BenefitsPRO Magazine-November 2019
Letter from the Editor
Benefits brokers are at the forefront of new solutions and strategies to meet the employers' challenges and obstacles.
Features
As we head into fall open enrollment season, it's important for brokers to pause and scan the marketplace for their clients.
Columnists
As benefit professionals, we have both an obligation and an opportunity to help employees protect their identities.
Even if there is collusion between insurance carriers on market prices, what if one of the carriers breaks ranks?
An important element in the benefits decision-making process must be the preferences of employees.
Face of Change
Amy Evans is president of Colibri Insurance Services, and, if you can believe it, loves open enrollment.
Action/Reaction
We asked benefits brokers what career they would have pursued if they hadn't gotten into their current profession.
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