Introducing Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2008 – The Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc. Combining the strengths of professional broking practices from Sullivan HealthCare and other units throughout the Sullivan Group, Sullivan Brokers is a firm of expert wholesale brokers with an emphasis on professional, management and healthcare risks.

Hank Haldeman, CEO of Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc., has appointed Terrence Dwyer as the President. Terry has assumed the day to day management operations of the new company headquartered in the Sullivan Group offices located at 800 West 6th Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90017.

“For the past 10 years Sullivan Health Care has been the unparalleled leader in professional health care brokering services bringing to the market the highest standards of excellence for our clients and our carriers,” Dwyer commented. “In a continuation of this tradition of excellence we are excited that the Sullivan Group has decided to go deeper and broader in the range of the professional products and services that we will bring to the marketplace. By combining the strengths of our professional brokering practices of Sullivan HealthCare West with the professional brokering staff of G.J. Sullivan Co. in Oakland and San Diego, Sullivan Brokers can offer a broad range of professional brokering practices including all Management Liability products for Public, Private and Non-Profit organizations, all classes of Professional and E&O Liability, a broad range of Healthcare Liability lines and various other Casualty lines. We will maintain and expand our binding authorities and immediately expand our brokering capabilities as opportunities become available.”

“Sullivan Brokers reflects the broader, wholesale vision of the senior leadership of the Sullivan Group, especially Pete Germain, who made this possible through his leadership of Sullivan HealthCare and will continue as a senior officer of Sullivan Brokers,” Haldeman said. “We have brought together an outstanding team, dedicated to innovative service to our retail producers and their clients. This new platform will permit them to provide a broader array of products and services backed by the resources necessary to maintain our hallmark responsiveness and the Sullivan ethic. With the respect and reputation that Terry enjoys, Jerry Sullivan and I are excited that he has taken the reins of this new venture. ”

Mr. Dwyer may be reached at 714-488-3904 or dwyert@sullivanbrokersins.com For more information please see www.sullivanbrokersins.com