Our People

Mission • History • Our Technology • Our People

The CPI difference lies in our people. Other companies may offer similar services, but none can compare with the expertise and work ethic of our qualified staff of professionals. We bring a unique array of services to our clients, and our combined experience helps us to understand the products, problems and solutions surrounding human resource management.

Our highly qualified staff includes professionals with extensive HR experience. The talent offered by CPI's professionals includes:

· Major insurance company backgrounds from underwriting,sales, national and local account management, customer service, claims supervisors, life and disability sales and service

· Executive vice president of a large national TPA

· Vice president of human resources and HR benefit administrators

· Payroll backgrounds from major administrators that include: compliance supervisors, processing managers, processors, training and sales

· HR consulting

· Financial Mergers & Acquisitions

· Large Brokerage-Financial Management

· Business Succession Consulting

With our combined experience, we truly understand your human resource challenges and work with you to develop solutions that bring you results. Every CPI client works directly with a team of advisors that include account executives, account managers, MIS and communication experts and administrative assistants. We provide you with resources for every aspect of the project - from plan development through implementation.

CPI is an innovative, humble and intellectually honest company with a can-do attitude.

The Executive Team
At the heart of CPI is our talented, knowledgeable executive team. With over 70 years of combined industry experience, CPI’s executive team knows what it takes to develop effective human resource solutions that not only bring you results, but also exceed your expectations and excite your employees

James D. Hopkins, President

A native of Cleveland, Jim graduated from University School and received a BSBA in Finance from John Carroll University in 1985. Immediately after college Jim entered the insurance business with Guardian Life as an account representative specializing in individual and small business financial and estate planning. After 3 years with Guardian Life, Jim became President of TFG Inc. and over nine years built this company from a start up to one with over 200 clients. Jim consolidated his business in 1998 to form Corporate Plans, Inc., one of the largest employee benefit firms in Ohio. Jim has been instrumental in evolving Corporate Plans Inc. into CPI a more comprehensive organization offering more human resource services. As President, Jim is responsible for overseeing a significant volume of business. He also sits on various boards, committees and focus groups with insurance companies.