M3 Expands to Rockford, Illinois

M3 Insurance is excited to announce its expansion to Rockford, Illinois.  Effective July 1, 2019, M3 opened its sixth location with an office at 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford.

This new location allows us to maintain and expand our client, community, and insurance carrier relationships in the Rockford marketplace. We have assigned M3 account executives who specialize in employee benefits and property and casualty to serve the market.

“M3 Insurance is always looking for ways to better serve the needs of our clients by providing them with world-class resources and individual, personalized attention, and this expansion is just another example of that commitment,” said Mike Victorson, president and CEO. “We look forward to building long-lasting and meaningful relationships with business partners and being a positive member of the Rockford community.”

M3 Insurance is a member of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.

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About M3

M3 Insurance offers insight, advice and strategies to help clients manage risk, purchase insurance and provide employee benefits. We are committed to being experts in both the products we represent and the industries we serve. Our people advance M3’s competitive advantage in the marketplace, and our focus on community builds better places to live and work. M3 is consistently ranked a top 100 broker in America and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.

UW Credit Union Opens Branch in Verona

MADISON, WI – July 15, 2019 – A new UW Credit Union branch opened today in Verona.

UW Credit Union launched its newest location at 651 Hometown Circle in Verona, a 5,000-square-foot facility with updated branch architecture reflecting the credit union’s refreshed branding. Moving away from the traditional teller line, the branch features teller pods, making it easier to interact with members and demonstrate how to access online banking features on mobile devices. This is the credit union’s 27th location in Wisconsin.

UW Credit Union is one of the largest credit unions in Wisconsin, allowing it to offer extensive and convenient services to a growing membership of more than 250,000 members. The Verona branch employs 11 people, including two teller interns through the Young Apprenticeship Program at Verona High School, in which students receive high school credits along with wages.

“We’re proud to be joining the Verona community,” said Paul J. Kundert, UW Credit Union president & chief executive officer. “As a financial leader we know we can help our new members achieve their financial dreams. From high schoolers to empty nesters, we lend a hand to improve their lives at every step of their life’s journey.”

Verona branch lobby hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Branch drive-up hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The credit union celebrates its new location with a bevy of grand opening events from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, July 26. The Verona Area Chamber of Commerce will officially welcome the credit union to the community with a ribbon cutting at 1:30 p.m. Creative appetizers will be served by local grocer Miller & Sons Supermarket and Kona Ice of Madison will be dishing out its popular Hawaiian-style shaved ice. Also, the popular rideshare program Madison BCycle will offer test rides of its fun, new electric bikes. UW Credit Union is a major sponsor of Madison BCycle, one of the leading programs of its kind in the country.

One of the highlights of the grand opening is a food drive, Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26, benefitting Badger Prairie Needs Network, an all-volunteer food pantry and one of the largest in Dane County. The nonprofit fuels an average of 1,200 persons each month and 13,000 individuals each year.

“The food drive reflects UW Credit Union’s vision of helping people, serving the community, building partnerships and making a difference in Verona,” commented Brand Day, the new Verona branch manager. “We’re excited to partner with Miller & Sons and Badger Prairie Needs Network for a hometown grand opening event that celebrates Verona by connecting with our neighbors.”

About UW Credit Union
UW Credit Union is a growing, federally insured financial institution and a leading provider of a full range of financial services to University of Wisconsin communities. UW Credit Union’s over 600 employees serve the financial needs of more than 250,000 members through world-class technology systems, and through a convenient network of 27 branch locations and over 100 ATMs. With assets totaling $3 billion, UW Credit Union is ranked nationally among the leading credit unions. Founded more than 85 years ago by members of the University of Wisconsin community, UW Credit Union continues to operate as a not-for-profit, member-owned financial cooperative with locations in the Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Whitewater and La Crosse areas.

M3 Releases 2019 Health Benefits Trend Report

M3 Insurance’s 2019 Health Care Trend Report is now available. This annual publication highlights costs and plan designs for employer-sponsored health insurance throughout the State of Wisconsin.

The report contains data collected from M3 clients across the spectrum of employer sizes, regional markets and sectors; it provides employers with information they need to benchmark their offers of health insurance coverage within the current market. Insights on how employers are structuring their plans, the types of plans they are purchasing and regional trends are included in the report.

According to data from the past year, health insurance costs experienced a 4.4% growth rate. This is the lowest rate of change in health insurance costs since the inception of this annual report in 2004.

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE REPORT

If you’d like to have a discussion on specific report findings in relation to your health insurance costs, contact your M3 Account Executive. Hard copies of the report are available upon request.

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About M3

M3 Insurance offers insight, advice and strategies to help clients manage risk, purchase insurance and provide employee benefits. We are committed to being experts in both the products we represent and the industries we serve. Our people advance M3’s competitive advantage in the marketplace, and our focus on community builds better places to live and work. M3 is consistently ranked a top 100 broker in America and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.

