Gary Baldridge is an Executive Vice President at Kibble and Prentice, an insurance brokerage firm. He has over 21 years of experience in health care and benefits trends. He works with clients to create sustainable health and benefits strategies. His financial expertise helps clients reduce costs while delivering value. Kibble and Prentice offers a suite of services including retirement, wealth management, business planning and risk management.
2. With over 21 years of experience evaluating health care and workforce
trends, I bring a unique set of skills and perspective to create sustainable
health & benefit strategies that allow my customers to achieve optimal
health and financial outcomes.
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His drive to partner with clients, coupled with a rich understanding of the
market, requirements under ACA and emerging innovation, ensures
consistent and predictable outcomes that are in alignment with
predetermined goals and objectives.
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3. His financial and underwriting experience affords his clients the expertise
necessary to drive down and manage the cost of risk while delivering
exceptional value to their workforce. Further, Kibble's complete suite of
services, including retirement planning, wealth management, business
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planning and risk management provides a holistic approach to
addressing the unique needs of each customer.
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One of Kibble's guiding principles is commitment to the community. As
such, He enjoys participating in many of the company sponsored events
and serving the community that has supported his organization for over
40 years. In his free time, He enjoys activities with his family and the
company of friends over one of Washington's premier wines.
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5. ABOUT KIBBLE & PRENTICE
Founded in 1972 by Ted Kibble and Arnie Prentice, Kibble & Prentice began as a small firm
offering life insurance and estate and business succession planning, as well as private client
services. Since then, we’ve grown into the leading regionally-based employee benefits
brokerage firm in the Pacific Northwest. We are ranked the second largest in the Puget Sound
in terms of premium volume, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal in October
2012, and our downtown Seattle headquarters is home to more than 270 industry specialists
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and professionals. In addition, we have 78 associates distributed across 3 regional offices in:
Portland, Oregon and Concord and Stockton, California.
Over the past 41 years, we have fulfilled our mission to create value, manage risk and build net
worth for companies and individuals alike by providing world-class knowledge and service in:
Employee Benefits Consulting and Brokering Services
Commercial Insurance and Risk Management Consulting
Retirement Plan Services
Executive Benefits
Business Continuation Planning
Private Client Services
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6. In 2006, Kibble & Prentice became a wholly-owned subsidiary of USI Holdings (“USI”).
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Valhalla, New York, USI is the 3rd largest privately-held
independent insurance broker—and the 9th largest broker overall—in the United States, and
the 13th largest insurance broker in the world. USI employs more than 4,000 associates in
nearly 100 offices across 26 states. USI's private equity partner, Onex, is one of the oldest and
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most successful private equity firms in the world.
Our relationship with USI affords us access to a full range of national products and
services, while our local office and long-standing ties to the Puget Sound community allow us
to offer a level of client focus and knowledge that’s unique to regional firms.
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7. OUR PHILOSOPHY
Kibble & Prentice is dedicated to providing its clients with access to an unsurpassed variety
of premier benefits, insurance and wealth management solutions. We offer a unique, holistic
approach that’s backed by a powerful assemblage of resources, industry expertise and
creativity, and delivered with attentive, timely, courteous service.
Even through periods of significant growth and change, we have remained true to the
philosophy and principles that have guided us since our inception:
Leadership
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Long-term relationships
Commitment to the community
Investment in our associates
A belief in respect and authenticity
In support of our commitment to the communities in which we live, work and do
business, we have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to numerous organizations
and business partners, with a focus on: helping families in need, healthcare, disease
research and the arts. In 2012 alone, we contributed more than $320,000 to over 120
organizations across our region, and were honored to be included on the Puget Sound
Business Journal’s list of the Top 75 Corporate Philanthropists in the Puget Sound region.
