Autumn. That time of year when thoughts turn sullen at the end of summer, hopeful (or stressed) at the approaching holidays and frantic at the start of another enrollment season.

For us at Benefits Selling, it's also that time of year when our readers tell us who they love. Or love working with. Or at least don't hate working with.

As longtime readers will no doubt notice, Aflac and Colonial Life have been locked in a fierce, but friendly, battle for Readers' Choice supremacy since day one. It's been the Cold War of employee benefits. This year is no different, with the two carrier titans running away with nearly half of this year's awards.