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GPA Names David West Director of Corporate Development

August 15, 2006 (Dallas, TX) Group & Pension Administrators, Inc. (GPA), one of the largest third-party benefit administrators in the Southwestern United States, today announced it has appointed David W. West, CLU, CEBS as its new Director of Corporate Development. An employee benefits sales and marketing veteran, Mr. West has extensive experience helping employer clients balance corporate financial goals with human resource needs and expectations. At GPA, Mr. West is responsible for ensuring that clients have a clear understanding of the value and potential opportunity of GPA offerings – especially during the important renewal process.

“GPA offers valuable solutions and services from next-generation, technology-based decision-support capabilities – provided through our partnership with Medstat – to our core, cost-effective medical management services,” said Kathy Enochs, GPA’s COO. “David joins GPA to help formulate and communicate specific advantages of our offerings to the market. When our brokers and clients are well informed, they are able to make decisions that make good business sense.”

About David W. West

Before joining GPA, Mr. West was the senior associate and vice president for Mercer Health & Benefits / Marsh EBS, where he was responsible for developing and managing client relationships and enhancing deliverables for the market. Prior to that, he was the senior sales consultant for the Dallas regional sales office of Great-West Healthcare / General American, where he guided the marketing administration of medical programs and other ancillary products. He has also held positions at John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company and Travelers Insurance Company / MetraHealth. Mr. West is a former president of the DFW Chapter of ISCEBS and a member of the Southwest Benefits Association and Dallas Business Group on Health. He has also published “The Network Discount Shell Game” in the 2005 May / June issue of News Briefs and is a frequent speaker on the subject. Mr. West holds a BS in Economics from Furman University.

About Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.

Group & Pension Administrators, Inc. (GPA) (www.gpatpa.com) is a third-party administrator (TPA), providing highest-quality administrative, customer support, claims processing, claim management, and plan development and review services to self-insured employers. Since its founding 35 years ago, GPA has combined industry-leading technology and tools with a philosophy of “high-touch” patient care to lower the financial risk and improve the quality of clients’ healthcare benefits.

Contact Information:

Kathy Enochs
GPA
972.744.2445

Regional Office - San Antonio, TX
5803 Sebastian Place, San Antonio, TX 78249
210.691.0500 phone • 800.594.3973 toll-free

Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.
Park Central 8, 12770 Merit Drive, 2nd Floor, Dallas, TX 75251
972.238.7900 phone • 800.827.7223 toll-free

Regional Office - Houston, TX
10101 Southwest Fwy, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77074
713.355.1225 phone • 877.850.3373 toll-free

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