Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, today announced it has acquired GarityAdvantage, one of New England’s largest independent marketing organizations (“IMO”) based in Boston, Massachusetts. As part of the acquisition, Brian Garity, CEO of GarityAdvantage, and Rachel Garity, CFO of GarityAdvantage, will become Managing Partners in Integrity. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Boston native Joe Garity, Jr., founded GarityAdvantage in 1970 to help seniors secure the best insurance products for their needs. Initially focused exclusively on New England, the family-operated firm has greatly expanded its footprint in recent years, becoming a powerful force not just in the Northeast but across the nation. Through its half-century in business, GarityAdvantage has experienced significant growth by placing unwavering focus on broker support, which has created long lasting relationships with its team of agents. GarityAdvantage offers health and life insurance products to the senior market with a specialty in Medicare Advantage. Through its network of thousands of agents, GarityAdvantage will serve more than 250,000 Americans in 2021.
“The deep commitment GarityAdvantage has shown to serving agents during its 50 years in business is truly inspiring,” said Bryan W. Adams, Co-Founder and CEO of Integrity Marketing Group. “They have demonstrated the power of teamwork for long-term success, which mirrors what we’re creating at Integrity. When you combine the deep history of GarityAdvantage with all the amazing resources Integrity provides, there is no limit to what we can do. I’m thrilled to welcome the GarityAdvantage team to the Integrity family and can’t wait to help even more Americans together.”
“Integrity is leading our industry toward the future on every front and we’re so excited to be part of it,” explained Brian Garity, CEO of GarityAdvantage. “Partnering with Integrity gives our brokers access to resources we’ve wanted for a long time, such as call centers, more training and enhanced technology. Our core values are very important to us and with Integrity, we’ve found a partner whose values are completely aligned. We’ve seen our share of great days as a company — partnering with Integrity sets the stage for even greater days to come.”
GarityAdvantage can now advance its aggressive growth strategy by accessing Integrity’s innovative insurtech platform, which includes proprietary quoting and enrollment tools, MedicareCENTER, product development, data and analytics, as well as a world-class advertising and marketing firm. Shared services offered to all Integrity partners include IT, human resources, legal, compliance and accounting.