Matthew Cate is a partner at Cobbs Allen, an Alabama-based risk management firm offering commercial insurance, employee benefits, personal insurance, and alternative risk financing services.

Almost everyone has that one moment that solidified why they do what they do. Here are a few examples of why our readers work in benefits.

Taylor Lindsey is a partner at Employee Benefits Consultants, Inc., a fourth generation family-operated benefits agency based in Richlands, Virginia.

Is it any wonder that so many benefits professionals are enthusiastically welcoming the Trump administrations promises to repeal and replace? Surely, removing the source of so much fear and frustration can only be a good thing, right?

These days, the world often seems like a pretty small place.

Taylor Lindsey is a partner at Employee Benefits Consultants, Inc., a fourth generation family-operated benefits agency based in Richlands, Virginia.

Ask most anyone in the benefits industry to recall a pivotal career moment, and many point to a memorable claim experience.

Jonathan Reaves is a partner at The Reaves Agency, a 42-year-old benefits brokerage and benefits management company.