60 or 90 days. We're proud to have a reputation as a provider that maintains a high and consistent level of support to our clients on a daily basis."

About LendingQB:

LendingQB is a Costa Mesa, California-based company that specializes in loan origination technology solutions and services for the mortgage industry. The LendingQB LOS is a 100 percent Web-based, true end-to-end enterprise-class loan origination platform. The solution is designed to meet the needs of all types of mortgage lenders-large or small, wholesale or retail, correspondent or Internet-based-with specialized tools that are targeted, customizable and flexible.

LendingQB uses a consultative technology assessment approach before engaging with new clients, and places a strong emphasis on the utilization of data analytics to assist lenders in leveraging business intelligence, resulting in optimized organizational performance and lowered cost per loan. For more information about LendingQB, please call 888-285-3912 or visit http://www.lendingqb.com/ .

CONTACT:
Joe Bowerbank
Profundity Communications, Inc.
949.378.9685
jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com

LendingQB; 3080 Bristol Street, Suite 550, Costa Mesa, CA 92626; 714-957-6335.

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AB 571, by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles), which would appropriate $5 million dollars for research and prevention of HLB, passed the Assembly Tuesday by a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 77-0. There have recently been some promising advances in preventing the spread of HLB, including the discovery that certain almost-microscopic wasps, which kill the Psyllid, can dramatically slow the spread of the disease.

“Losing yet another of California’s ‘signature’ industries would be terrible for the state,” said Gatto. “It is appropriate, perhaps even a duty, for the Legislature to take steps to prevent this from happening.”

The citrus industry generates in excess of $500 million dollars of tax revenue for California.

“We are just ecstatic that someone in Sacramento cared enough about jobs to make sure that we don’t lose everything because of this exotic pest,” said Joel Nelson, President of California Citrus Mutual. “We thank Assemblyman Gatto for convincing his colleagues, particularly his urban colleagues, of the big picture on this issue.”

California’s other major employers have faced similar threats before, and policymakers often lament that no one had the foresight to stave off the losses before they became too large to recover from. A similar pest, phylloxera, almost destroyed California’s wine industry. Aggressive tactics in other jurisdictions caused many movie productions to flee the state. And changing federal dynamics caused aerospace jobs to become a rarity in California.

AB 571 now moves to the Senate for consideration.

Mike Gatto is the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the California State Assembly. He represents the cities of Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, and portions of the Hollywood Hills and East Hollywood. www.asm.ca.gov/gatto

"As a result of the UID project, fingerprint biometrics has been growing very rapidly in India," said Jeffrey Brown, VP of Sales & Marketing for SecuGen. "We are creating this new entity to better service our Indian partners. Having a local operation will greatly improve our ability to respond rapidly to the needs of the Indian marketplace."

Effective immediately, SecuGen India will sell all SecuGen products and provide local support and service exclusively in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. All sales in those countries will henceforth be handled by the new entity.

Won Lee, CEO of SecuGen added, "Our Indian customers are very important to us and perhaps one of the keys to our long term success. We will be bringing more resources to bear so that we can meet the many requirements of our Indian resellers."

Aniket Jathar, Director of SecuGen India said, "Now SecuGen has a local Indian presence, and this will greatly enhance our ability to meet the needs of the many ongoing projects in India. We are very pleased to be bringing SecuGen closer to the local Indian marketplace."

About SecuGen:

SecuGen Corporation (www.secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms.

Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

SecuGen is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corp. in the United States and other countries.

All inquiries from India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka should now be directed to SecuGen India at sales[at]secugenindia.com. Information online: http://www.secugenindia.com/ .

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Prior to joining EPIC, Felderman spent six years as managing director and national real estate practice leader at Aon Risk Services. She also spent six years at Lockton Companies of Colorado and had similar responsibilities as their director of real estate. Felderman began her insurance career with Liberty Mutual Insurance in New York City. She held several positions including Claims, Underwriting, National Account Service and Sales for Fortune 200 companies. Additionally, she was a Real Estate & Construction Practice Leader for the western United States.

Felderman will report to EPIC chief strategy officer Derek Thomas. She will be based in Denver, Colorado; the first step in launching EPIC's national expansion strategy."

"Kathleen's expertise in strategic planning, market trend analysis, competitive program design, benchmarking and client advocacy will be a tremendous value to our growing national real estate practice," said EPIC co-founder and president, John Hahn. "Kathleen is also a top producer, with an excellent national reputation. We are very excited to have another professional of her caliber leading EPIC's national growth in the real estate sector."

Felderman attended Indiana University in Bloomington, IN where she earned a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Forensics. Professionally, she holds the Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations.

Jonathan Griffiths joins EPIC as national real estate practice managing principal. He brings 23 years of large property insurance broking experience. Griffiths will be based in EPIC's San Francisco office and report to national real estate practice leader and managing principal, Kathleen Felderman.

Griffiths also joins EPIC from Aon Risk Services, where he was most recently Managing Director of Operations, United States Property Practice West Region, based in San Francisco.

Prior to San Francisco, Griffiths spent four years with Aon in New York, where he was senior vice president and team leader. During this time, he was lead broker for many industry leading and Fortune 500 companies.

In addition, Griffiths has worked extensively in both the Bermuda and London markets.

Griffiths attended the Emanuel School in London, England and holds an Associate in Reinsurance designation from the Insurance Institute of America.

"Having seasoned, successful professionals like Kathleen and Jonathan among the leaders of our national real estate practice will be key in achieving our objectives across the next five years," said Derek Thomas, EPIC's chief strategy officer. "Both have a reputation for service excellence and creative, aggressive client advocacy. We are delighted to have them join the EPIC team."

Kathleen Felderman can be reached at:
EPIC
855.809.3742 Office
303.809.8995 Cell
kfelderman@edgewoodins.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathleen-felderman/5/590/90b .

Jonathan Griffiths can be reached at:
EPIC
415.356.4845 Direct
646.512.2012 Cell
jgriffiths@edgewoodins.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jonathan-griffiths/25/a00/8a8 .

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/EPICInsuranceBrokersAndConsultants .

About EPIC:

EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions across California and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

The 7th largest broker based in the U.S. West, EPIC has more than 300 team members operating from nine offices across California (Los Angeles, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, Folsom, San Francisco, San Mateo, Petaluma and San Ramon) and in Denver, Colorado.

With more than $80 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 40 retail insurance brokers in the United States. The company's strategic plan calls for more than doubling revenue over the next five years ($250 million by 2018) and further expansion across the country. For additional information, please visit http://www.edgewoodins.com/ .

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