Pinnacle Launch: Innovative Benefits Solutions for Employers

As featured in Carmel Magazine July 2026. See the feature here.

Pinnacle Risk Management Consulting (RMC), a new risk management and health employee benefits startup company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, at 303 Congressional Drive, officially launched today with a mission to help employers strategically control benefit costs while improving employee well-being through smarter, sustainable, data-driven benefit strategies and solutions. Pinnacle’s business-to-business, innovative ecosystem plan is unique, data-packed, creative, and solution-based.

The Pinnacle RMC team is committed to aligning financial steward ship with better health outcomes and empowering employers to make informed and proactive decisions that protect both their workforce and their bottom line.

Founded by industry veterans Dave Meguschar, Dan Kelley, and Pat Shuler, the leadership team has substantial combined carrier, TPA, B2B vendor and broker consultation experience. Focusing on today’s complex and challenging workplace environment, Pinnacle RMC provides integrated risk management services, including strategic planning and funding solutions, analytics and insight, pharmacy and clinical oversight, compliance and governance support, and employee engagement, education and communication. Pinnacle’s ideal clients include private businesses, hospitals, senior living facilities, hospitality organizations, schools, and municipalities with 20 to 2,500-plus employees.

The company’s motto, “Shared Vision & Shared Success,” is Pinnacle’s key objective and how its team will work as strategic partners side by side with each client. In addition, Pinnacle RMC is excited to share its innovative and creative Employee Benefit Solutions & Service Ecosystem, which is designed to empower employers with strategic cost-containment tools that address every aspect of employee benefits. The Ecosystem brings together nine integrated elements—each with its own robust set of solutions—to help organizations manage their second-largest investment with clarity and confidence.

“We’re excited about Pinnacle’s launch and helping our clients flourish,” says Dave Meguschar, Pinnacle RMS’s chief executive officer. “Our talented. team offers the latest industry technology with a personal, approachable, consultative, advisory-focused touch to meet the ever-evolving challenges and needs of our clients. We’re in the business of helping people. That’s the Pinnacle Promise.”

“The strategy behind the Pinnacle Promise is more than a roadmap—it’s a commitment to disciplined execution, innovation, and long-term value for our partners,” says Pat Shuler, chief operations officer.

“We’re proud of the team and vendor partnership we’ve assembled,” says Dan Kelley, "Pinnacle’s chief sales and marketing officer. “Our number one goal is to help companies solve, manage, and build strategy for their two largest costs—benefits and payroll.”

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