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From Risk to Resilience: How Ascent Works Drives Smarter Business Growth Today

January 15, 2026

Most companies wait for the “perfect time” to improve: January, the next quarter, or when things finally slow down.

Risk doesn’t follow a calendar, and strategy shouldn’t either.

When it comes to risk management, Ascent Works doesn’t help companies with temporary fixes or compliance checklists. It supports something deeper: a business where people care, take ownership, and protect what they’re building together.

Rethinking Risk: Your Business’s Untapped Advantage

Many organizations treat risk as something to avoid. Ascent Works was founded by a group of insurance professionals who saw risk differently.

They realized they could best serve clients by moving upstream to address the real drivers of risk in safety, people, insurance and technology.

Promise: Ascent Works is a trusted success partner that helps companies measurably increase their value through four proprietary, proven strategies.

By closing the gap between leadership intent and workforce behavior, Ascent Works improves performance across the business.

When business leaders integrate safety, people, technology, and insurance advisory into a single, unified system with Ascent Works, those leaders transform reactive risk management into a strategic advantage.

The impact is measurable:

  • Claims reduced by up to 64%
  • Engagement increased as much as 95%
  • Lower Experience Modification Rates (EMOD) that save organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums

Essentially, field-level decisions become enterprise-level advantages and businesses grow in long-term value.

The People Making It Happen

Headquartered in Phoenix and founded in 2012, Ascent Works is a privately held firm with a mission that goes beyond risk mitigation.

Mission: “Improving lives through caring engagement by enabling an ownership mindset in every role.”

When you work with Ascent Works, you get proactive, hands-on guidance from a team that’s all in aiming to guide you through to your next level.

“The team is always friendly and willing to jump in to help. They offer a vast array of knowledge, as well as real life experience. They're AWESOME mentors and have taught me so much about managing claims. I would be lost without them!”

- Janice, HR Manager, CS Construction
“They really focus on the forward aspects of risk and safety. They’ve made some truly amazing impacts on our culture.”

- Rolando, CEO, ViaSun Corporation

New Look, Same Commitment to Excellence

Ascent Works’ is a coming-together of three former organizations: Reseco Insurance Advisors, RMA, and Accelerate.

“Bringing three organizations into one enables our team to more effectively align with the hundreds of clients we serve. Clients are now able to transform their employees from collecting a paycheck toward a true ownership mindset by integrating their safety, people, risk transfer, and technology strategies. We couldn’t be more excited to serve our customer base in this new, seamless way.”

- Greg Prentice, CEO at Ascent Works

It’s the same trusted team, mission, and owners.The element that is new for the seasoned team dedicated to supporting their clients is  a name and look that clearly signal the expertise and partnership the best businesses rely on.

With this refreshed identity, clients of Ascent Works have a partner focused on measurable results, stronger teams, and a business that increases in value.

More Than Coverage: Trusted Success Partners That Power Business Growth

Ascent Works offers businesses more than just coverage. Their risk, insurance, tech and people advisory services are a full-spectrum solution designed to improve every area of your business.

“(We have) True partnership and (they are) wanting to better our business.”

- Austin Burns, CEO, Burns Pest Elimination

The expertise available to Ascent Works clients includes:

  1. Technology Advisory including IT support and AI guidance
  2. Safety Advisory
  3. People Advisory
  4. Insurance Advisory including Property & Casualty and Employee Benefits

Together, these services form a comprehensive suite of strategic advisory and risk-management solutions that help businesses operate smarter and grow stronger.

Don’t Wait to Lead Smarter

Ascent Works exists to help you build a business worth owning by creating the conditions for your people to act like they already do.

When your team takes ownership, protects each other, and cares about outcomes, risk becomes a strategic advantage, not a liability.

When people care like owners, extraordinary outcomes follow and your business thrives.

Let’s Build Something Stronger Together

Learn how Ascent Works helps leaders turn risk into a strategic advantage: Contact Ascent Works

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