Jeff Neal

About Jeff Neal

I’ve spent the last 30+ years helping businesses across the country make sense of employee benefits — and build plans that actually make a difference for their people and their budgets.At JA Benefits, I’m a Partner and Senior Consultant leading a great team that helps employers design, manage, and improve their health and welfare programs. Whether it’s simplifying the complex stuff, cutting pharmacy costs, or making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes — we’re all about smart, practical solutions.Over the years, I’ve worked across just about every area of benefits — medical, Rx, compliance, communication, leave management, and more. I’m also licensed through FINRA and SIPC, and provide advisory services through JWCA and JWC.At the end of the day, I just really enjoy being a go-to resource for clients — someone they can count on for honest advice, fresh ideas, and solid results. Always open to connecting and chatting about what’s working (and what’s not) in the benefits world.

Experience

1. Vice President Partner

   Ja Benefits

   May 1993 — Present · Bloomington, IL, US

   We provide Employee Benefit Brokerage and Consulting service to small and mid-sized business. Our primary market is to work with employers from 25 to employee lives. We focus on utilizing a strategic planning approach to helping employers maintain control of their programs.Securities offered through J.W. Cole Financial, Inc.(JWC) Member FINRA / SIPC. Advisory Services offered through J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.(JWCA). JA Benefits, LLC and JWC/ JWCA are unaffiliated entities.

Education

• Indiana University Southeast

  BS Business

  1991 — 1994