BAN Blog

Member Spotlight: Jason Swindle

By Caroline Williams - November 28, 2023

As CEO of TIG Advisors in Missouri, Jason is focused on positioning TIG to accomplish our mission to help our clients manage risk and achieve greater success. He is primarily focused on the agency’s strategic leadership and growth, creating a positive impact culture, and expanding our product lines and service offerings. Status quo health plans [Read More]

Meet the Partner: Michael Grinnell

By Caroline Williams - November 8, 2023

As a Regional Sales Director at ProAct, Inc. Mike delivers a fresh perspective on pharmacy benefits. With his diverse experience in all areas of employee benefits, he understands the major roll pharmacy management plays in not only cost containment but also employee satisfaction. ProAct focuses on flexible solutions with high touch service. Working with Brokers [Read More]

Meet the Partner: Ashley Inman

By Caroline Williams - November 7, 2023

Ashley Inman, a skilled business development and marketing professional, brings over a decade of experience in the tech and healthcare industries. As VP of Market Development at Truveris, she connects partner networks, benefits brokers, and self-funded employers with the right solutions to improve prescription drug pricing and contract transparency while driving vendor accountability. Before Truveris, [Read More]

Benefit Advisors Network Partners with ProAct to Offer Pharmacy Benefit Management to Members

By Benefit Advisors Network - October 23, 2023

CLEVELAND, OH and EAST SYRACUSE, NY (10/24/23) – Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of progressive and visionary employee benefit brokers and consulting firms from across the United States and Canada – announces it is partnering with ProAct, a fully integrated, employee-owned Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) company. Under the terms of the new partnership, [Read More]

Meet the Member: Michele Kimes

By Benefit Advisors Network - October 11, 2023

Michele is Vice President & Director of Employee Benefits at CoyleKiley, BAN’s most recent member agency. Michele graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska with a degree in Journalism/Marketing. She began her insurance career in 1995 at Rockford Health Plans. Michele holds her Accident/Health, Life and Long Term Care licenses. She joined CoyleKiley in 2010. [Read More]

BAN Forms Partnership with Connectify Marketing, LLC to Strengthen Member Support

By Benefit Advisors Network - September 27, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jessica Tillerjtiller@pughandtillerpr.com Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, IL — September 27, 2023 — Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), the premier international network of independent employee benefit brokerage and consulting firms, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with insurance agency marketing leader, Connectify Marketing. This strategic partnership amplifies BAN’s dedication to its core principles: [Read More]

Tug of war: The state of employer/employee relations

By Benefit Advisors Network - September 27, 2023

BenefitsPro asked readers who is in control of the state of employer/employee relations? By Paul Wilson | September 21, 2023 at 08:17 AM View the full article here A balancing act With all the media reporting, you would think employee relations are at an all time low. Yet, over half of employees say they’re extremely [Read More]

Benefit Advisors Network Partners with Truveris, Prescription and Pharmacy Benefit Management Experts

By Benefit Advisors Network - September 12, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jessica Tillerjtiller@pughandtillerpr.comCLEVELAND, OH (9/12/23) – Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of progressive and visionary employee benefit brokers and consulting firms from across the United States and Canada – has developed a strategic partnership with Truveris, a leading healthcare technology company focused on transforming and reducing pharmacy spend. Under the terms [Read More]

Privacy Policy

By Caroline Williams - August 15, 2023

BAN Privacy Notice Benefit Advisors Network and its subsidiaries (“BAN”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice (“Notice”). This Notice lets you know the types of information we collect about you or that you may provide to us, including when you visit BAN’s websites, our “Website” or [Read More]

Meet the Board: Barry Richter

By Benefit Advisors Network - August 3, 2023

Barry joined Hausmann Group in 2010 and was later named President in 2014. During his time as President, the agency has been named on the lists of 10 Best Workplaces in Insurance (2015), 50 Best Workplaces for Giving Back (2016), and Best Small Workplaces (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) by Fortune. Prior to joining [Read More]