BOSTON, MA–( EMWNews – April 7, 2008) – Longfellow Benefits, a Boston firm offering

retirement plans and employee benefits, was named one of five finalists

nationally for PLANSPONSOR’s annual Retirement Plan Adviser Team award.

The Longfellow Benefits retirement team members are Kendall Storch, Phil

LeBlanc, David Boucher, Andrew Hershenow and Adam Miloro.

The award, launched in 2005, recognizes the contributions of the nation’s

best financial advisers in helping make retirement security a reality for

workers across the nation. PLANSPONSOR magazine is the nation’s leading

authority on retirement issues and benefits programs. The winners will be

announced on April 3.

Nominations for the Retirement Plan Adviser Team award were solicited

online from retirement plan advisers, their employers and/or

broker/dealers, and plan sponsors, as well as from working partners of

these advisers, including investment vendors, accountants and attorneys,

and pension administrators (advisers who have attained the PLANSPONSOR

Retirement Professional designation receive an automatic nomination). The

finalists were selected by an expert panel of judges from a list of

semifinalists compiled from a quantitative evaluation of their current

service levels and, based on interviews with their plan sponsor clients.

This year’s finalists were drawn from a pool of 332 nominations

representing more than 200 advisers.

Serving organizations in New England and nationally, Longfellow Benefits

provides employee benefits, retirement plans and executive benefits. Its

staff includes experts carrying top professional designations: Registered

Employee Benefit Consultant (REBC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU),

Registered Health Underwriter (RHU), Licensed Insurance Advisor (LIA),

Master of Business Administration, Taxation (MBA), Certified Employee

Benefits Specialist (CEBS), Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Chartered

Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®).

For more information, visit www.longfellowbenefits.com or call

617-351-6000.