Recurring revenue pushes successful 1st half of 2019

MADISON, Wis., July 17, 2019 – Infosec, the leading cybersecurity education platform, today reports a more than 100% recurring revenue rate for the first half of 2019, fueled largely by customer retention and growth in the Infosec IQ security and awareness training platform. 

The company notes increasing traction for its unmatched portfolio of three role-based SaaS cybersecurity platforms to deliver skills and security awareness training — Infosec IQ, Infosec Skills and Infosec Flex. The cybersecurity education needs for every level of an organization are covered, from IT and security professionals to the general workforce and C-suite. 

“Big and small organizations realize the crucial business need for more proactive steps against cybersecurity threats,” said Jack Koziol, CEO and founder of Infosec. “The major benefit to our clients is all three learning platforms were built to meet the cybersecurity training needs of everyone in the organization. We’re gratified clients choose to partner with Infosec for the long haul. Growth is also seen by new customers switching to Infosec. This powerful package of role-based learning is receiving solid validation by the market.”

Infosec IQ — 3.5 million cyber-resilient learners

Infosec IQ achieved a 168% year-over-year revenue increase. More than 3.5 million learners using the platform are now more cyber resilient and empowered to keep their organizations’ systems secure and information private. Infosec IQ has the most comprehensive security awareness training program to help organizations and their employees cut the risk of a cyber attack — with more than 900 learning modules in 35 languages and 2,000 training resources, including phishing templates, professionally produced videos and layered awareness campaigns. 

Infosec Skills — a new way to stay smarter than the bad guys

A new platform was introduced in April tailor-made for cybersecurity pros wanting to advance their careers and keep their skills up on the very latest threats. Infosec Skills is mapped to the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, which contains entry, mid and advanced cybersecurity roles backed by research into the actual skills requested by employers. More than 300 courses and 40 learning and certification paths are available in areas such as Ethical Hacking, Computer Incident Response, Mobile Forensics and Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering.  

Infosec Flex — security pros choose training when it’s convenient for them

In the first half of 2019, more than 5,000 IT and security professionals enrolled in the flagship Infosec Flex training and certification courses — an 18% increase over the previous year. Infosec Flex courses are designed with today’s busy professionals in mind. All the courseware is personalized to how, when and where they learn best and features a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and popular Exam Pass Guarantee.  Infosec Flex makes expert, live instruction convenient with online and in-person formats.

Infosec Partner Program — enhanced offering

April saw the expansion of the popular Infosec Partner Program for managed services providers (MSPs), value-added resellers (VARs) and OEMs by adding Infosec Skills and Infosec Flex to the original Infosec IQ offering. This enhancement creates the only channel program in the industry to provide across-the-board, full-spectrum training needs for the clients of channel partners.

Move to larger Madison facility and continued hiring

In 2018, Infosec doubled its workforce and hiring additional employees to meet growing client needs continues in 2019. More than 150 employees are now building solid careers in a growing industry with Infosec. Leading the list of open positions are opportunities in Sales, Customer Experience, and Content Development. 

To accommodate the accelerated growth, Infosec recently moved to an 11,000 square foot office space on the entire tenth floor at 316 W. Washington St. The company retains its original headquarters at 311 W. Washington St. along with offices in Chicago and Dulles, Virginia. 

Infosec scores industry recognitions

In addition to being named a Gartner Peer Insights Customer’s Choice for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training in January, the company also earned these top industry recognitions in the first half of 2019:

• Best Cybersecurity Education Provider in the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

• Fortress Cyber Security Award for Security & Applications — Training

• Trainingindustry.com 2019 Top 20 Training Company for its Online Learning Library 

• Best Partner Incentives at the ASCII Group’s 2019 Success Summit — Chicago 2019

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Media contact:

Jeff McCollum

Infosec — Media & Public Affairs Manager

608-509-9804

jeff.mccollum@infosecinstitute.com

About Infosec

Infosec has been fighting cybercrime since 2004. Thousands of organizations and over 2.68 million learners trust the wide range of security-specific classes and enterprise security awareness and phishing training to stay a step ahead of the bad guys. Infosec IQ, Infosec Flex and Infosec Skills provide the most advanced and comprehensive education and training platforms. Founded by CEO Jack Koziol, Infosec is based in Madison, with offices in Chicago and Dulles, Virginia. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com. 

130 Years Old and Still Playing!

MADISON, WI – Bucky Badger and members of the UW Band will kick off the 130^th birthday party for Attic Angel Association at 1:10 pm on Sunday, July 28. The indoor/outdoor party, which runs from 1 to 4 pm, is themed LIFE IS A PLAYGROUND! and will double as a fundraiser to build a playground to benefit children experiencing early trauma, including homelessness. Open to the public and happening across the Attic Angel campus at the intersection of Old Sauk and Junction Roads, the party will go on rain or shine.

Attic Angel press release