New York, NY – Continuing a pattern of collecting impressive industry awards, Gregory M. Schaefer, president and CEO of Schaefer Enterprises, Inc. has been named a SmartCEO 2016 Future 50 Award winner. In both 2014 and 2015, Schaefer Enterprises made the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies. Mr. Schaefer’s company, based in Manhattan, is a private insurance agency specializing in business, personal and program insurance.

In being named a SmartCEO 2016 Future 50 Award winner, Mr. Schaefer is one of a handful of chief executives in the region whose companies have demonstrated remarkably consistent growth and performance.

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“Our vision is to provide our clients with the knowledge that we genuinely care about what happens to them,” Schaefer said. “We employ personnel who view what they do as a career rather than a job. This is evidenced by their many professional designations, their years in the industry, and their willingness to always have their eye on trends and changes taking place within our industry.”

In addition to offering insurance products for businesses such as employment practices liability, disability, property insurance, cyber liability, and workers’ compensation, Schaefer Enterprises offers a wide selection of unique programs to suit the needs of specialized businesses, such as industry-specific coverage for urgent care centerssupermarkets and not-for-profit entities.

Schaefer Enterprises also offers captive insurance, which is also referred to as ‘self-insured.’ Captive insurance offers a number of key benefits, such as tax deductible premiums, asset protection, and tax efficiencies that are favorable to both the accumulation of premiums and distributions to the parent company.

Since the firm’s founding in 1999 as an insurance broker in NY, the company has grown tremendously by offering businesses cost-saving alternatives with industry leading personal service. Schaefer Enterprises Inc. has helped clients and entrepreneurs save thousands of dollars by connecting them with the right coverage while providing an unparalleled level of service, care and attention to detail.

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