Centro Welcomes Absence Industry Veteran Jason Petsche to Lead New Center of Excellence
- July 24, 2025
- Posted by: Newsroom
- Category: News
Strategic hire strengthens Centro’s capabilities in absence management, supporting brokers with deeper expertise and expanded carrier collaboration
CLEVELAND, OH – July 24, 2025 – Centro Benefits Research (Centro), a leading ancillary benefits consulting and technology firm, today announced the hiring of Jason Petsche as Director of Absence Consulting. Petsche, an accomplished absence industry leader with deep carrier-side expertise, will spearhead the company’s Center of Excellence (COE) expanding Centro’s services into the increasingly complex world of leave and absence management.
Petsche’s hire reflects Centro’s strategic response to the growing broker demand for specialized leave expertise—an area where brokers often lack in-house resources and have traditionally relied on carriers or legal consultants. Centro is positioned to fill this gap by providing focused guidance and expertise.
As we continue to explore services that our broker clients need, one area that has continuously been at the forefront of discussions is the ever-evolving challenges of absence and leave management. The creation of this additional service solution marks an important step forward in our commitment to helping brokers serve clients in a landscape that’s becoming increasingly intricate. Jason’s expertise bridges the gap between absence strategy and carrier execution, and his leadership will bring new value to our broker partners and ultimately the employers they serve.
Petsche brings 25 years of experience in employee benefits, with a strong focus on disability and absence since the start of his career. He has held roles across claims, sales, account management, and product leadership at some of the industry’s most respected ancillary carriers. His expertise centers on helping employers and brokers navigate leave administration, disability program design, and regulatory compliance.
Centro is positioned to lead in the absence consulting space due to its established reputation for delivering comprehensive and client-centric solutions in the benefits arena. With this perspective, we can help brokers and carriers collaborate more effectively, ensuring employers are matched to the right absence solutions and receive better service throughout the lifecycle. From improving return-to-work outcomes to aligning meaningful metrics like case durations and leave trends, our goal is to make absence programs more strategic and measurable. Ultimately, that leads to stronger client relationships, improved renewals, and new revenue opportunities for brokers who embrace this evolving space.
Petsche will lead Centro’s absence strategy by strengthening carrier partnerships, aligning solutions with employer needs, and equipping brokers with consultative tools to improve program outcomes—from compliance and return-to-work support to carrier-employer fit and performance metrics.
This initiative builds on Centro’s track record of delivering practical solutions that streamline broker-carrier collaboration, expand partner capabilities, and meet emerging client needs with specialized expertise.
About Centro Benefits Research
Centro Benefits Research is a leading consulting firm specializing in ancillary benefits, employee communications, and technology solutions. Through in-depth research, industry expertise, and the development of digitally driven platform efficiencies, Centro empowers brokers to deliver enhanced value and optimize the impact of their benefits investments. Centro delivers a unified suite of Ancillary RFP Marketing, Consulting, Employee Communications, and Technology Solutions. Committed to modernizing the legacy insurance process, Centro’s mission is to enable all stakeholders in the system to work more effectively and drive business growth.
For information, visit centrobenefitsresearch.com.
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Rachel Pennington, Sales Operations and Marketing Specialist, Centro | rachel.pennington@centrobenefits.com