Who We Are
Experienced insurance professionals who understand what it takes to stay secure in today’s changing world.
Worldwide Benefit Services (WBS) was established in 1999 by three experienced insurance executives as a company that specializes in creating and wholesaling non-insurance service products. After building the company through the placement of travel assistance programs with a variety of organizations, in 2004, WBS created ID Theft Assist, a comprehensive restoration service for identity theft victims that is now part of the largest identity theft program in the country. In 2009 WBS expanded its product line to further its goal of being the country’s leader in providing affordable and timely service plans for both business and consumer markets. Today, WBS continues to serve an esteemed group of clients. These clients include insurance carriers, large employer groups, non-profits, TPA’s, associations and affinity groups.
The principals behind WBS are all experienced insurance executives who saw a need for affordable, non-insurance based plans for their respective clientele. By coming together to form WBS, these leaders have helped their industry look at benefits from an angle previously overlooked by most.
Mr. Brooks is an independent insurance provider and consultant who has over 30 years of experience and has been instrumental in the growth of WBS’s book of business through cultivation of WBS’s distributor network and direct sales. Mr. Brooks formally was Sr. Vice President of National Insurance Agency, Inc. and is past President of the Central Kentucky Life Underwriters Association, an instructor for the Life Underwriters Training Council, and a member of the Kentucky and National Associations of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
Mr. Harris recently retired as Chief Executive Officer of National Insurance Agency, Inc. an organization that specializes in professional association insurance sales and administration. His clients included the Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Society of CPA’s, Kentucky Medical Association and the Kentucky Dental Association. Mr. Harris has been in the insurance business for over 25 years and is past president of Mid American Association Group Administrators and American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Agents.
Mr. Marshall has worked as a financial management professional for over four decades. After college graduation, he worked with a Big 4 accounting firm, was CFO for a major highway construction company, then for ten years he was in private practice as a CPA. In 1992, Marshall moved to Washington, D.C. Since that time, he has held CFO and Treasurer positions with several national political and non-profit organizations. In 2013, Mr. Marshall joined Worldwide Benefit Services as a principal. He oversees the financial and administrative functions for the company.