Every claim in this report traces back to one of 27 evidence records below. Each was captured passively during recon, hashed at capture for chain-of-custody, and graded per the Admiralty Scale (NATO STANAG 2511). Click any ev_xxx chip elsewhere in the report to jump straight to its source record.
ev_001 A-1 RDAP BENEFITADVISORSNETWORK.COM: registered 2002-08-05, expires 2027-05-05, last changed 2026-04-24, registrar GoDaddy.com LLC (IANA ID 146), nameservers NS69/NS70.DOMAINCONTROL.COM, status: client delete/renew/transfer/update prohibited, no DNSSEC.
ev_002 A-1 DNS A=209.126.24.185 TTL 600. MX=10 benefitadvisorsnetwork-com.in.shield.security. SPF: v=spf1 include:spf.encrypttitan.net ip4:207.89.37.211 ip4:207.89.37.210 ip4:3.13.39.22 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.shield.security -all. Zywave TXT: zywave-domain-verification=X+T4KESSB1w4vpTHelzgWh7yZAslPEi9l89mszOKl2A=. DMARC: v=DMARC1; p=none. MDN Observatory: grade F, score 0, 5/10 tests failed, HTTP 200.
ev_003 B-2 Zywave, Inc. is a software company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that provides SaaS products for insurance brokers and financial planners. Products include agency management, data analysis, compliance, risk management, marketing tools, financial planning. 350,000+ professional users across North America. Offices in Milwaukee WI, Carlsbad CA, Winnipeg Canada. Largest market share for personal financial planning software after 2010-2011 acquisitions.
ev_004 B-2 Wikidata Q8075982 (Zywave): industry=software industry (Q880371), headquarters=Milwaukee (Q37836), inception=1995-01-01, website=https://www.zywave.com/, Crunchbase slug=zywave, Freebase ID=/m/0h1dzd_. No founder, parent company, or subsidiary data in Wikidata.
ev_005 C-3 Crunchbase profile https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/benefit-advisors-network confirmed live (Angular ng-state present, apollo.state key found) but structured extraction failed due to selector drift. Slug confirmed: benefit-advisors-network.
ev_006 A-1 GLEIF exact search Benefit Advisors Network: 0 results. Wildcard Benefit Advisors* US-only: 6 results all unrelated (Northern Trust fund entities). BAN has no LEI record in GLEIF.
ev_007 A-1 UK Companies House: Benefit Advisors Network, Benefit Advisors, BAN Inc all no match. BAN is not a UK entity. Closest: INTERNATIONAL BENEFITS NETWORK LIMITED (no. 04140693, active, High Wycombe) unrelated.
ev_008 B-2 Employee benefits (Q678774): non-wage compensation including group insurance, disability income protection, retirement benefits, daycare, tuition reimbursement, sick leave, vacation, social security, profit sharing.
ev_009 B-2 Braun will acquire BAN from Alera Group. Effective April 1, 2023, Braun will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of BAN.
ev_010 B-1 Benefit Advisors Network and the National Benefits Center on April 1 spun off from Alera Group to become an independent organization. 'As the market continues to evolve and change, so must our way of looking at our industry,' CEO Perry Braun says.
ev_011 B-2 Benefit Advisors Network (BAN) – the premiere international network of independent employee benefit firms – has named Bobbi Kloss as Vice President of Human Capital Management.
ev_012 B-2 Bobbi Kloss and Pauline Sobelman Address Employee Well-Being and Inclusive Rewards. Bobbi Kloss, Vice President of HCM Consulting Services [at BAN], and Pauline Sobelman [of Baldwin Risk Partners] presented at the WorldatWork Total Rewards '23 Conference, June 2023.
ev_013 B-2 The new firm is called Alera Group and has been formed by the coming together of 24 independent employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and financial services firms. [January 4, 2017]
ev_014 B-1 Benefit Advisors Network joins forces with leading companies, new organization planning future acquisitions. [Alera Group formed as nation's 7th largest private employee benefit firm, January 5, 2017.]
