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Doctors Benefits

Who we are

Meet the team at Doctors Benefits

The Doctors Benefits team has years of experience helping physicians and dentists just like you. Our team is experienced and seasoned, providing doctors with a unique approach to finding the best insurance coverage and retirement strategies. We strive to understand your financial situation from every angle and provide you with the best services, information, and products necessary for you to reach your goals.

Doctors Benefits wants to be an integral part of your life, helping you navigate the way to financial success. Whether you are a student in medical school, just landed your first position, own a booming practice or two, or are preparing to sell your business, don’t navigate the process of finding insurance for doctors alone.

Doctors Benefits team

Leadership

Our team

Emmanuel Butmankiewicz, MBA

Co-Founder · Licensed Insurance Professional

Emmanuel’s goal is to help his clients navigate the confusing path toward financial stability. He and his team strive to understand each client’s unique financial situation from every angle. This enables him to provide the best possible services, information, and products necessary to meet the client’s specific goals.

Emmanuel was born in Brooklyn, but has spent most of his life in beautiful South Florida. He attended college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, where he met his wife. Emmanuel earned his MBA at the Wayne Huizenga School of Business in Davie, Florida. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Laurel, his daughter, Eloise, and his son, Wolfe. He also enjoys helping his clients protect their retirement funds and hard-earned savings.

Brian Symanski

Co-Founder · Licensed Insurance Professional

Preparing for that next step in life isn’t always easy. Brian has a combination of experience, professionalism, and access to a wide variety of products and services; together, these can help you meet your financial goals, estate strategies and insurance needs. Whether your goals are to prepare for milestone life events like retirement or simply to find life insurance, disability income, or long-term care insurance protection, he’ll provide the highest level of attention, insight and capability.

Brian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Wayne Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University. He served 8 years in the U.S. Coast Guard prior to entering the financial services industry. Brian is married to his wife Cecilia and has two sons; Domenick and Benjamin.

Laurel Butmankiewicz, CPA

Licensed Insurance Professional · Case Manager

Laurel brings her experience in corporate accounting to the Doctors Benefits team. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a licensed insurance agent. She was born and raised in the beautiful state of New Jersey, then attended Grove City College in Pennsylvania where she met her husband, Emmanuel. Laurel loves to travel, cook, craft, and spend time with her children Eloise & Wolfe.

Jeff Schechtman

Licensed Insurance Professional

Successfully navigating life’s obstacles can be daunting at times. Jeff’s experience listening, hard work ethic and the due diligence he always puts into negotiating the curveballs life can throw at you is instrumental to his clients’ success. Strategizing everything from your personal and business insurance needs together with college funding strategies, retirement building, asset protection strategies and legacy transfers, the commitment, service, integrity and value he provides to your success is unmatched.

Jay Henig, FSCP

Licensed Insurance Professional

Jared Henig is a licensed insurance professional with Doctors Benefits based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Jared has many years of experience with helping clients through life’s transitions, planning for the future, and navigating unexpected events. His clients include physicians, attorneys, business owners, and retirees. His objective is to develop strategies to protect and maximize his clients’ wealth. Based on the client’s needs and long-term planning, Jared is able to offer a wide range of products from an assortment of options in the marketplace.

When Jared is not developing a plan for his clients, he enjoys life at home with his wife and two sons. As a family, they enjoy traveling, sports, and most outdoor activities.

Marc Sigel, ChFC®, AEP

Licensed Insurance Professional

Marc G. Sigel, Managing Partner and Financial Advisor, has been in the financial services industry since 1992 when he graduated from Boston University with a degree in Finance.

Marc has been an accomplished course instructor for the Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement Course presented to numerous corporations and organizations throughout South Florida while having his work published by Financial Planning Magazine.

Additionally, he has been certified to teach continuing education in the state of Florida to CPAs in certain areas of tax planning for insurance products. A two-time past president of the Society of Financial Service Professionals in Broward, Marc is also a member of the Boca Raton chapter of the Estate Planning Council.

Originally from Massachusetts, Marc now resides in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife Beth and son Seth. Marc is a proud member of Red Sox Nation and enjoys exercise and Florida’s gift of year-round golf.

Alexander Symanski

Licensed Insurance Professional

Alexander is a licensed insurance professional who resides in Cape May County, New Jersey. Through his experience as an active trader, he has learned that wealth protection is the first step to sustainable wealth creation. Alexander specializes in life insurance products that can help his clients achieve financial flexibility and protection for their family. He will work with you and help you understand which types of products best apply to your financial and life goals.

Alexander lives with his wife Ashlee, their sons Owen & Ethan and two dogs, Finnegan & Sawyer. When he’s not working, he enjoys the simple things in life like a morning coffee, splitting firewood, and working in his yard.

Seth Crews

Licensed Insurance Professional

Originally from Colorado and Arkansas, Seth graduated from Lipscomb University with a degree in Business Administration, specializing in corporate finance. Outside the realm of business, he finds solace and excitement in the great outdoors, particularly through activities like hiking, rock climbing, and mountain biking. He values quality time with loved ones and believes in striking a balance between professional pursuits and personal fulfillment, striving to make a positive impact in all aspects of his life.

Cecilia Symanski, MS

Chief Technology Officer · Licensed Insurance Professional

Cecilia spent over 15 years supporting the Subway Restaurant chain with a focus on logistics, supply chain optimization, analytics, and automation. Cecilia holds a Master’s Degree in Management Information Science from the University of Florida, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and a certificate for data science and big data analytics from MIT. Cecilia utilizes the latest technology so that Doctors Benefits can operate 100% virtually, saving our clients the time of in-person meetings. The systems that Cecilia has built and continues to maintain have grown Doctors Benefits into a leader in the industry.

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