Each month our Employee Benefits team covers trending, top–of–mind topics relevant to the world of benefits. These subject matter experts leverage their extensive experience, data, and research, and then simplify and summarize these topics to educate and help leaders drive their businesses forward.

We know business owners and executives are challenged with controlling costs while meeting the company’s changing physical, emotional, and financial needs. The employee benefits landscape also continues to change, and so do compliance rules and regulations. How do you stay on top of it?

Jay Kirschbaum, Director of Employee Benefits Compliance

Mike Barton. Chief Growth Officer Employee Benefits

Mike has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience, with a proven-track record in business development and multi-channel distribution. He oversees all aspects of sales and plays a pivotal role in the development of new business, market cultivation, and product development, as well as our long-term growth goals. (Click Home icon to view full bio).

David Stoddard. Director of Analytics and Actuarial Services

David has over 10 years of experience in the health care industry as a lead health benefits actuary performing high impact actuarial consulting for large multi-state employers in a variety of industries. He creates new, scalable, data-driven solutions for clients including financial and contractual analysis, claims utilization and modeling, renewal projection, and premium rate analysis and modeling. (Click Home icon to view full bio).