Company History & Values

Vision

Northrim Benefits Group is the premiere benefits firm for Alaskan-based businesses and organizations with 2 to 1000 employees.

Mission & Values

Northrim Benefits Group's primary mission is to deliver exceptional service and value while offering a wide breadth of products and services to meet our clients' changing and developing needs. We support the employer's objective in offering benefit programs: recruiting, retaining, and rewarding the efforts of the employees that make their organizations successful.

We provide our clients with the latest information on benefit plan options in a language they can understand. This is achieved by maintaining a close relationship with our clients, which helps us determine their benefit needs and minimize the cost while still delivering on their primary objectives.

We closely monitor insurance carriers and administrators to make sure they provide quality service and pay claims in a timely manner. As an independent brokerage firm, we work solely with top-quality carriers, recommending the companies that best meet our clients' needs and deliver the best overall value. We strive to provide top-notch value-added services that help our clients save time and improve their bottom lines.

Our staff is composed of high caliber individuals with the experience and knowledge to provide our clients with the highest quality customer service and develop creative solutions to their unique challenges. We adhere to a team approach in order to give clients quick access to the expertise they need to fulfill their goals. We are proud of our skills and successes. We believe they are the results of experience, industry knowledge, and intimate relationships with the people and firms we serve.

Northrim Benefits Group operates under a team-based organizational strategy. Our accounts are managed jointly by licensed benefit advisors. We feel this approach allows our clients better access to their benefit advisors when they are needed most, perhaps on short notice or during a complex project.

History

Northrim Benefits Group has assisted clients in and out of Alaska for over three decades. During this time, the company has consistently proven itself as a respected leader in group insurance and benefit plans by delivering professional expertise with integrity and relentless attention to detail. We work closely with our sister company, ICL Financial Services, and our affiliate, Northrim Bank, to deliver a well rounded suite of professional services for our valued clients.

Bruce Moore originally established Insurance Concepts, LTD in 1974 with an emphasis on insurance. As the company grew and expanded, the Anchorage-based firm evolved to focus on three distinct sectors: Business & Estate Planning, Investment Strategies, and Employee Benefits. Eventually the name was changed to ICL Financial Services in order to better reflect the range of services. Bruce brought on qualified staff and established a network with a wide range of top-notch affiliates, including tax attorneys, accountants, stockbrokers, bankers and other financial professionals, and became licensed in 12 states, including Alaska.

The employee benefits arm of the company grew and became successful in its own right and following an ongoing relationship with Northrim Bank, Northrim Benefits Group, LLC was officially formed in April 2005 as an affiliate company to Northrim Bank to provide a wide range of financial services for their customers, as well as provide the financial vehicles necessary for various benefit plans under an integrated and seamless approach for the customers of Northrim Benefits Group.