News Releases

6/2005

Rob Thurston is speaking at the annual Conference for International Agents and Brokers on HSAs.

He is speaking at the regional www.NAPBA.org meeting in Chicago on Consumer Driven Health Care Plans.

He is speaking at the inaugral www.HSA2005.com meeting in Chicago on Debit Cards.

He is speaking at the IQPC HSA Conference in Washington DC on September 12, 2005

He spoke and sponsored the full day Convention on HSAs, HRAs, and FSAs in Salt Lake City on 11/9/04

He has spoken and sponsored on the topics of HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, and Debit Cards at the following conferences:

1- EE Benefits News Expo in 10/04 in Nashville

2- NAPBA national Meeting in WI in 5/04

3- Flagg Mgt/EE Benefits News in 3/14/05 in NYC

4- NAPBA Legislative Meeting in WA, DC in 3/2/05

5- IQPC HSA Meeting in Atlanta on 2/8/05 in Atlanta

6- NAPES meeting in New Orleans in 2/04

7- Benefits Marketing meeting in Vegas in 8/04

8- Lorman Seminars on HSAs in UT in 11/04

9- NAPES meeting in NV on 8/03

10- 3 Webinars/teleconferences from 6/04- 3/05

4/2005

Rob Thurston was elected to be the Head of the Conference Committee and to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Professional Benefits Administrators.

2/2005

Rob Thurston was elected to be the Head of Development for the Benefits Marketing Association and to serve on the Executive Committee of the organization.

12/01/2003

Rob Thurston has published in Benefits and Compensation Solutions magazine an article called:"The Promise of Consumer Driven Health Care- From Debit Cards to HRAs". To request a free copy- please contact HRCG at the email address below.

Rob Thurston, Advisory Board member of the National Association of Professional Enrollment Specialists (NAPES/esi), was re-elected to the position of Chairman of the Development Committee

New Orleans, LA- Rob Thurston, Advisory Board member of the National Association of Professional Enrollment Specialists (NAPES/esi), was re-elected to the position of Chairman of the Development Committee at the recently held NAPES convention in New Orleans. Mr. Thurston will be in charge of all fundraising and in increasing the number of corporate, insurance and consulting sponsors for the next NAPES conventions.

Mr. Thurston has spoken twice at the NAPES convention- first for a workshop session of 1 hour entitled "Can Advanced Technology be used in Worksite Marketing?" and again the next day on "Are VEBAs legal in selling Voluntary Benefits?".

Mr. Thurston is President of HR Consulting Group (HRCG) based in Utah. He has available at no charge a listing of qualified vendors of HR and benefits software to be used by companies to facilitate enrollment and administration. Email Mr. Thurston at hrconsultinggroup@msn.com for your copy of "The List of Qualified Vendors".

HR Consulting Group-HRCG, 1202 East Dover Drive, Provo, UT 84604. Tel: 801-765-4417; Fax: 801-765-4418.

9/20/2002

HRCG and Rob Thurston, announced today a marketing agreement with MBI, SmartFlex, and Evolution Benefits for Debit Cards.

Provo, UT- Rob Thurston, President of HRCG signed marketing agreements with the three largest debit card providers. HRCG's systems are linked with all three debit cards. "HRCG has been informed by these debit card providers that we are the only software solution that is currently linked to all three cards. We believe that we will save a TPA or employer at least $10,000-32,500 in reduced setup fees and implementation expenses because we are linked to these three debit cards." - Rob Thurston, President, HRCG.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

1- HSAs for Dummies- 7/2004 Written by Rob Thurston and Anamaria Szekely for www.HR.com

2- Benefit Management Systems- 11/2003 by David A. Williams, Editor humancapitalmanagement.biz

3- The latest on HSAs(Health Savings Accounts)- 10/2004 By Rob Thurston and Anamaria Szekely

4- Rising Health Care Costs Means Upset Employees- 6/2004 by Rob Thurston and Anamaria Szekely

5- How to implement Consumer Driven Health Care Step by Step- 6/2005 by Rob Thurston

6- Health Care Spending Accounts- by Rob Thurston and AnaMarie Szekely- Benefits & Compensation Solutions- 6/2004

7- Advanced Technology Sells HSAs, HRAs, and FSAs- by Rob J. Thurston and Anamarie Szekely- Life Insurance Selling 10/2005

8- WHAT'S BEHIND THE CURTAIN FOR SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGY- WE HAVE TO BLOW UP HR- Rob J. Thurston Thomas Knowlton, Jr. HR CONSULTING GROUP, INC.- 2/2003

9- Why HSAs make sense/Understanding the Law- Rob J. Thurston 7/2005

10- HSA Software adds Admin support for Client Appeal- Steve Brown 4/2004

11- Gazing into the Crystal Ball- "Don't do Anything Stupid"- Rob Thurston for the Self Insurer- March/April 2005

12- CDH and the Health Care Promise- Rob Thurston 10/2003

13- Jumping Off The Bandwagon by Rob J. Thurston & Thomas Knowlton Jr HR Consulting Group Inc. 3/2002

14- What Goes Around, Comes Around- Rob Thurston and Mary Kohler- 8/2002

15- Thinking Outside the Box ...HRMS:Thinking Outside the Industry ... By Rob Thurston and Vince Ceriello - 11/2002

HRCG and its partners have been published in over three dozen magazines and books since 1981. If you would like to request an article to be sent to you by mail, fax or email, please contact HRCG.

HR Consulting Group-HRCG, 1202 East Dover Drive, Provo, UT 84604. Tel: 801-765-4417; Fax: 801-765-4418. Email: hrconsultinggroup@msn.com

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