Hylant Announces Launch of Hylant Consulting: Unlocking the Strategic Value of Risk

Toledo, OH December 10, 2025 - Hylant, one of the largest privately held insurance brokerage firms in the United States, proudly announces the launch of Hylant Consulting, a dedicated division designed to help organizations transform risk into a strategic asset that strengthens the balance sheet, improves performance, and aligns leaders around a unified risk vision. Through its proprietary NexRisk Solutions platform, Hylant Consulting delivers a holistic, data-driven approach to the management of enterprise-wide risks, empowering leaders to make smarter, faster decisions.

“Risk is no longer just about insurance—it’s about strategy,” said Anne Marie Towle, CEO Consulting. “Hylant Consulting helps organizations think differently about risk, leveraging data and insight to unlock opportunities that drive growth and resilience.”

For organizations with complex risk profiles, Hylant Consulting takes a comprehensive view of the entire risk journey, offering solutions based on a disciplined, discovery-led process.

Key differentiators include:

• Strategy Before Structure: Helping companies understand why their current programs are structured the way they are and uncovering techniques to optimize enterprise-wide risk.
• Proprietary Analytics: Providing proprietary analytics, actuarial insights, benchmarking, and dashboards that reveal how risk impacts operational and financial performance.
• Leadership Alignment: Partnering with CEOs and executive teams to uncover blind spots and create clarity and confidence in decision-making.

Organizations working with Hylant Consulting gain clarity on unlocking the true cost of risk, alignment across leadership and operational teams, and a long-term strategic roadmap that transcends renewal cycles. The result: confidence, continuity, and a partner committed to strengthening their position and performance.

Hylant Consulting is led by CEO Anne Marie Towle, alongside President Kip Irle and COO Joe Wieligman who together are driving this new division’s growth and expansion.

About Hylant

Hylant is among the largest privately held insurance brokers in the United States, renowned for both expertise and high-touch service. Since 1935, Hylant has helped clients identify and address risk-related challenges before they become unmanageable by delivering solutions unique to their circumstances.

Hylant offers comprehensive risk management consultation, alternative risk financing services, business insurance brokerage, employee benefits brokerage and consultation, small business insurance and personal insurance services. Hylant provides solutions locally, nationally, and internationally.