Financial Benefit Group, based in Cumming, was honored recently when the UGA Alumni Association announced the rankings of the 2012 Bulldog 100: Fastest Growing Bulldog Businesses at a celebration in Atlanta.

Financial Benefit Group, owned by 1989 UGA graduate Steve Voshall, ranks as this year’s 81st fastest growing Bulldog business. The firm is an independently owned, full service insurance agency focusing in the areas of investment services, life insurance, health insurance and employee benefits. 

“It is a huge honor to be selected for the 2nd year in a row as one of the fastest growing Bulldog businesses.” said Steve Voshall.

The Atlanta CPA firm, Gifford Hillegass and Ingwersen, LLP has annually partnered with the UGA Alumni Association since the inception of the program three years ago to verify the information that was submitted by each nominated company. GH&I then ranked the companies based on compounded annual growth rate.

Nearly 800 nominations were submitted for this year’s program. The class of 2012 includes companies ranging in all sizes and services, from athletics equipment producers to web design and internet marketing firms. Several different areas of the country are represented, including companies from Connecticut, Nebraska, and New Mexico.

“The UGA Alumni Association is thrilled to honor our graduates who demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence that bring honor to their alma mater,” said Deborah Dietzler, executive director of the UGA Alumni Association. “We are proud of the accomplishments of these alumni, whose achievements during the Great Recession are noteworthy indeed.”