Sandy Walters of Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (Kelly Benefits) appointed to the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission by Governor Larry Hogan
30 AUGUST 2017

ANNAPOLIS, MD – On July 31st, 2017, Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan appointed Sandy Walters, Chief Industry Information Officer of Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (KELLY), to the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission for a term of three years. In June, the Maryland General Assembly authorized the Commission to compile a study evaluating any effects potential changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have on the citizens of Maryland. As a member of the Commission, Sandy Walters will serve the citizens of Maryland, making recommendations that mitigate any negative effects from changes in national health care law.
In addition to his primary role at KELLY, Sandy serves as the Executive Vice President and Senior Consultant for KELLY Benefit Strategies, as well as, being a member of KELLY’s Executive Management Team. Sandy brings to the commission more than 30 years of industry knowledge.
More information about the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission can be found here.
ABOUT KELLY
In 1976, former Maryland State Senator Francis X. (Frank) Kelly and his wife, Janet, founded a small insurance company in the basement of their Timonium, Maryland home. Today, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (KELLY) is the region’s leading health insurance broker/administrator, which consists of multiple companies that provide integrated total benefits, payroll and workforce management solutions for employers of every size.
Senator Kelly is now the Chairman of Kelly & Associates Insurance Group and Frank Kelly III, the eldest son of Janet and Frank, serves as CEO of the KELLY companies. Frank and Janet Kelly’s other sons, John, David and Bryan, are key leaders in the business serving in chief roles as well as presidents of KELLY’s entities and divisions.
The expanding enterprise, serves over 10,000 corporate client and employs more than 450 people serving companies that range in size from sole proprietors to corporations with more than 20,000 employees. Based in Baltimore County since its inception, the organization moved its headquarters to Sparks, Maryland in 2015 and has regional offices in Rockville, Maryland and Wilmington, Delaware.
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group has won recognition as Maryland’s largest Employee Benefits Administrator by The Baltimore Business Journal for fifteen consecutive years, and was awarded the Family Business Award of Excellence through the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® program in 2013.