ev_015 B-2 Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of progressive and visionary employee benefit brokers and consulting firms from across the globe, selects Carroll Insurance as Newest Member. [May 6, 2025]
ev_016 B-2 Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of progressive and visionary employee benefits brokers and consulting firms, admits Packard Wheeler Succession as newest member. [~April 2026, approximately 1 month before investigation date]
ev_017 B-2 Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of progressive and visionary employee benefit brokers and consulting firms, partners with MASA Medical Transport Solutions to offer transportation benefits to members. [November 29, 2023]
ev_018 B-3 United Benefit Advisors has introduced a service for member firms that want to help employers keep healthy employees healthy. UBA... [Established independent employee benefits broker network, structurally comparable to BAN]
ev_019 A-1 DNS TXT record for benefitadvisorsnetwork.com: zywave-domain-verification=X+T4KESSB1w4vpTHelzgWh7yZAslPEi9l89mszOKl2A= — confirms BAN uses Zywave platform services (domain ownership verification token).
ev_020 A-2 Wikipedia pageviews for Zywave article, January 1 – May 27, 2026: consistently low (3–60 views/day). Notable daily peaks: 60 on 2026-05-15, 47 on 2026-03-18 and 2026-03-23, 42 on 2026-02-15. 5-month average approximately 17 views/day. No sustained spike indicating a major public news event. Pattern consistent with a B2B insurance technology platform with low public profile.
ev_021 B-3 The brokerage industry's litigation epidemic: When poaching becomes a business model. A rush of lawsuits is sweeping through the brokerage sector as established firms fight what they see as large-scale raids of talent. [~April/May 2026 — relevant sector context]
ev_022 A-2 npm search results for 'zywave': 80 packages under @zywave scope. Publisher: patrick.obrien@zywave.com (username: zywavepobrien). Co-maintainer: john.cruikshank@zywave.com (username: cruikshank). All packages licensed UNLICENSED. Active packages include @zywave/zui-bundle (v4.2.1, last updated 2026-03-04, 6838 monthly downloads), @zywave/zywave-shell (v1.0.63, last updated 2025-09-19), @zywave/zui-icons (v4.6.1), @zywave/zywave-analytics (v1.0.42). Total 80 packages in @zywave npm scope.
ev_023 A-2 MDN Observatory scan of benefitadvisorsnetwork.com: grade=F, score=0, tests_failed=5, tests_passed=5, tests_quantity=10. Observatory ID: 97531928. Status code: 200. Scanned 2026-05-28T17:36:49.356Z. Algorithm version 5.
ev_024 A-1 DNS/mail-auth for benefitadvisorsnetwork.com: DMARC='v=DMARC1; p=none;' (unenforced). secureDNS.delegationSigned=false. No CAA records present (SOA fallback only). SPF includes ip4:3.13.39.22 (AWS us-east-2), ip4:207.89.37.211, ip4:207.89.37.210, include:spf.encrypttitan.net, include:spf.protection.outlook.com, include:spf.shield.security. MX: benefitadvisorsnetwork-com.in.shield.security (priority 10). Nameservers: ns69.domaincontrol.com, ns70.domaincontrol.com (GoDaddy registrar IANA ID 146).
ev_025 A-2 GitHub org Zywave (https://github.com/Zywave) has 4 public repos: OctopusDeploy-Kraken (archived C# 2018, 15 stars), UptimeCalculator (active C# last pushed 2026-03-19, 1 star), OctopusDeploy-Nautilus (archived C# 2018), SMLogging (archived C# 2016). Total 0 BAN-specific public repositories found across multiple search queries. No breach/leak repos, no CVE advisories, no security disclosures found publicly for BAN or Zywave.
ev_026 A-2 EPO OPS search pa='Zywave' total-result-count=4. EPO OPS search pa='Zywave' AND ta=insurance: 3 results. First result: US2008294479 (A1), publication date 2008-11-27, family-id 40073244, applicant Zywave. EPO search pa='Zywave' date range 2015-2026: 0 results. EPO search pa='Benefit Advisors Network': 0 results. EPO search in='Perry Braun' OR pa='Perry Braun': 0 results.
ev_027 A-2 GitHub searches: 'benefitadvisorsnetwork.com' = 0 results; 'benefit advisors network' = 3 unrelated results (Swedbank employee benefits article, cPanel quiz, digital marketing tips); 'zywave benefit' = 0 results; 'Perry Braun insurance benefits' = 0 results; 'alera group benefit advisors acquisition' = 0 results; 'Zywave vulnerability CVE security advisory' = 0 results; 'zywave breach leak data security' = 0 results.
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