Hyatt Employee Benefit Plans

Company history & timeline

The Hyatt organization was founded in 1977 as a way to make legal services affordable and accessible for all Americans. It quickly grew into one of the largest law firms in the U.S. In 1981, Hyatt Legal Services implemented its first group legal plan, utilizing its attorney offices throughout the country to provide legal assistance to plan members.

Hyatt's first group legal plan sponsors included American Express, Deere and PepsiCo, companies that continue to include Hyatt as part of their employee benefit plans. Hyatt Legal Plans was spun off from Hyatt Legal Services in 1990 and was acquired by MetLife in 1997.

Today, Hyatt Legal Plans is the nation’s largest provider of group legal services. More than 1,500 organizations, including more than 150 of the Fortune 500^® companies feature Hyatt in their employee benefit plans. We serve more than three million group legal plan members and their families.

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Timeline: How we transitioned from providing legal services to enhancing employee benefit plans for America's largest corporations.