Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc.

Celebrates 40 th Anniversary

Sparks, MD (May 26, 2016) Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc., a KELLY company, celebrates its
40th anniversary today. Kelly & Associates Insurance Group was officially incorporated on May 26 th, 1976 by
The Honorable Francis X. (Frank) and Janet Kelly. What began in the basement of their home in Timonium,
Md., originally as Francis X. Kelly Associates, Inc., operated as a family business providing group health and
life insurance to small businesses through trade associations has grown into the KELLY brand which consists
of multiple companies that work together to provide integrated total benefits, payroll and workforce
management solutions for employers of every size.
Former Maryland State Senator, Frank 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
Kellys other sons, John, David and Bryan, are key leaders in the business serving in chief roles as well as
presidents of KELLYs entities and divisions. My brothers and I are grateful to my parents for placing their
faith in God and starting this business 40 years ago. They laid a solid foundation that we have been privileged
to build upon, lead and grow over the years, said Frank Kelly III. We are also thankful for the devotion,
commitment and hard work of the People of KELLY who serve our clients, vendors and brokers with excellence
on a daily basis.
The organization is still family owned and run and now 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, it recently moved its headquarters to Sparks, Md. in 2015. It also has offices in
Rockville, Maryland and Wilmington, Delaware.
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group has won recognition as Marylands largest Employee Benefits
Administrator by The Baltimore Business Journal for 13 consecutive years, and was awarded the Family
Business Award of Excellence through the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program in 2013.

About KELLY
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group is one of the companies housed under the KELLY brand. KELLY is one of
the nations largest and fastest-growing providers of benefits administration and technology, broker and
consulting services, as well as payroll and workforce management solutions. KELLY works with thousands of
employers of all sizes, as well as select agents and brokers. KELLY is a mission-driven organization committed
to conducting business in a manner that honors God and produces a positive impact on our world. KELLY
employs more than 450 people and is headquartered in Sparks, MD.