Laura Frances is a benefits consultant with InsureNW.

Laura Frances is a benefits consultant with InsureNW, a benefits agency that utilizes an innovative benefit solutions strategy to put employer clients at a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining top-level employee talent.

Paul Wilson: How did you get started in the benefits industry?

My mother has been a broker for more than 30 years, so I grew up around benefits and health insurance. When I was seven, I was stuffing envelopes as she grew her business. I went to the University of Montana and also worked in insurance at that time doing data entry and worked at New York Life for a short time as well. But I moved back to Washington with my infant son and started working as a producer at my mom's company, where I've been producing for about eight years.

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Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson is the editor-in-chief of BenefitsPRO Magazine and BenefitsPRO.com. He has covered the insurance industry for more than a decade, including stints at Retirement Advisor Magazine and ProducersWeb.