David Sokol has been named Employee Benefit Adviser of the Year by Employee Benefit Adviser. David is president and owner of the Wilshire Benefits Group and served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as an artillery officer. “I am a lifelong learner, and I get fired up learning new things,” he says. “This industry doesn’t disappoint with the new things I have to learn every day to be competitive.” Said David.
Each year, Employee Benefit Adviser grants awards to recognize excellence and innovation in the field. The awards recognize outstanding service to group benefit plan sponsors by their brokers or advisers. They seek to honor not just sales performance, but other factors that determine advisers’ true value to their clients as trusted advisers. Each Adviser of the Year award is presented to the nominee who has demonstrated a consistent pattern of forward-thinking innovation and achievement in benefit plan sales, consulting, and/or leadership, as well as overall contributions to the profession. Click here to read the article.