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 Richard H. LaPenta
President, CEO of Insurance & Financial Services, Ltd.
Richard LaPenta, C.I.C., A.R.M., is a partner of Insurance & Financial Services, Ltd., one of the largest insurance brokerage agencies in the tri-state region. A native Delawarean and graduate of Widener University, he has earned Certified Insurance Consultant and Associated Risk Management designations.
Very active in the state and in his local community, Mr. LaPenta serves on the Board of Directors for the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and on the Political Action Committee for the Delaware Contractors Association. In addition to a four-year term on the New Castle County Council, he has participated as board member or advisor on numerous nonprofit organization boards, including:
• Greenville-Centreville Rotary Club as president
• National Conference of Christians and Jews as chairman of the
board
• Goodwill Industries as board member and capital campaign
committee
• YMCA Resource Center as chairman of the board
• Hockessin Montessori as chairman of the board
• West End Neighborhood House on the board of directors
• March of Dimes on the fundraising committee
 Steve Blewitt, GBA
Senior Vice President
Steve Blewitt is a Vice President at IFS. During his fifteen years in the health insurance industry, Steve has focused on helping his clients understand the shifting change in the employee benefits industry to adapt benefits strategies that best suit their business needs. Prior to joining IFS in 2001, Steve spent nearly 9 years in sales and management at Aetna, a leading managed care organization. Steve holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Group Benefits Associate (GBA) designation, a joint program from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
Steve is licensed in Life and Health in the following states:
• Delaware
• Maryland
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Florida.
Steve is actively involved in:
• The National Association of Health Underwriters
• National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
• Delaware Society of Human Resource Management
• Associated Builders and Contractors of Delaware
• Delaware Contractors Association
• Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
• New Castle County Chamber of Commerce.
A specific area of Steve’s expertise includes consumer driven healthcare (HSAs and HRAs). He also serves on various insurance company advisory boards including the 2008 Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies Insurance Taskforce. Steve works with companies of all industries and typically focuses on employers with a minimum of 50 employees.
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