About OneGroup HR company in Syracuse, United States
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Our history of insuring families and businesses goes back more than 100 years beginning in Oneida New York with the Haskell and Bailey families and operating under various names. In 1988 the families combined Hamblin Munz amp; Haskell with Bailey Insurance Services to form Bailey amp; Haskell Associates Inc. In 2000 Oneida Savings Bank purchased the insurance agency along with two smaller agencies Noyes amp; LaLonde and Dunn Agency. The name was changed to Bailey Haskell amp; LaLonde (BHL). Oneida Bank added Schenectady Insuring Agency of Schenectady to its portfolio in 2012.
Retirement Income Services Inc. was established in 1983 in Syracuse New York focusing in the areas of qualified retirement plan consulting and administration investment advisory services executive compensation business continuation estate planning and life insurance sales. In 1996 the company added significant benefit and HR consulting services to its list of services changing the companys name to Benefit Consulting Group Inc. In 2003 the company expanded to offer an array of financial investment advisory services. Oneida Bank purchased the company in 2006.
Begun in 2008 Workplace Health Solutions was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oneida Savings Bank. The companys focus was to provide solutions to workplace injuries and their associated costs. Services included independent medical examination networks back-to-work programs and injury risk management.
Oneida Savings Bank was founded in Oneida New York in 1866. In 1998 the savings bank began the process of becoming a public company under Oneida Financial Corp. (ONFC) with a focus on strategic acquisitions of the regions most competent and customer-focused companies. The goal was to unify compatible services and expertise to deliver truly integrated and collaborative solutions for businesses and individuals.
To better reflect the rapidly-growing portfolio of services all of Oneida Financials non-banking companies were combined under the new name OneGroup in 2014 becoming one of the largest and fastest-growing independent insurance brokers and risk management companies in the Northeast.
In December 2015 Community Bank N.A. purchased ONFC including OneGroup adding to its substantial portfolio of complementary services including wealth management benefit administration actuarial and pension services retirement plan services and trust services.
In 2016 Community Bank celebrated its 150th anniversary and a storied history reaching back to 1866 just one year after the end of the Civil War. Now nearing $10 billion in assets Community affords OneGroup substantial competitive advantage and financial stability for growth to better serve our clients.