BENEFIT CONTROLS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- President
- in 1992 As a Group Service Specialist
Andy joined Benefit Controls in 1992 as a Group Service Specialist. Through the years, he worked his way up to Senior Account Manager, responsible for both sales and service. In 1998, he was promoted to President and subsequently purchased Benefit Controls, Inc. During his tenure as President Benefit Controls has experienced a 106% increase in business through a commitment to service, dependability and integrity.
Carl Sharpe is President/CEO of Benefit Controls of the Triad located in High Point NC. He received Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management from Central Wesleyan University.
Job Titles:
- President
- President of Benefit Controls of the Southeast Inc
Colleen is President of Benefit Controls of the Southeast Inc. in Charleston, SC. For 23 years she has provided consulting in Group, Life, Disability, Medical and Dental programs, insured and self-insured, to employers ranging from 50 to 2,500 employees. Prior to Benefit Controls, Colleen worked with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of SC and Providence Hospital developing Wellness Services. She has 33 years of combined experience in benefit plan consulting and wellness plan development. Colleen holds a BS degree in Health Sciences and a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of South Carolina. She is an active Rotarian with the Downtown Historic Rotary Club of Charleston and resides on James Island.
A graduate of UNCC I have been in the sales industry since 1978 with such firms as Eisenhardt, Collins and Aikman and Coca-Cola, rising to the level of Division Director of Sales.
In 2002 I joined Benefit Controls, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. Over the past 15 years we have been experienced steady growth in sales and take a special interest in keeping up to date in compliance and the every day changes in the insurance industry.
Job Titles:
- Account Manager and Sales
- Sales and Sr. Account Manager
Hester joined our agency in 1998 with 15 years of prior knowledge in the insurance industry. She obtained her Life, Health and Accident License in 1988 and completed her LUTCF designation in September 1993.
Hester is involved in all aspects of sales from the first meeting to finalizing the client's needs. She is our renewal specialist as well as our Lead Account Executive. She also assists other agents with sales. Her knowledge and customer skills are very important in our industry, and she enjoys helping to solve our clients' needs.
Job Titles:
- President
- Vice President
- President With Benefit Controls of South Carolina
- Vice President With Benefit Controls of South Carolina
Jamie Corey is a Vice President with Benefit Controls of South Carolina in the Greenville SC office. Jamie is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and has thirty-five years of experience in employee benefits and group insurance, starting with the group department of Provident Life & Accident in underwriting then sales and account management. Consulting & broker experience came from the Charlotte office of Johnson & Higgins, an international firm headquartered in New York. Jamie helped found Healthcare Solutions in 1992, a firm specializing in the creation and management of customized "narrow" networks for employer sponsored self-funded health plans. Jamie has extensive experience negotiating contracts with health care providers from primary care to hospitals throughout the South and Mid-Atlantic. These networks were a precursor to today's high performing networks. Jamie joined Benefit Controls in 2007 and works as a broker & consultant in account management & sales.
Job Titles:
- Sales, Marketing, & Service Account
Karmen is originally from Texas, then moved to Washington State to work Sales in the manufacturing industry. Karmen then moved to SC in 2014 for family reasons and attended college.
Karmen joined our agency in 2016, she has 7 years of sales, 4yrs in marketing, and 4yrs of office management experience. Outside all her experience, she has chosen to stay with Benefit Controls of SC, Inc. in the insurance brokerage industry as her career. Over the past 2 yrs. she has been working with us here, she has grown very knowledgeable in the insurance industry and advanced her sales skills by being determined and building long lasting business relationships.
Her knowledge and customer skills are very important in our industry and she enjoys working with our clients and the community. She strives to be the best benefits relationship specialist and sales associate.
Job Titles:
- Sales and Account Manager for Benefit Controls of the Triad
Shannon Reddick is the Sales and Account Manager for Benefit Controls of the Triad located in High Point, NC. She joined the company in March of 2016 and has since obtained her Life, Health and Accident License, as well as Medicare and Long-Term Care license.
Shannon provides consultation advice to small and large group clients, individual clients, and Medicare clients primarily in NC.