C O M P A N Y    H I S T O R Y

The HDH Group, Inc. opened its doors in December 1982. Each of the three founding owners brought with them long careers with national broker firms. But those firms no longer answered the needs of insurance buyers and no longer viewed those buyers as a first priority. Bryan Hondru, Joe Deutsch and Mark Horan felt there was a better way.

Since 1982, the company has grown from 6 employees to over 100 and now stands as Pennsylvania’s largest privately, employee-owned broker. The speed of that growth was the result of a number of key strategic decisions.

A commitment to build a strong staff by aggressive recruiting of expertise that would translate as a valued resource to clients

Development of a consultative approach to Risk Management and Employee Benefits

An investment in technology that not only increased our capabilities in Employee Benefits, but found its way to controlling the costs of our clients

Opening national and international capabilities by becoming an owner of Assurex Global giving clients insurance resources on 6 continents and spontaneous access to nearly 200 broker offices

Identifying key niche markets in public entities, transportation, construction, health care, captives and committing firm resources and personnel exclusively to that niche

Becoming an ESOP company with all employees as owners dedicated to exceeding the expectations of our clients

A    C O N S U L T I V E    A P P R O A C H

On a daily basis, our clients encounter routine problems as well as many that are anything but routine.  Within HDH lies a resource for either.  The expertise that HDH’s insurance professionals collectively offer to our clients is built from experience with national brokers, regional brokers, niche expertise, insurance company training, and our close association with the international network of Assurex.  This unique combination of talent and resources makes for strong problem solving capability.

A client can rest assured that the consultative advice they receive will be a response to their unique needs and not a “one size fits all” approach of expediency. That response will include options and opinions not only of those here at HDH, but from Assurex partners, recognized for their specific expertise. It is very likely part of the response will be an alternative not considered before. And it will answer the question of the day, but anticipate the impact on tomorrow.

C U L T U R E

The HDH Group, Inc. ESOP structure guarantees that no client will ever speak to someone at HDH that does not have a vested financial interest in the success of the firm and in turn, the success of its clients. This dedication to exceeding the expectations of our clients therefore comes not as an option, but rather what, for us, is normal.

Many of our greatest successes, and anchors to the success of the office have come from staff members, not a remote Headquarters or boardroom and certainly not from a “corporate manual.”