Ennis, Inc. selects American United Life Insurance Company® as new retirement plan provider
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Jim Gavin, Media Relations Manager
(317) 285-4168 or jim.gavin@oneamerica.com
For Immediate Release:
Indianapolis (May 9, 2011) – Ennis, Inc., a leading national wholesale printing and apparel company in Midlothian, Texas, has selected American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL), a OneAmerica company, as the exclusive provider of retirement benefits for the nearly 3,000 US-based employees in its 401(k) retirement plan. The combined value of assets associated with the retirement plan is more than $54 million.
“The ability to attract a high-caliber client like Ennis, Inc. reflects our recent investments in people and technology.” said Bill Yoerger, senior vice president of AUL Retirement Services. “Ennis was looking out for its employees, wanting to encourage more of them to prepare for a secure retirement. With the custom, local services we deliver, we’re well-equipped to help a company of this size succeed in meeting its objectives.”
Since winning Ennis’ retirement business, AUL has worked with Ennis’ leadership team to design an employee education program that incorporated and reinforced Ennis’ own corporate branding. These unique participant services include 401(k) advocate training for managers and in-person enrollment meetings for employees at nearly 40 Ennis office locations and printing facilities around the US. AUL also developed a new employee website, www.ennis401k.com.
“Our focus is on trying to educate our employees to be more astute investors and take better care of their money,” said Ron Graham, vice president of administration at Ennis, Inc. “With AUL’s higher personal touch, higher customer service focus and enhanced participant education, we felt like we’d be able to have the specific attention we needed in order to serve our participants the way they needed to be treated.”
“For a national company like Ennis, it is difficult to find a vendor that can accommodate such customization and personal service,” added Kimberly Pruitt, retirement plan consultant with The Monolith Group, a Fort Worth-based employee benefits consultant representing Ennis. “It was a simple decision to place Ennis’s 401(k) plan with AUL because their high-touch service model is something we share as a business philosophy.”
About AUL Retirement Services
American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL) is the founding member of OneAmerica® and offers a wide range of products and services for retirement plans of individuals and employers. As a leader in the retirement services industry, AUL provides local service through a national network of experienced professionals focusing on the 401(k), 403(b) and 457 markets.
About OneAmerica
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN. The companies of OneAmerica® can trace their solid foundations back more than 130 years in the insurance and financial services marketplace.
OneAmerica’s nationwide network of companies offers a variety of products to serve the financial needs of their policyholders and other clients. These products include retirement plan products and services; individual life insurance, annuities, long-term care solutions and employee benefits. The goal of OneAmerica is to blend the strengths of each company to achieve greater collective results.
The products of the OneAmerica companies are distributed through a network of employees, agents, brokers and other distribution sources that are committed to increasing value to our policyholders by helping them plan to meet their financial goals.
Registered group variable annuity contracts issued by AUL are distributed by OneAmerica Securities, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC, a Registered Investment Advisor, 433 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204, (877) 285-3863, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AUL.
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