About Us

Indianapolis, Indiana Employee Benefits, Business Insurance Consultants

Russell Benefit Consulting, LLC, Indianapolis Indiana, provides a complete line of employee benefit products and services to businesses and industries of all types and sizes throughout the United States.

Through our Property & Casualty division, McGuire & Russell Insurance Services, we provide comprehensive business insurance programs.

Stephen R. Russell

Stephen Russell, president, founded Russell Benefit Consulting in October of 2001. As our senior benefits broker, he specializes in working with employers to solve critical issues, such as incomplete coverage or excessively high premiums. Learn more about Steve at About Stephen R. Russell.

Jeffrey McGuire

Jeffrey McGuire has more than 30 years experience in the property & casualty insurance industry. As president of our property and casualty division, Jeff specializes in securing affordable coverage for hard-to-insure companies in high-risk industries.  Learn more about Jeff at About Jeffrey McGuire.

McGuire & Russell Insurance Services is a wholly owned DBA of Russell Benefit Consulting, LLC.

Sara Baughman FLMI

Originally from Iowa, Sara earned her BA in Psychology while minoring in Music at Loras College in Dubuque IA in 1992. Beyond these achievements, she went on to attain her Series 6 and 63 Securities Licenses as well as the Fellow of the Life Management Institute credential. She is a licensed Life & Health agent as well.

Sara has accumulated a total of 13 years in the employee benefits field working first for Principal Financial Group as a client service specialist and then as an employee benefits account specialist for a private brokerage group here in Indianapolis. Throughout this time, she has developed keen skills in researching and troubleshooting complex service issues which have now brought her to her new position at Russell Benefit Consulting as the Director of Client Services.

In her free time, Sara enjoys singing for weddings and attending the various IRL and Nascar events throughout the mid-west region. She has also participated in the past as a volunteer for the Indy Air Show.