September 2008
USI Consulting Group Introduces New Defined Contribution Consulting Practice

Glastonbury, CT – September 2008 -- USI Consulting Group, a subsidiary of USI Holdings Corporation (“USI”) and a Goldman Sachs Capital Partners company, announced they have a new Defined Contribution Consulting practice based out of their New York, NY office.

The Defined Contribution Consulting Services practice will help guide plan sponsors through the defined contribution marketplace. The USI Consulting Group team has well over a century’s worth of results-oriented knowledge and experience in the retirement benefit plan consulting industry. Employers of all types and sizes can benefit from the advice and guidance of an independent, professional services firm with the expertise to assist them in the proper management of their retirement programs.

“Given the wide range of DC products and services in the marketplace and the increased emphasis on plan sponsor fiduciary responsibility, we have seen a growing need for professional, cost-effective DC plan consulting services. USI offers the expertise of our investment strategists, actuaries, attorneys and retirement consultants to those DC plan sponsors looking to ensure an optimal program for their organization” stated Bill Tremko, President of Retirement & Investment Services for USI Consulting Group.

USI Consulting Group’s Defined Contribution Consulting practice provides the following services: Service Provider Search & Audit, Investment Advisory Consulting, Plan and Vendor Management, Regulatory & Compliance Consulting and Employee Communications.

For more information, contact Robert Unger, Senior Vice President, at (212) 878-0442 or at Robert.Unger@usi.biz.