TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/12/12 — People Corporation (TSX VENTURE: PEO) (“People” or the “Company”) announced today that it is further expanding its Ontario operations through the acquisition of Prosure Group Administrators and Prosure Insurance Agencies Inc. (collectively “Prosure”).The acquisition has an effective date of November 1, 2012.
Prosure was established in 1987, and provides employee benefits solutions, consulting services and third party administration services to over 300 mid-market corporate clients, the majority of which are located in Ontario. Prosure-s unique product mix which includes cost plus arrangements and health spending accounts, combined with its third party administration platform and its client service model, has allowed it to grow significantly over the past 25 years, securing clients that include well-recognized household brands, as well as attracting a successful network of associate brokers that promote Prosure-s products and services.
“Prosure-s principals, Chuck McGuire and Rod Wartman have built a highly-regarded employee benefits and third party administration business that delivers customized benefit solutions to its clients. People Corporation is especially excited about some of Prosure-s niche product offerings and customized administration platforms, which we believe can be enhanced through this partnership with People Corporation and will be leveraged across our entire Company,” said Laurie Goldberg, Chairman and CEO of People Corporation.
“We are extremely pleased to be partnering with People Corporation and believe that the additional resources that People Corporation provides will allow us to not only offer enhanced services to our existing valued clients, but will also provide access to a more dynamic platform for seeking new business opportunities,” said Chuck McGuire, founder of Prosure.
The acquisition of Prosure closely follows on the acquisition of JSL Inc. that was announced in September, 2012, and is the Company-s ninth acquisition since 2006. “We believe that this acquisition further demonstrates our value proposition to potential partners and builds upon our strong momentum in growing the Company,” continued Mr. Goldberg. “People Corporation-s strategy includes partnering with strong firms and making them stronger by providing them with the deeper resources of a national benefits and human resources company that has the financial capital and operational scale to prepare them for the next level of growth.”
About People Corporation
People Corporation is a leading employee benefits, group retirement and human resource consulting firm in Canada. With a growing national footprint and fourteen offices across seven provinces, the Company is bringing together the leading consultants in the industry, offering innovative and customized human resource, benefit and pension solutions to its clients. Additional corporate information is available at .
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