Sheakley Acquires Third Party Administrative Business Jody Forman & Associates

CINCINNATI— Larry A. Sheak­ley, CEO of Sheak­ley, announced the acqui­si­tion of Jody For­man & Asso­ciates, Ohio work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion and unem­ploy­ment cost con­trol third party admin­is­tra­tor. Through the acqui­si­tion, Sheak­ley UniS­er­vice, a Sheak­ley affil­i­ate, added another 100 employ­ers to its client base. Sheak­ley is the fourth largest work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion third party admin­is­tra­tor in the state of Ohio, ser­vic­ing over 16,000 employers.

“Sheak­ley has proven itself to be an excel­lent busi­ness oper­a­tor of both work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion and unem­ploy­ment busi­nesses, and I am pleased to announce Sheak­ley as the cho­sen cus­to­dian of our Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion and Unem­ploy­ment Com­pen­sa­tion cus­tomers in the future,” said Jody For­man, for­mer Pres­i­dent, Jody For­man & Associates.

Through an agree­ment between Sheak­ley and Ms. For­man, she will remain engaged as a Sheak­ley employee to ensure a smooth tran­si­tion for the 100 clients involved/affected by the acquisition.

For­man will join Sheak­ley as a Con­sul­tant. She pre­vi­ously served as an Account Exec­u­tive at Sheak­ley from 1986 to 1990 before start­ing her own firm, Jody For­man & Asso­ciates, where she served as Pres­i­dent for 18 years.  As a Con­sul­tant, For­man will be respon­si­ble for mar­ket­ing Sheakley’s Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion & Unem­ploy­ment ser­vices in south­west Ohio.

“When I decided to sell, I think it was in the back of my mind that it would be some­thing to be acquired by Sheak­ley,” said For­man. “I am so glad we were able to come together. Sheak­ley was the fore­run­ner in group rat­ing. As a for­mer employee, I was very proud to see them grow. They are always on top of the lat­est changes in our busi­ness, and I knew that my clients would ben­e­fit from that knowl­edge. It’s a win-win for the clients I brought to the table. I am thrilled to be here and hope­fully can con­tribute to the ongo­ing growth at Sheakley.”

For­man attended The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity and Miami Uni­ver­sity. For­man is a mem­ber of the Fair­field Cham­ber of Com­merce and Kiwa­nis Club of Fair­field. She serves as a board mem­ber of Lifes­pan. For­man also estab­lished the Rob V. For­man Memo­r­ial Schol­ar­ship, in mem­ory of her son, Robert. The schol­ar­ship was awarded to a med­ical stu­dent study­ing at the Uni­ver­sity of Cincin­nati Med­ical School and will pro­vide $5,000 towards his tuition every year for four years.

A native of Mt. Ver­non, Ohio, For­man cur­rently resides in Lib­erty Town­ship with her hus­band, Jerry, and their dog and cat. She is a mem­ber of the Venice Pres­by­ter­ian Church, in Ross. In her spare time, she enjoys gar­den­ing, play­ing golf, and social­iz­ing with friends.

Sheakley-UniService, Inc., an affil­i­ate of Sheak­ley, sim­pli­fies work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion for over 16,000 clients, ensur­ing max­i­mum finan­cial return. As one of the four largest third-party admin­is­tra­tors in the state, Sheakley’s ser­vices include cus­tomized plans of action for effec­tive claims man­age­ment, safety pro­grams, self-insurance pro­grams, assis­tance with lump sum set­tle­ments, reim­burse­ment for pre-existing hand­i­cap con­di­tions and CPR/AED train­ing, among others.

About Sheak­ley

Sheak­ley spe­cial­izes in the fields of work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion, safety ser­vices, pay­roll, HR solu­tions, 401(k) ser­vices, flex­i­ble ben­e­fits plans, physi­cian billing, voca­tional rehab, unem­ploy­ment ser­vices, and mer­chan­dise for small to mid-size employ­ers. Rec­og­nized as a leader in its indus­try, Sheak­ley gets the job done for its clients by pro­vid­ing essen­tial busi­ness solu­tions that save cus­tomers time and money. Sheakley’s unique rela­tion­ship with its clients pro­vides per­son­al­ized cus­tomer ser­vice and focuses on results. View the Sheak­ley web­site at http://www.sheakley.com.