Experience the Difference
Birmingham, AlabamaA Fortune 1000 Experience for Birmingham businesses.
We believe that Birmingham’s privately-held, middle market businesses, employer benefit groups and individuals deserve the same level of expertise and trust that have traditionally only been reserved for the largest of companies. That’s why our team of passionate, service-oriented consultants is dedicated to delivering a Fortune 1000 risk consulting and insurance experience to companies like yours.
Valent Group is a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, one of Alabama’s largest privately held companies. Headquartered in Birmingham, both Valent Group and EBSCO are dedicated to seeing our city’s business and civic communities succeed.
Contact Us
Phone: (205) 262-2700
Fax: (205) 262-2701
Email: bham@valentgroup.com
Address
3500 Blue Lake Drive, Ste. 120
Birmingham, AL 35243
Meet Our Birmingham Leaders
Kurt Close
President
Kurt is a transformational executive who brings both deep technical experience and keen leadership that touches all aspects of the agency’s sales, customer service, carrier marketing and value added teams across all branches. He sets and executes vision and culture, while building new revenue streams and the highly driven teams needed to achieve operational excellence.
Cooper Johnson
Benefits Practice Leader
Cooper oversees the entirety of our benefits practice at all branch locations. He leads the group’s data analytics, HR, compliance, wellness and benefits consultants with a laser focus on solving business’ complex problems through a high-touch, high-results approach in the modern ACA era.
We love what we do
and who we do it with.
Insights
Kurt Close Named President of Valent Group, an EBSCO Company
Valent Group, a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, is proud to announce that Kurt Close has been promoted to president and will lead the organization’s efforts to provide business insurance, employer benefits and personal insurance services to companies and individuals...
Secure Parking Facilities
Whether an organization owns a parking structure or provides parking facilities to employees through a third party, there are a number of associated risks that must be addressed. In addition to slip and fall hazards, those utilizing a parking structure could be...
Know Your Limits: A Monthly Wrap-up of Mid-market Business Losses
Woman Awarded $43.5 Million in Civil Trial Following Rear-end Collision Liability Chicago-area trucking firm Viper Transpiration was hit with a nuclear verdict of $43.5 million after one of its drivers rear-ended a woman. The collision, which occurred while the woman...
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