National Financial Partners and Accord HR Team Up

The benefits provider and human resources firm are joining forces to offer expanded options to small and mid-sized plans.

NFP Insurance Services, NFP’s licensed insurance agency, has entered into a preferred partner relationship with Accord Human Resources. The agreement will offer NFP’s corporate benefits professionals a comprehensive, outsourced human resource management solution for their clients.

Accord Human Resources is a privately held professional employer organizations (PEO) which delivers end-to-end human resource solutions such as employee benefits, payroll management and workers’ compensation to small and medium-sized companies in various industries. National Financial Partners is a provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services.

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Ed O’Malley, president of NFP’s Corporate Client Group, said, “Small and medium-sized businesses are confronted with many challenges in today’s changing environment and we believe this PEO offering, along with our other innovative product and service offerings,  provide value-added solutions for their human resource needs.” 

Hewitt EnnisKnupp Chooses Private Equity Leader

Hewitt EnnisKnupp hired Karen Rode as the leader of its Global Private Equity group.

A Hewitt news release said Rode will be responsible for leading a team that helps Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s clients build global private equity programs.

Rode has nearly 20 years’ experience in the private equity market and has held a variety of senior positions, including sourcing, underwriting, and portfolio management, according to the news release. Prior to joining Hewitt EnnisKnupp, she was the Senior Managing Director of Funds at GE Capital, where she led the company’s global fund investment activities and co-led the GE Healthymagination fund.

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Rode holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.

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