Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.

People Moves: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Launch Liberty Naranjo; King Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Team in Utah

Jul 17 2025 // Jonathan Naranjo The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers launched a new Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area office, Liberty Naranjo, led by managing partners and brothers, Jonathan and Michael Naranjo. Liberty...

People Moves: Victor Names Damico President of Torrent; Alliant Hires Blake as Employee Benefits SVP

Jul 14 2025 // Victor appoints Damico President of Torrent Mark Damico Victor Insurance named Mark Damico president and chief operating officer of Torrent Technologies, Victor’s flood insurance technology and services business in...

People Moves: Feller Joins Huntington Insurance as Employee Benefits Senior Managing Director

Jun 13 2025 // Zack Feller Huntington Insurance Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Zack Feller as employee benefits senior managing director. Feller joins Huntington from Keystone, where he most recently served as president of...

ALKEME Adds Maryland’s Becker Benefit Group

May 9 2025 // California-based insurance brokerage ALKEME announced its acquisition of Becker Benefit Group, an employee benefits agency based in Towson, Maryland. This marks ALKEME’s first acquisition in the state. Becker Benefit...

People Moves: Smith Joins Alliant Employee Benefits as VP, Sales Director

Apr 29 2025 // Josh Smith Josh Smith has joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president and sales director within its employee benefits group. Based in California, Smith will direct business development activities across the...

People Moves: Health and Wellness Specialist Hood Joins Alliant Insurance Services

Apr 28 2025 // Megan Hood Megan Hood joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in San Francisco, Hood will predominantly serve mid-sized and large tech employers in Northern California...

People Moves: Reeder Joins Alliant Employee Benefits as Vice President

Apr 9 2025 // Danny Reeder joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Utah, Reeder has more than 13 years of leadership experience in executive consulting, account management and...

People Moves: Powers Joins Alliant Insurance Services as SVP, Employee Benefits Group

Mar 11 2025 // Ashley Powers Ashley Powers joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. She is based in Alliant’s headquarters in Irvine, California. Powers has more than 13 years...

People Moves: Bigglestone Named Acting Commissioner in Vermont; Protecdiv Welcomes Skowronski; DellaTorre Joins Alliant

Jan 16 2025 // Bigglestone Appointed Acting Commissioner of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Sandy Bigglestone Vermont Governor Phil Scott named Sandy Bigglestone as acting commissioner of the state’s Department of...

New York Employers Must Offer Paid Medical Leave During Pregnancy

Jan 6 2025 // Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that took effect Wednesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the policy makes New York the first state in...

People Moves: Petruziello Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group

Dec 27 2024 // Mark Petruziello Mark Petruziello joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in California, he will work with clients across the West region. Petruziello has more than a...

Brown & Brown Acquires UK Employee Benefits Specialist Drewberry

Dec 18 2024 // Employee benefits specialists Drewberry has been acquired by Brown & Brown (Europe) Ltd. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Founded in 2009 by Andrew Jenkinson and Tom Conner, Brighton and London-based Drewberry...

NFP Acquires Salus Group, Expanding Its Employee Benefits Practice

Dec 17 2024 // NFP, an Aon company, announced its acquisition of Benefits Partner, LLC dba Salus Group, an independent employee benefits consulting, brokerage and administration firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Michael Brillati,...

Agency Growth in 2025: Stay Focused on Prospecting, Cross-Selling & Employee Benefits

Nov 18 2024 // Predictions of a softer insurance pricing market are on the horizon. Perhaps not in early 2025, but there’s no question the market is stabilizing from the high prices the sector has seen in recent years. Relying on...

People Moves: Schaper Is Now Permanent AIG CRO; NFP Appoints Boester Head of Sports and Entertainment Group; Galvin and Fujikawa Join Alliant’s Employee Benefits

Nov 13 2024 // American International Group said Christopher Schaper has been appointed chief risk officer of AIG. Chris Schaper Schaper has held the role of chief risk officer on an interim basis since September, while also serving as...

People Moves: Novak Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Group as SVP

Oct 29 2024 // Ron Novak joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president and producer within its employee benefits group. Novak, based in Greater Fayetteville, Arkansas, works with...

People Moves: McCarty Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits Group

Oct 28 2024 // Tammy McCarty Tammy McCarty joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Austin, Texas, McCarty has over 25 years of...

Canada’s Axis Insurance Acquires Employee Benefits Specialist O’Neill Group

Sep 25 2024 // Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the O’Neill Group, one of British Columbia’s premier employee group benefits, life insurance, and wealth...

People Moves: IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits; Marsh McLennan Agency Appoints Stadler President, Jeatran VP and Bridges to Lead Southwest Region

Sep 24 2024 // IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits Teniqua Davenport IMA Financial Group, headquartered in Denver, named Teniqua Davenport as Texas market leader, employee benefits on its Dallas-Fort Worth...

Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Catalyst Benefits Group

Sep 19 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Catalyst Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits insurance brokerage firm based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This strategic merger further enhances Inszone’s footprint...