Hylant Group Adds Top Industry Professional to its Large Account Practice

TOLEDO, Ohio - August 6, 2006 - Hylant Group, a full-service business insurance agency, has hired Basima Rumman to serve as vice president in the company’s Large Account Practice. She will be based in Hylant’s Troy, Michigan, office.

Previously, Rumman was a 25-year veteran and vice president with Marsh McLennan Cos., Inc, where she handled some of the largest multinational property accounts in the world. She has designed, developed and implemented a wide variety of risk management programs, while establishing market relationships and carrier knowledge that places her in the industry’s top tier.

Rumman will continue the same work with Hylant’s Large Account Practice, focusing on international property coverage for Fortune 1000 firms. Hylant Chairman and CEO Patrick Hylant Sr. said Rumman’s vast experience and industry reputation represents the quality of talent the agency seeks for its Large Account Practice.

“We are committed to staffing our team with the industry’s absolute top people so that our large account clients can be confident that they receive the best possible service,” he said. “This business is all about the people, their experience and ultimately the service they provide.”

Founded in 1935, Hylant Group is a full-service business insurance brokerage with 10 offices in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, the Hales Report ranked Hylant as the sixth largest privately held brokerage in the United States in 2006.

With more than 635 professionals, the firm is positioned to serve a wide variety of clients locally, nationally and internationally. A member of the Worldwide Broker Network, Hylant offers complete risk management services, employee benefits consultation, loss control, 401(k) and financial services, healthcare management and insurance for businesses and individuals.

Hylant’s Large Account Practice is a specialty practice within the company dedicated to serving the unique risk management needs of Fortune 1000 companies. Staffed by top industry professionals, the practice is equipped with additional resources, advanced training and a professional certification for account executives qualified and proven to serve large accounts.