About the Bloggers

Mike Cain - Principal, Business Matters, Inc.
Mike has over 20 years of experience in benefits consulting and management. His first exposure to benefits administration occurred in the 1980s when he was responsible for one of the first staff leasing companies (now known as PEOs) in the Southeastern United States. Mike was instrumental in the creation of the first national association of staff leasing companies, and served on its first board of directors. That organization is now known as the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO).

Thereafter, Mike opened his own PEO (Staff-Link, Inc.), managing the human resources, payroll, workers’ compensation programs, and benefits for client companies. Over several years, Mike built Staff-Link into a very profitable organization, at its peak managing the HR and benefits functions for over 90 client companies with over 1600 employees throughout the Mid-South.

At the same time, Mike founded Business Matters, Inc., and kept a thriving benefits consulting practice for non-Staff-Link clients. Eventually, Mike sold Staff-Link to a publicly-traded PEO and focused full-time on his benefits consulting practice. Today, Mike continues his benefits consulting practice through Business Matters, Inc.

Amy Cain - Principal, Business Matters, Inc.
Amy has over 10 years of experience in the employee benefits industry.  Prior to joining BMI, Amy spent over 9 overs with a national health insurance carrier in sales and client management.  She has spent most of those years working with small to mid-size companies (5 to 500 employees) in the areas of fully-insured health and dental insurance, self-funded arrangements, FSAs, HRAs, and similar benefits products.

Amy and Mike teamed up in 2007 to offer a unique brokerage experience for their clients, focusing on lowering both administrative and premium costs.