Scott Fuller, Vice president, senior benefit consultant, Associated Financial Group
Name: Scott Fuller
Title: Vice president, senior benefit consultant
Company: Associated Financial Group
City of residence: Delafield
Family: Married with three children
What’s new at your company? "Associated Financial Group is a growth-oriented and dynamic organization constantly searching for ways to better serve our clients. We have added a number of technological capabilities recently that focus on better ways to help service and manage our clients’ health plans. We have also added additional resources and tools to provide more depth and focus on wellness programs which have become a very important component of an employer’s ability to mitigate future health care spending."
What are the most interesting issues you work with clients on? "The employee benefit consulting business has been and will continue to be a very interesting and fast changing component of our business. There are many interesting issues I deal with on a daily basis, but the most interesting are those in which I am able to create new and unique solutions to our clients’ specific needs."
What is the most difficult or challenging project you’ve been involved with? "The most difficult project I have is an ongoing one that faces every employer in this country and that is how to find ways to help mitigate the never ending escalation of health care costs. The most challenging component of this issue is to help employers and their health plan members to better understand how this very complex system works and to find ways to encourage and empower them to take more ownership in their health care decisions."