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Meet President & CEO
Scott Golden
As President and CEO, Golden Concierge Insurance Founder, Scott Golden, is a results driven entrepreneur. He has a vision to help CEO’s, CFO’s and HR Professionals execute their vision in the ever changing benefits world. What is unique is the experience Scott has in creating a brokerage firm in 1992 and being part of the evolution of the Insurance Field with the Health Security Act in 1993 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010.
He started his career at Optimum Choice as an Account Executive before it was bought by United HealthCare. He was recruited by Lincoln National Insurance as a broker rep while developing his independent practice; Golden & Cohen. Golden & Cohen became one of the premier insurance brokerage firms in the DC Metropolitan region.
Under Scott’s leadership, Golden & Cohen experienced consistent and rapid growth, ranking in the top 10 list in the Washington Business Journal's 100 largest U.S. brokers every year since 2010. He was on various insurance company's broker boards and was involved in the development of the health insurance exchanges in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Under his leadership, Golden & Cohen excelled by achieving aggressive organic growth and through partnerships with other successful brokers in the marketplace. He sold the business to National Financial Partners, a publicly traded company in 2007. Starting in 2007, Scott helped build NFP Culture to mirror what he had succeeded with Golden & Cohen building one of it’s most profitable divisions.
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With innovation and creativity as a hallmark of Scott's leadership style, Scott now advises clients with a full range of solutions across the following practice areas: Employee Benefits, HR and Workplace Consulting, Retirement and Financial Planning, Medicare, and Property & Casualty Insurance.
Across these service areas, Golden Concierge improves the lives of people every day, from business clients to their employees and through the firm’s ability to serve individual consumers directly.
Scott is most proud of Golden Concierge’s personable touch, as benefits have become overwhelming and difficult to navigate. With his various degrees in Marketing, Finance, Law and Tax (JD, MBA, LLM), he understands what it takes to make sure the end result is favorable for the employer and the employees.
Scott served on several non-profit Board of Directors including his role with ALS and Green Acres School. He is a graduate of University of Maryland, University of Baltimore and George Washington University, where studied marketing, law and tax. Scott’s true passion is tennis, swimming and his family.
Scott is a fixer and problem solver who makes sure that there is a solid solution favorable for all parties.