Safeguard
Founded by an experienced team of insurance professionals to help our clients accomplish a number of important goals:
Efficiently and cost-effectively manage employee benefit programs
Proactively ensure compliance with ever-changing laws and regulations
Effectively manage ongoing business risk
Safeguard is a full-service insurance brokerage specializing in Employee Benefits, HR Technology, Compliance Services, and Business Insurance. If you are looking for expert guidance combined with a concierge-level of personal service for you and your employees, we’re the right partner for you.
With more than two decades of insurance experience under our belts we have the knowledge and resources to meet almost any challenge. So join our team and let’s Safeguard your business, together.

Thomas Nial
Co-Founder
Thomas is co-founder of Safeguard Insurance and brings more than twenty years of insurance and marketing experience to the company. His primary focus is on marketing and identifying clients to bring on board with Safeguard Insurance. He serves small to middle market businesses, providing guidance on HR compliance and offering a concierge level service to their employees. He has a degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and has a passion for mathematics and spreadsheets. He has also earned a Chartered Financial Consultant designation from the American College. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two twin daughters. Some of their favorite activities are hiking in California and Colorado, walking food tours in Europe and working out.

Robert C. Rasmussen
Co-Founder
Robert is co-founder of Safeguard and brings more than twelve years of insurance and employee benefits experience to the company. His primary focus is on serving small to middle market businesses, providing guidance on HR compliance matters and offering the highest level of personal service to their employees. He has a degree in Economics and History from Tufts University and he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from USC. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three great kids (all redheads!). One of their favorite activities is hiking and backpacking throughout Southern California in our beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains. Let’s go!