Edwards, Church & Muse
Benefit Professionals

Consider our Employee Benefits Division to serve all of your benefit needs. Our staff has over 100 years of combined, specialized experience in this field. Please let your ECM Account Manager know that you are interested or feel free to contact us directly. We can tailor our services to meet all of the benefit needs of your company, including but not limited to management training, employee meetings, etc.

F.R. "Rocky" Atkinson
Benefits Consultant

Upon graduating from East Carolina University with an AB in History and English, Rocky began work as a Group and Pension Manager with Lincoln National, earned his CLU designation and served as President of the Charlotte Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters.  He was a co-founder of both a large Third Party Administrator (TPA) firm and an employee benefit consulting firm (later sold to Arthur J. Gallagher).  Rocky resides in the Wilmington area and represents public and private employers.

    P: 704-574-0521   |  F: 910-842-9343
Luke Ferguson
Benefits Consultant

Luke graduated with a BS in Business Management from Clemson University.  He specializes in group medical, dental, life, and short term disability insurance as well as voluntary supplemental benefits.

    P: (704) 602-9582   |  F: (704) 235-2933
Jim Gregory
Partner/Manager

Jim is the Managing Partner of the ECM Benefits Division. He is a 1969 graduate of Appalachain State University with a B.S. in Social Science & History and has worked in the medical insurance business since 1970.

    P: (704) 227-1340   |  F: (704) 602-9573
Nancy Schwoerer
Account Manager

Nancy works in our ECM Benefits Division.  She started her career in the insurance industry in1984 and has a wealth of experience working with fully-insured, self-funded employee benefits, and workers comp programs.  Nancy joined ECM in 2004.

    P: (704) 227-1341   |  F: (704) 602-9574
Kim Smith-Hiatt
Benefits Consultant

TBD

    P: 704-909-2563   |  F: 704-909-2562
Stephanie Thomas
Account Manager

Stephanie works in our ECM Benefits Division and has a BS in Business Administration from Bluefield State College.  She joined ECM in 2004. 

    P: (704) 602-9580   |  F: (704) 602-9583