B.R. firm makes ‘Inc.’ list of top job creators in U.S.

With 43 employees added to the payroll over the past three years, Baton Rouge-based Starmount Life Insurance is included on Inc. magazine’s 2012 Hire Power Awards list of the top creators of full-time jobs in the United States. This is the first year Inc. has compiled the list. On it there are just five companies from Louisiana, and Starmount is the only one based in Baton Rouge. Also on the list from Louisiana are: Acadian Companies of Lafayette (773 jobs added); Coast Professional of West Monroe (112); NewBath of New Orleans (46); and Netchex of Mandeville (35). “It is a major accomplishment to be recognized for being a top job creator in the United States in this economic climate,” says Starmount Chairman and CEO Hans Sternberg in a prepared statement. Starmount has previously been recognized by Inc. five times as one of the country’s fastest-growing private companies. The life and health insurance carrier’s business reaches nearly every corner of the country—49 states total. Its sister company is AlwaysCare Benefits Inc. You can check out an interactive listing of the country’s biggest job creators on the Hire Power Awards list here.