Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...
Hub International Acquires Fotek Insurance Agency in New Jersey
Nov 7 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the stock of Fotek Insurance Agency Inc., a New Jersey-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition...
EEOC Challenges Employee Wellness Penalties in Suit Against Honeywell
Oct 30 2014 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Honeywell International Inc. to stop the company from imposing penalties on employees who refuse to undergo testing under its corporate wellness program. The...
Hub International to Acquire Chicago-Based Laurus Strategies
Oct 29 2014 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) announced its Chicago-area affiliate Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) plans to acquire Laurus Strategies (Laurus) from CSIG Holding Co. Laurus is an employee...
Suhr Names Dershimer Vice President of Employee Benefits in California
Oct 22 2014 // Suhr Risk Services has named Jed Dershimer vice president of employee benefits in San Jose, Calif. Dershimer previously worked at Hays Companies, ADP and Verizon, in addition to a lengthy prior stint with Suhr. He...
Heffernan Acquires Pilot Employee Benefits in New York
Oct 21 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced it has purchased the assets of Pilot Employee Benefits of Melville, New York. Family owned and operated for over 50 years, Pilot Employee Benefits has developed benefits programs and...
Reiff Appointed to Head Lockton Benefit Group
Oct 14 2014 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton named Bob Reiff to lead Lockton Benefit Group, the broker’s global employee benefits consulting business. Reiff will succeed Mike Brewer, president of Lockton Benefit Group since 2004,...
Wiesner Joins EPIC as Regional Director in Northern California
Oct 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named David Wiesner managing principle and regional director in EPIC’s employee benefits consulting division. Wiesner will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits...
Gabers with Leavitt in Utah Named to Voluntary Benefits Association Board
Oct 6 2014 // Heather Garbers, a voluntary benefits executive with Leavitt Group’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, GBS Benefits Inc., was named to the Voluntary Benefits Association’s advisory board. Garbers is a voluntary plan...
Best Agency to Work For – Southeast
Oct 6 2014 // Pride in Professionalism Peel & Holland – Benton, Kentucky Employees at Peel & Holland take pride in being part of a professional team and working for agency leaders who treat them like professionals. Drivers...
AssuredPartners Acquires Crawford Advisors in Maryland
Sep 29 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Maryland, LLC, has acquired Crawford Advisors, LLC, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Crawford Advisors specializes in...
Flood and Peterson in Colorado Taps O’Neill to Head Employee Benefits
Sep 26 2014 // Brad O’Neill has been named to lead Colorado-based Flood and Peterson’s employee benefits department. O’Neill has more than 20 years of experience in the health and welfare industry. Prior to joining...
Burnham Benefits Adds Garcia to Its San Francisco Team
Sep 25 2014 // Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Adele Garcia a senior account executive in its San Francisco Bay area office. Garcia will consult with Burnham clients to help them educate, instruct and engage employees...
Hub Southeast Names Love President for Employee benefits
Sep 23 2014 // Insurance broker Hub International Southeast has named Tim Love as president, Employee Benefits, responsible for overseeing employee benefits product and service offerings for Carolina and Florida. Love will be based in...
Willis Launches Medical Plans for Expat Employees
Sep 19 2014 // Willis Employee Benefits Limited, part of Willis Group Holdings plc, has partnered with Now Health International and Healix International to offer affordable medical plans for clients with fewer than 99 expatriate...
Lockton Adds Gabriel, Koslowski to Employee Benefits Team in Milwaukee
Sep 18 2014 // Independent insurance broker Lockton, has added Account Executive Tom Gabriel and Senior Account Manager Lori Koslowski to the employee benefits team in its Milwaukee office. Gabriel joins Lockton with more than 25 years...
Lockton’s D.C. Office Hires Bartnik From Wells Fargo
Sep 17 2014 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton Companies has hired Chris Bartnik as senior vice president. Based in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office, Bartnik will join Lockton’s Employee Benefits business team that...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Announces Promotions
Sep 10 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, Rhode Island, recently announced the following promotions. David B. Soforenko has been promoted to sales manager of Starkweather & Shepley...
EPIC Names McClellan Regional Director in Southern California
Sep 10 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Tiffany McClellan regional director of employee benefits. McClellan will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits consulting business in Southern California, recruiting...
Texas Mutual Wins Health and Wellness Award
Sep 5 2014 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., was recently named the winner of the Higginbotham Health & Wellness Award in the large business category at the 2014 Greater Austin Business Awards, the...
