We want to create big ripples — with Allison De Paoli
In this episode of the Beyond Benefits podcast, we sit down with our newly crowned 2026 BenefitsPRO Advisor of the Year, Allison De Paoli. During our in-depth and insightful conversation, Allison shares how her small firm, Altique Consulting, disrupts the traditional health care brokerage model by focusing on midsize employers, cutting-edge primary care models and strategic automation.
She debunks the myth that more expensive health care implies better quality care and discusses the success of direct primary care models with employers and employees.
Allison also discusses how she views her role and the crucial skills advisors should have in their arsenal, while also detailing how successful health care optimization requires the C-suite and HR to be properly aligned, acknowledging that health care is simultaneously a financial problem and a people problem.
Further into the conversation, Allison touches on her personal philosophy for driving change by critiquing systems and not people, maintaining work-life balance when this industry becomes too much, and why human-centric skills remain the ultimate premium in an AI-driven world.
And as always, we spend some time getting to know Allison a little better, from how she chooses to recharge during downtime to her favorite travel experiences including a recent trip to Croatia and a craft champagne bar in Paris. She wraps up the conversation with a few insider tips about her part of the country, San Antonio (AKA where you can get the best brisket and burnt ends!).
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