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Ben Conner, CEO of Conner Insurance, knows that benefits is a relationship-based business.

The pandemic hasn’t stopped these pros from moving on to exciting new opportunities.

These six industry leaders have made moves that enhance their resumes and the organizations they’ve joined.

We have extended our deadline. To nominate a Rising Star please fill out the online form by Feb. 5, 2021.

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.

When the pandemic hit, Benny award winner Bryan Aycock expanded his firm’s benefits programs and ramped up new initiatives to support Zynga employees.

COVID-19 has forced changes in work behavior as employees adjust to a new reality. Here’s how the Advisers of the Year did it during a year of massive disruption.

“I’m on track in saving for retirement because from a young age I learned these things,” says Adviser of the Year winner Julie Yusko. “I hope my experience can help others be in the best position so that we have fewer people who are approaching retirement age and wondering how they're ever going to retire.”

“She has this unique perspective, based on her legal background, her advisory background,” says Marah Funder, director of marketing at EBS. “She has always been the one to identify a need or a deficit before anyone else does.”

Take advantage of the ‘white space of COVID-19,’ to carve out an intentional career path, one career coach says.

Kieran Pittman is director of strategic growth at BeniComp Health Solutions, a position that allows her to draw on her background in technology and health science to help clients.

Before the pandemic changed the way brokers work with their clients, Danielle Capilla was making a name for herself as an adviser who gets things done.

“I didn't want to have to work my way up. I wanted to start at the top,” says Aida Swanson, one of Employee Benefit Adviser’s Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020.

Our Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020 are making their mark on the industry with their ambition, innovation and leadership.

The annual Top Women in Benefit Advising list showcases a diverse group of professionals making a difference in the benefits industry.

"No one has ever asked me, 'What’s your journey been like as a black woman financial adviser? How can I help you?'" says adviser Zaneilia Harris.

Deadline extended: Who will join the ranks of the Top Women in Benefit Advising? The deadline to nominate an outstanding adviser elevating the status of women in the industry is Monday, June 1.

XY Planning Network says about 250 students and 50 firms have responded to a new virtual internship program it launched to fill the gap.

Capital Insurance Agency’s David M. Moore, Sr., (1940-2020), led with his “heart, passion and grace.”

As the spread of coronavirus disrupts operations, it’s a precarious moment for advisers who have been planning big career changes for months.