LinkedIn LIVE: Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens — The Changing World of Workplace Benefits

Overview

Who Attends

Workplace benefits leaders and other industry professionals

Highlights

Workers' value of benefits remains high in a post-pandemic world, and they are now looking for even more options. Nontraditional offerings that would have been afterthoughts a decade ago are now central to employers' value proposition, especially given today's intense competition for talent.

With multiple generations in the workforce, an increasing number of remote and gig workers, the competition for top talent, and the increasing use of technology, benefits providers, brokers, and other industry stakeholders need to make decisions around workplace benefits today that will shape their growth opportunities in the years ahead.

Join Bryan Hodgens, head of LIMRA research, and Pat Leary, corporate vice president and director of LIMRA's workplace benefits research program, as they discuss the evolving world of workplace benefits.

Presenters

Bryan Hodgens, AIF

Senior Vice President, Head of Research, LIMRA and LOMA

Bryan Hodgens, AIF

Senior Vice President, Head of Research, LIMRA and LOMA

Bryan Hodgens is Senior Vice President and Head of Research for LIMRA and LOMA. In this capacity, he develops and executes the research strategy for both the distribution and retirement research programs, focused on providing insights and best practices to address the current and emerging business challenges facing LIMRA members.

Hodgens joined LIMRA in 2022 with more than 25 years of executive experience at companies such as AIG, Wells Fargo Advisors and Asset Growth Partners. Most recently, he was senior vice president and head of LPL Financials’ Retirement Plans and Financial Planning Group.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia.

Patrick T. Leary, MBA, LLIF

Corporate Vice President Workplace Benefits Research , LIMRA and LOMA

Patrick T. Leary, MBA, LLIF

Corporate Vice President Workplace Benefits Research , LIMRA and LOMA

Patrick T. Leary, MBA, LLIF, is corporate vice president, workplace benefits research for LIMRA and LOMA. In this role, Pat leads a team of workplace benefits professionals responsible for conducting research on the products, markets, and distribution of a wide range of life, health, and related employee benefits.

Before assuming his current position, Pat directed LIMRA and LOMA’s distribution research program and, prior to that, was a member of LIMRA and LOMA’s group insurance research team.

Pat joined LIMRA and LOMA in 1989. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College and his MBA from the University of Connecticut. Pat also earned his LIMRA and LOMA Leadership Institute Fellow (LLIF) designation in 2012.