WAUKEE — Holmes Murphy is welcoming 27 new employee-shareholders including Isaac Novak Sr., native of Conrad, Client Service Consultant, Team Lead, Employee Benefits, further reinforcing its position as one of the nation’s largest privately held insurance brokerages and highlighting the strength of its leadership pipeline through its premier program Holmes Murphy University. Novak is currently working in the Des Moines office.

Shareholders influence the company in a variety of impactful ways, including helping to determine the direction of major company initiatives, growing employees and the company, fostering the unique company culture and recruiting exceptional employee talent.