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14. Kibble & Prentice Commercial Services
WE WILL HELP YOU CREATE VALUE FOR YOUR COMPANY
At Kibble & Prentice, we build in-depth relationships with clients, based on mutual
understanding and appreciation of their business objectives. This spirit of collaboration
provides the foundation for creating the optimal risk management solution for each
company. Kibble & Prentice consultants are recognized specialists in their respective
disciplines, including risk management, business continuation and employee programs.
We work with you as a creative and knowledgeable partner — leaving you with more
time to focus on your core operations and growth strategy.
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In order to craft the right solutions, we make it a point to understand your needs and
concerns and pay attention to the details unique to your industry and to you. The result
is a program comprehensively tailored to your specifications and challenges. We are
headquartered in the Northwest, but no matter where you are based, you’ll be working
with professionals who know you and are committed to your long-term success.
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Custom work requires insight, experience and the mindset of an entrepreneur — always
on the lookout for a better way to do things. At Kibble & Prentice, our professionals
command the full repertoire of risk management and benefits tools. We enable you to
keep pace with legal changes and market conditions, solve problems, anticipate
potential risks and, most importantly, ensure that you are properly prepared.
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15. CONTINUITY AND DEPTH OF RELATIONSHIPS
Our consultative approach requires a high level of client contact. We have
structured our organization so that our most experienced executives remain
involved in client relationships. And our teams have depth: Several support staff
to every sales executive. We know it makes a big difference in the level and
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quality of access, communication and outcomes for clients.
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ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS AND PRICING
At Kibble & Prentice, our solutions are structured to control costs and optimize
value. We’ve established strong relationships with many of our industry’s most
highly regarded investment and insurance product providers. As a result, we are
able to provide access to proprietary products and competitive pricing with top
insurers. Whatever product is best for your needs, we can structure it for you.
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HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS?
At Kibble & Prentice, this question drives everything we do. Risk management is a dual
proposition: We help clients protect their property and invest their assets to meet their
objectives and build net worth. But we place an equally strong focus on identifying and
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addressing potential liabilities and exposures thatPresident your financial health and wellbeing.
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BIG-PICTURE RISK MANAGEMENT
Our clients have multiple roles as investors, family providers, entrepreneurs, executives and
philanthropists. We provide a comprehensive approach to the wide-ranging and complex
concerns you face. We help you set your goals, protect and grow your assets, and identify
and fund against specific risks to your livelihood and resources, both present and future.
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OBJECTIVE ADVICE
Our interests are aligned with yours. Unlike many of the large financial services
companies, we are truly independent in our analysis of solutions for our clients. We
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an independent, fee-based asset management advisor, we screen the universe of investment
opportunities for those that most fit our clients’ individual needs.
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DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF OUR DISCIPLINE
Our professional team is our chief asset. As tax laws and market conditions constantly change
and evolve, our tested advisors respond with product and strategy innovations that enable you
to keep pace.
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ACCESS TO PRODUCTS AND PRICING
We enjoy premier relationships with many of our industry’s most highly regarded product
providers, such as Chubb, Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab, Russell Investment
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Advisors, and our partner carriers (New York Life, John
Hancock, ING, Lincoln, Pacific Life, Prudential and others). These relationships give Kibble &
Prentice clients access to unique products and preferred pricing with a wide range of the
nation’s top insurers and investment management firms.
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COLLABORATIVE, CLIENT-FOCUSED RELATIONSHIPS
Regionally based, relationship-minded and service-oriented — we’re focused on you. As a
Kibble & Prentice client, you’ll participate fully in the planning and decision-making process.
You’ll control your planning decisions, backed by the advice and support of our team of
dedicated professionals.
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28. Gary Baldridge
Vice President
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Kibble and Prentice
Executive Vice President
Gary.baldridge@kpcom.com
206-383-7049
Specialties
Commercial Insurance, Health & Welfare Benefits, Retirement Plan
Services, Executive Benefits, Surety, Business Continuation
Planning, Industry Expertise, Private Client Services, Estate
Planning, Asset Management, Personal Insurance
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