SPRINGFIELD, MO – Employee Benefit Adviser named Erica Gaynor, Group Benefits Advisor with Ollis/Akers/Arney Insurance & Business Advisors, to the 2020 Top Women in Benefit Advising. Gaynor was selected based on her outstanding professional track record and impact and service to the industry. She is one of 20 women selected for the honor. “When you get recognized on a national level, it is very emotional and very touching,” says Gaynor. “There are CEOs and CFOs and business owners on the list. I was very honored.” 

Employee Benefit Adviser serves 146,000 brokers, advisers, agents, financial planners, investment advisers and consultants. Gaynor has been in the insurance industry for 18 years and an employee-owner of Ollis/Akers/Arney Insurance and Business Advisors since 2005. She is a graduate of Ozarks Technical Community College and attended Missouri State University. Gaynor holds licenses in Property and Casualty Insurance and Life and Health Insurance in Missouri, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Gaynor is also a past Springfield Business Journal Trusted Advisers and 40 Under 40 honoree. She specializes in working with employers to manage their employee benefit programs serving clients mostly in southwest Missouri. 

About Ollis/Akers/Arney Insurance & Business Advisors - Since 1885, Ollis/Akers/Arney Insurance & Business Advisors has provided insurance services to businesses and communities in southwest Missouri. Ollis/Akers/Arney provides business risk assessments and solutions, health and group benefits, human resources solutions and commercial as well as personal lines of insurance. Offices are in Springfield, Branson, Bolivar and El Dorado Springs, Missouri and serve a four-state region. Ollis/Akers/Arney has been nationally recognized by Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. Best Agency in the United States and as a Top Insurance Workplace from Insurance Business America. 

For more information, contact Tammy Johnson, Director of Marketing and Community Relations at (417) 881-8333 or visit OllisAkersArney.com. ###