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Ovation Benefits Joins Proskauer's Compliance Plus Program

June 13, 2011

Farmington, CT - Ovation Benefits, a national leader in workforce health improvement and one of the largest independent benefits brokers in the country, has joined Proskauer's Compliance Plus program.

Proskauer is an international law firm, with more than 750 lawyers located in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo and Washington, D.C. Proskauer is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in the country. The Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group at Proskauer have experience in every aspect of employee benefits law. In addition, Proskauer features a highly recognized labor and employment group that deals with labor and employment issues for some of the nation's best known employers.

Our relationship with Proskauer will strengthen our ability to provide timely and effective compliance resources to our clients. Under Proskauer's Compliance Plus program, we will have access to several layers of services, including:

1. Direct access to a team of Proskauer employee benefits lawyers to answer general compliance questions, with a response time typically within 24 hours;
2. Access to Proskauer client alerts and newsletters providing timely updates to employee benefits law of interest to employers;
3. Invitations to live and web-based seminars on employee benefits and general human resources issues; and
4. Opportunity for Ovation clients to engage Proskauer for compliance-related services, such as ERISA compliance audits, Summary Plan Description (SPD) development, etc., at the firm's rates.

Brian Driscoll, Ovation Benefits' COO says, “We are excited about our new relationship with Proskauer and are confident that their depth and level of expertise will provide us with the highest level of compliance support available in the marketplace.”

Proskauer has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law. For more information, visit www.proskauer.com.

A notice will be sent out to each client detailing the relationship, as well as outlining our initial calendar for Proskauer webinars and onsite events.

ABOUT OVATION BENEFITS
Ovation Benefits, established in 2002, is the national leader in Workforce Health Improvement and one of the largest independent benefit brokers in the nation, representing more than 250 employers and more than 100,000 individuals in 43 states. Ovation's clients include small business, middle market and Fortune 1000 employer groups and more than 40 cities, towns and boards of education. “TakeCharge” is Ovation's new fully integrated, turnkey product platform that incorporates best in class health improvement benefits, incentives, interventions and member support designed to deliver sustainable cost reduction through health improvement and unparalleled employee engagement. For further information, please visit www.ovationbenefits.com.

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