Tom Marreel is founder and CEO of Marreel Slater Insurance.
Prior to Marreel Slater Insurance, Tom worked for Schaller Anderson, Inc., a health management and consulting company based in Phoenix, Arizona. Tom became senior vice president of Schaller Anderson in 2000, assuming development and oversight of the commercial self-funded business sector. The commercial operation performs all aspects of managed health care for employer self-funded plans, including medical management, finance and underwriting, claims and member services, provider networks, reinsurance, pharmacy, behavioral health, and client management. He also developed performance-based management for their commercial clients. Tom was also a member of the Schaller Anderson Board of Directors from 2000 to 2003. In 2003, Tom became responsible for business development activities for all product lines nationally. Tom recently left Schaller Anderson after the acquisition by Aetna Insurance Company to start his own company.
From 1994 to 2000, Tom was a principal at Mercer, a prominent human capital consulting firm and part of the Marsh and McLennan family of companies. Tom held the positions of office head, office health care practice leader, and national government sector business leader. He was a member of Mercer’s national health care practice group and was responsible for all government health care consulting activities throughout the United States. He also led many of Mercer’s employee development programs, including its employee orientation program, Mercer 101.
During his tenure and leadership at Mercer, the Phoenix office grew from 8 employees to more than 100 employees, and revenue grew from $3 million to $20 million annually. Tom and the Phoenix office consulted to many large fortune-500 employer groups, and more than 50 state government agencies. Services to these clients included strategy, actuarial, financial performance, clinical, benefit design, pharmacy, behavioral health, information systems, and human resources.
Prior to 1994, Tom was a senior health care consultant for The Segal Company in Phoenix, Arizona. He spent more than eight years consulting to key large public and private sector employer groups. He was instrumental in the growth of The Segal Company in Phoenix and in securing its position as a market leader for health care consulting services.
Tom began his career more than 30 years ago as a sales and service representative for John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company. He was responsible for servicing and selling John Hancock insurance services to large employer groups in the Los Angeles area. Tom was recognized in 1984 and 1985 as a President Group Production Leader.
Tom is actively involved in numerous charities. He currently serves on of the Board of Directors for Dignity Health Foundation East Valley, which supports philanthropic fundraising for Chandler Regional Medical Center and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. He chaired several fundraising events, including the golf tournament. He also co-chaired the Gala in 2006 and 2008. Tom is also a member of the CHW East Valley Founders Circle. He is a former Board of Governors member for the Samaritan Foundation which ran the LPGA golf tournament in Phoenix, benefiting the local Samaritan hospitals. In 1999, Tom was appointed to the Medicare Commission for competitive pricing of Medicare managed care products.
In 2005, Tom was recognized with the Spirit of Philanthropy award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Also, in 2010 and 2011 Tom was named Dignity Health in East Valley Board of Directors Member of the Year, in recognition of his outstanding contribution of time and talent. Tom has also appeared as a speaker to numerous health care seminars and meetings over the past thirty years. Tom also is a co-founder of the Antigua National High School Golf Invitational, where over 200 high school boys and girls come together once a year in Arizona to compete. Tom also serves on the Hamilton High School Golf Booster Club. Tom is also a board member on many Arizona based Healthcare Organizations.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Arizona State University.