Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG to Merge Group Benefits Units From Chartis and American General
Jan 24 2012 // Two American International Group units — Chartis U.S. Accident and Health, and American General Life Companies — are planning to merge their group benefits businesses into a single, unified organization. The...
The Buckner Co. of Utah Hires Trujillo
Jan 12 2012 // The Buckner Co. has hired Russell Trujillo in their employee benefits department. Trujillo will work with employers to help them find benefits packages for their employees. The Buckner Co. has placed much emphasis on...
Digital Insurance Buys Va.-based Strategic Employee Benefits Services
Jan 11 2012 // Digital Insurance, an employee benefits agency in Atlanta, acquired Strategic Employee Benefits Services (SEBS) of Virginia. SEBS, which has offices in Richmond, Charlottesville and Roanoke, will now operate under the...
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Jan 9 2012 // Verne Cadwell has been named vice president of the crop hail division at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. located in Grinnell, Iowa. Cadwell’s promotion follows a 12-year career at Grinnell Mutual, where he has served...
Employers Share Employee Benefits Success Stories at Mass. Conference
Dec 29 2011 // New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC) held its annual conference earlier this month, giving its Best Benefits Practices awards to six winners. The winners shared their success stories at the NEEBC conference in...
Old National Insurance Completes Partnership with Gettings Reed Financial
Dec 14 2011 // Indiana-based Old National Insurance (ONI) has finalized a deal to acquire the employee benefits book of business from Gettings Reed Financial, headquartered in Lafayette, Ind. The acquisition includes group medical, group...
N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services Acquires Bluff Head Enterprises
Dec 13 2011 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has completed its acquisition of Bluff Head Enterprises in Rhode Island. Bluff Head Enterprises is a Wakefield, Rhode...
Baxter to Lead Hylant Group’s Health Risk Management Unit
Dec 8 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and...
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Dec 5 2011 // Holly Foxen Wells has been promoted to marketing and public relations manager of San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services. She will lead the marketing team to enhance Atlas’ brand strategy and...
Thomas Becomes Partner in RSI
Dec 1 2011 // Bill Thomas has partnered with Ben Thomas and Barry Rabune of Costa Mesa, Calif.-based of RSI Insurance Brokers, a property and casualty insurance company that focuses on the transportation industry. RSI recently expanded,...
N.Y.-based USI Insurance Acquires Barros International
Nov 29 2011 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., completed the acquisition of Barros International. Barros is a Reston, Va.-based employee benefits brokerage firm...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Expands in Florida, Acquires Seitlin Insurance
Nov 17 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, a New York-based subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Seitlin Insurance, one of the largest insurance brokers in South Florida. Terms of the transaction were not...
Suhr Risk Services Adds Ceja to Employee Benefits Division
Nov 15 2011 // Suhr Risk Services (SRS), an independent retail employee benefits and property/casualty insurance brokerage firm in San Jose, Calif., has hired Melissa Ceja as team leader and account executive of the employee benefits...
MJ Insurance Adds 4 New Employees in Indiana
Nov 14 2011 // Privately-held independent insurance agency, MJ Insurance, has added four employees to its Indiana operations. Recent additions include Lauran Reynolds as bond representative, Heather Brenan as commercial lines assistant,...
P/C Market to See Only Moderate Changes in Rates in 2012: Willis
Nov 4 2011 // Property/casualty insurance rates will continue to be flat to with some slight increases or decreases in most major and specialty lines of insurance. Some exceptions to that trend include catastrophe-exposed property...
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Oct 17 2011 // Higginbotham & Associates has promoted commercial insurance broker Mike Bateman to its managing director group for 2012. Bateman, who joined Higginbotham’s Dallas office in 2004, was promoted from account...
MHBT Appoints Moss as Employee Benefits Account Executive
Sep 23 2011 // Dallas-based privately owned insurance and risk management firm, MHBT, announced that Jared Alan Moss has joined the Austin, Texas, office as an employee benefits account executive. Moss will be responsible for business...
Wells Fargo Insurance Acquires New Jersey-Based Procomp
Sep 16 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services has acquired Procomp Benefit Resources Inc., an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Hazlet, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will allow...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The BeneTex Group
Sep 15 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has acquired The BeneTex Group Inc., an employee benefit broker in Georgetown, Texas. Founded in 1992, The BeneTex Group offers a full range of group employee...
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Sep 5 2011 // Michael Crafts has joined The Woodlands Financial Group as vice president of Sales and Marketing. Crafts has more than 15 years of all lines insurance experience. He started his career with Farmers Insurance Group. Most...
