Changing benefits to fit the multigenerational workforce
Benefits advisers need to look beyond healthcare and traditional benefits to account for financial stress, mental health and other factors, experts say.
Rising Stars in Advising
2020 Rising Stars in Advising
This year’s group of standout advisers represent a new generation of leaders from around the country who are tackling issues of wellness, healthcare and new benefit offerings.
An adviser’s pivot from HR leads her to voluntary benefits
Rising Star Whitney Ehret’s background in human resources helps her see both sides of the benefits process.
Adviser tackles the myth of work-life balance
“Finding a way to rebuild in that environment, while starting a family, was challenging. You just put one foot in front of the other and figure it out as you go,” says adviser Lisa Talcott, one of EBA’s Rising Stars of 2020.
Adviser starts his own firm in a quest for better benefits
Rising Star Alex Dampf left his job at a traditional benefits brokerage firm to start his own business and find new ways to manage benefits.
Embrace change or become ‘irrelevant’
A new generation of Rising Stars tackles wellness, increasing healthcare costs and new benefits offerings.
19 Rising Stars reveal their favorite books
From titles on leadership to working with clients, advisers and benefits professionals have their noses in a variety of books.
Rising star drives industry change through entrepreneurship
Adviser Zain Hasan helped a client save more than $1 million by moving the company into matching plans on a self-funded basis.
Rising Stars for 2020 named by Employee Benefit Adviser
The annual Rising Stars in Advising list showcases young talent making a difference in the benefits industry.
Teaching job provides launching pad for benefits career
Former elementary school teacher Joe McGinty still uses the communication skills honed in inclusion classrooms.
Former history teacher ‘accidentally’ becomes benefits adviser
One of EBA's 2019 Rising Stars, Derek Winn, parlayed his job teaching to educating people about benefits.
Adviser tries to appeal to millennial workers with new benefits
“That’s my favorite part about this job, that I get to be creative and bring those solutions,” says Rising Star adviser Danielle Schweiger.
How one adviser helps employees navigate the healthcare system
Ed Ligondé, one of our 20 Rising Stars of 2019, used his own medical condition as inspiration to learn about healthcare — and improve employee benefits education along the way.
Staying true to his blue-collar roots, adviser serves clients in his home state
American Fidelity’s Michael Hart, one of this year’s Rising Stars, looks to provide service to take care of customers “when they had the worst day of their life.”
2019’s Rising Stars in Advising
These young standout advisers see a changing workforce sparking new benefits for gig workers, student loan debt relief and better engagement tactics from employers. Ranging in age from 26 to 35, they represent the next generation ready to make their mark on an evolving industry.
Looking forward: Rising Star weighs in on adviser roles
Ed Ligondé, one of our 20 Rising Stars of 2019, used his own medical condition as inspiration to learn about healthcare — and improve employee benefits education along the way. Read even more about where he sees the industry moving here, and meet our other Rising Stars here.
Adviser taps her background in pharma to inform decisions for clients
“I’m always looking at cutting down pharmacy costs,” says Rising Star Jessica McCool. “It’s becoming a bigger piece of the pie for benefit plans.”
From receptionist to lead consultant: How one adviser rose through the ranks
Meredith Colbert, one of EBA’s 2019 Rising Stars in Advising, uses her own experience to bolster young advisers at her firm.
Benefits Think A look inside the next generation of brokers
A new class of advisers brings fresh perspectives on healthcare savings and benefits.
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A Rising Star missed her sales goals – then she turned things around
How Megan Runci, a senior consultant at Hodges-Mace, found a way to reinvigorate her work.
