Meet EBN’s 2023 Excellence in Benefits winners
Get to know the HR leaders, tech innovators and benefit advisers who went above and beyond in 2023 to support employees and clients.
Advisor profile
Revisiting 2020’s top benefits professionals
2020 was a difficult year for benefits professionals, but Employee Benefit News’ Benny Award winners stood out with their support for employee mental health, financial wellness and overall well-being this year.
Brokers say employers, carriers need to embrace benefits tech
Adding quality metrics on physicians is just one advantage for the benefits industry — if it manages to evolve from its paper-based roots.
Brokers say employers, carriers need to embrace benefits tech
Adding quality metrics on physicians is just one advantage for the benefits industry — if it manages to evolve from its paper-based roots.
Adviser partnership helps foster career development
The NextGen Benefits Mastermind Partnership program offers healthcare supply chain certification, a speakers academy and marketing program to help advisers stay relevant and expand business.
Benefit pros on the move: New hires inside First Choice Health, Willis Towers Watson, Versant Health
A number of employee benefit adviser veterans found new jobs and key roles inside brokerages, insurance firms and private companies.
Benefit pros on the move: New hires inside First Choice Health, Willis Towers Watson, Versant Health
A number of employee benefit adviser veterans found new jobs and key roles inside brokerages, insurance firms and private companies.
Are you one of EBA’s next Top Women in Benefit Advising?
Employee Benefit Adviser has extended the nomination deadline for its Top Women in Benefit Advising Awards through Aug. 14.
Zenefits adds four brokerages to its small business technology program
The benefit tech provider is building a consortium to offer its employee benefits software, services.
Zenefits adds four brokerages to its small business technology program
The benefit tech provider is building a consortium to offer its employee benefits software, services.
Insurance agency M&As reach second-highest total on record
Deals dipped slightly compared to 2018’s first quarter; however it is not indicative of overall trend for mergers and acquisitions in North America, according OPTIS Partners’ recent M&A Database report.
Brokerage targets healthcare management for firms with tight margins
Coldbrook Insurance Group introduces Total Control Health Plans to help clients reduce plan expenses and improve their health spend.
In a broken healthcare system, an adviser offers custom medical plans
Megan Cook left a traditional brokerage to launch her own firm targeted at changing the way employers approach medical benefits.
How a broker eases employees’ healthcare burden
Pancoast Benefits offers clients concierge services to engage and empower workers to take charge of their benefits.
C-suite or bust: Brokerage steps away from typical HR-driven benefits conversation
PSG Washington focuses on executive-level strategic planning to lower health plan costs for clients.
ClearPath puts clients in charge of their data
The Columbus, Ohio-based brokerage saves client’s money by taking them partially self-funded, bringing in proprietary stop-loss coverage and introducing transparent PBMs.
Brokerage’s concierge program makes surgery simple
Pennsylvania firm Benefit Design Specialists offers self-funded clients a nurse-managed surgery network that is free to employees.
Personalizing the pitch: finding the individual adviser’s story
To claim new business and stand out from the competition these brokers are utilizing their unique histories to leave a lasting impression with prospective clients.
Empowering employees through wide-ranging benefits
A New England adviser integrates group, voluntary and individual products to ensure workers have control of their own healthcare throughout their lives.
Benefits Think For benefit advisers marketing has become a whole new ballgame
To get your prospects’ attention, you need a highly visible presence that speaks to their needs.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence