Our Corporate Clients

During the past thirty years our annuity service program was chosen by more than 250 publicly-listed corporations, municipalities, and not-for-profit entities when setting up up annuity programs for their employees. A sampling of these clients appears below. (A more complete list of these clients is available here.) We invite you to learn more about our services by reading the summaries below or by calling 800-872-6684 and speak with a friendly, knowledgeable annuity specialist.

Wickes Furniture Company

Wickes Furniture Company

Wickes Furniture is a major retailer located in California, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. When Wickes Furniture sought an expert craftsman to help them design an $18,000,000 annuity plan to cover the benefits owed to more than 2,000 employees, Wickes chose Hersh Stern to be its agent for this multi-million dollar purchase.

Jersey Mortgage Company

Jersey Mortgage Company

JMC is a well-known player in the mortgage business throughout the Northeastern U.S. with loan originations in the billions of dollars. When this leading financial institution sought to fund its own $1,200,000 pension plan JMC called on the leading annuity broker in the country to help them: Hersh Stern.

Star Manufacturing

Star Manufacturing

Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, Star is the world's leading manufacturer of hot dog merchandising equipment and small commercial popcorn machines. When Star went shopping for annuities, Hersh cooked up the perfect $1,000,000 policy for them!

Bulova Watch Company

Bulova Watch Company

For more than 120 years, the name Bulova has symbolized a uniquely American blend of old-world craftsmanship and new-world innovation. Bulova Watch Company chose Hersh Stern to be its agent for the purchase of more than $56,000,000 in annuities. This transaction covered more than 7,000 employees. What better recommendation can you get than that!

McCall's Fall 1997 cover

McCall Pattern Company

McCall's publishes the fashion industry's leading magazines, offering the very best in crafting and home decorating.  Hersh was chosen to stitch together a great annuity deal for McCall's that came in at $5,900,000!

Struthers-Dunn

Struthers-Dunn

Struthers-Dunn, is a leading manufacturer of electronic relays that have wide applications in the defense industry. We helped Struthers-Dunn transact $3,800,000 in annuities to protect their employees' quality of life in retirement.

Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company

Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company

The closing of the Pennsylvania shipyards marked the end of a Philadelphia-based industry which dated back to 1681. When this venerable company needed to close the books on its $1,300,000 pension plan, our company, Hersh Stern guided them to safe harbors with a cost-effective annuity program.

The Velcro Companies

The Velcro Companies

One day in 1948, after walking through the Swiss forest, engineer George DeMaestral found hundreds of cockleburs sticking to his pants. He examined the burs under a microscope, and found that they had tiny hooks which engaged with the tiny loops in the fabric. DeMaestral patented a new fastening device based on his discovery and the rest is history. When George's CFO contacted Hersh, seeking help with a $730,000 annuity purchase, we hooked them up with the best deal in the market and they became another one of our many satisfied corporate customers.

Richardson-Vicks Company

Richardson-Vicks Company

Richardson-Vicks is a leader in the over-the-counter and personal health care business worldwide. Well-known for their sinus medicines and remedies, when Vicks needed to buy annuities for their retiring employees they didn't turn up their nose at the $510,000 offer Hersh Stern arranged for them.

Gump's

Gump's

Where do San Franciscans with style go to outfit their homes? Gump's, of course, San Francisco's premiere home decorating store. And who did Gump's call when it need to purchase $1,100,000 in pension obligation annuities? To ImmediateAnnuities.com, of course. We delivered the goods at the best possible price. That's why Gump's considered us to be their premiere source for corporate pension annuities.

Holt-Krock Clinic

Holt-Krock Clinic

Since 1921, Holt-Krock Clinic has pioneered advances in diagnostic, medical and surgical health services. Today it is the largest independent diagnostic-treatment clinic in the Central U.S. Holt contacted Hersh for help with its pension annuities. We wrote an $8,100,000 prescription that fully-funded Holt's retirement benefits.

Coulter Corporation

Coulter Corporation

In less than 40 years, Coulter Corporation has grown from a two man company to a highly successful, world leader in blood cell analysis, employing thousands. When Coulter terminated the pension plans of several subdivisions, Hersh Stern helped them locate the right $16,000,000 annuity contract to settle these obligations.

Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co.

Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co.

It says a lot when Japan's largest property and casualty insurance company, with capital in excess of $150 billion and 15,000 employees worldwide, seeks out your expertise in the field of annuities. That's what happened when Tokio Marine purchased $950,000 in pension annuities for a group of U.S.-based employees. The premier insurance company in Japan relied upon the premier annuity broker in the U.S., Hersh Stern for help with all their annuity questions.

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