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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]

Meet the Board: Tom Murphy

By Benefit Advisors Network - July 18, 2023

Tom Murphy is a veteran Benefits Consultant and Managing Partner at Sonus Benefits. After over 30 years in the benefits space, Tom knows what it takes to supply clients with a comprehensive partnership and superior results. Tom also serves as one of four partners at MSMF, Sonus Benefits’ parent company, and runs his own personal [Read More]

Is pay transparency good for company culture?

By Bobbi Kloss, BAN Director of Human Capital Management - July 18, 2023

ICYMI: Watch Bobbi’s latest Human Capital Management Trends Update Company culture is the environment that is entwined throughout the organization. It is the sum of the company policies, communication methods, and the organization’s values and practices. Company culture sets the rules of engagement from management down and across the workplace. Without going into an economic [Read More]

Part 2 – Workplace Violence: Psychological Safety

By Bobbi Kloss, BAN Director of Human Capital Management - July 18, 2023

ICYMI: Watch Bobbi’s latest Human Capital Management Trends Update Psychological safety is a term we are hearing more and more of in our world and the work environment. Coincidentally, as we look at this topic, May was Mental Health Awareness Month. June is National Safety Month, among the other initiatives we celebrate. It is befitting [Read More]

Senior Executives with the Benefit Advisors Network and Baldwin Risk Partners Present at the WorldatWork Total Rewards ’23 Conference

By Benefit Advisors Network - July 18, 2023

Bobbi Kloss and Pauline Sobelman Address Employee Well-Being and Inclusive Rewards SAN DIEGO, CA (6/12/23) — Bobbi Kloss, Vice President of HCM Consulting Services with the Benefit Advisor Network (BAN), and Pauline Sobelman, Director of Client Experience with Baldwin Risk Partners, will co-present at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards Conference in San Diego, California June 12-14, 2023. [Read More]

Addiction in the Workplace

By Bobbi Kloss, BAN Director of Human Capital Management - July 18, 2023

ICYMI: Watch Bobbi’s latest Human Capital Management Trends Update Life happens. Events occur every day – we rarely give a second thought to many of them. We seemingly go about our daily routines mechanically. We may even have disruptive events that can come about that create minimal impact on the disruption of our lifestyle. We [Read More]

Meet the Board: David Fischer

By Benefit Advisors Network - June 19, 2023

Please allow us to introduce David Fischer. David’s specialty is transforming organizations into market leaders that deliver sustained growth and profitability. Fusing a high-energy sales, business development, change management, and operations background with a lifelong work ethic and leadership built within the US Marine Corps, David has ignited multimillion-dollar growth across a range of industries [Read More]

Please Meet: Kate Current

By Benefit Advisors Network - May 24, 2023

Meet Kate Current. As Director of Employee Benefit Operations, Kate oversees the delivery of employee benefits insurance brokerage services to ensure that they meet or exceed the Hausmann Group’s quality standards. She also leads, develops, and manages employee service departments. Kate has spent many years in customer experience and has led using the model “scalable, [Read More]

Meet the BAN Board: Sheri Alexander

By Benefit Advisors Network - May 22, 2023

You need to know Sheri Alexander: an employee benefits guru whose ledger of experience is longer than her young-at-heart vigor might suggest. Sheri wakes each morning driven to seize every opportunity the day affords. Add to that an insatiable hunger for learning, and you have an influencer who not only understands the complexities of the [Read More]