Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Despite Tough Times, Insurance Industry Employee Benefits Secure
Apr 19 2010 // Independent insurance agencies and carriers’ top concerns for 2010 may be profit margins, cash flow, sales volume and marketing, the down economy and the possibility that it might falter again, but that doesn’t...
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Apr 19 2010 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), recently named Fred Pecina and Jeremy Sandusky partners in the agency. Pecina is based in the firm’s Ft. Worth office, and Sandusky works in MHBT’s Dallas office. Pecina,...
Ascension Insurance Acquires Nevada’s Kapp Insurance Agency
Apr 19 2010 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. has announced the acquisition of the Las Vegas-based Kapp Insurance Agency Inc., doing business as Portal of Nevada. Portal of Nevada is a full service employee benefits...
Lockton: Soft Market Pricing Continues to Benefit Insurance Buyers
Apr 19 2010 // Commercial insurance buyers continue to benefit from lower prices and steady or increasing insurance capacity in property/casualty markets, reports the nation’s largest insurance broker. In its newly published...
Lockton Chicago Adds Schmidt to Employee Benefits Practice
Apr 13 2010 // Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance broker the Lockton Companies has expanded its Chicago team with the addition of Thomas M. Schmidt as a vice president in the Employee Benefits Practice. Prior to joining Lockton, Schmidt...
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Apr 5 2010 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named David Zona senior vice president of product management in commercial insurance. He will be responsible for setting direction and priorities for various...
How P/C Agents Can Increase Sales through Employee Benefits
Apr 5 2010 // Broaden Your Agency’s Reach Through Education and Marketing In today’s still challenging economic environment, employees are increasingly looking at employee benefits as a way to strengthen their personal...
IMA of Texas Hires Bailey as VP – Benefits, Property and Casualty
Apr 2 2010 // IMA of Texas Inc., a retail insurance broker and risk management firm, announced that Kyle A. Bailey joined the company as a vice president for employee benefits and property and casualty insurance. Bailey has more than 12...
Halsey Joins TD Insurance in Maine
Mar 25 2010 // TD Insurance Inc. in South Portland, Maine, has hired Leah K. Halsey as an account executive in employee benefits. She is responsible for working with employers throughout Northern New England to design, implement and...
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Mar 22 2010 // Iroquois of California based in Sacramento, Calif., added a former insurance consultant, marketing manager and agency owner to its staff. Mike Mullens will serve as regional manager in Northern California, bringing more...
NIP-RCG Forms New Executive Compensation and Benefits Group
Mar 19 2010 // Austin, Texas-based NIP-RCG, a national professional advisory firm offering consulting services to directors and management of many of America’s public corporations, has merged its executive compensation and...
IMA Promotes Sims and Harvath to Vice Presidents
Mar 11 2010 // Denver-based IMA of Colorado Inc., a retail insurance brokerage, announced that Cathy Sims has been promoted to vice president – employee benefits, and Sandy Harvath has been promoted to vice president –...
Strong Attitude Backed by Superior Knowledge
Mar 7 2010 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Mesirow Financial Services Inc. Headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Year Founded: 1937 2008 Total Premium Volume: $1.4 billion Property/Casualty: $397.5 million Other than P/C: $1.0 billion %...
Grimm to Head Keystone’s Employee Benefits Division in Pennsylvania
Feb 10 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group has named Erica Grimm as head of it Employee Benefits Division in Pennsylvania. Grimm previously represented Emerson Reid & Co. as broker relationship manager responsible for the Keystone...
The W Group Merges with Cincinnati’s Hylant Group
Jan 26 2010 // Cincinnati-based insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, and the W Group, a privately owned firm offering employee benefit services, announced they have merged. The combined organizations will form one of the largest employee...
How Small Group Partnerships Help Agencies to Grow Employee Benefits Revenue
Jan 24 2010 // Gibson Insurance Group, Bolton & Co. Tell Their Tales of Growth In today’s challenging economic environment, property/casualty brokers are struggling to thrive. Toss in management of increasingly complex employee...
Yi Named Senior Client Consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services
Jan 21 2010 // Che Yi has been hired as senior client consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., in Greenwood Village, Colo. Gallagher Benefit Services is the employee benefits broker and consultant subsidiary of Arthur J....
Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Names Frost VP, Employee Benefits
Jan 7 2010 // Nancy Lee Frost has joined San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. as vice president, Employee Benefits. She will focus on business development and employee benefits consulting. Frost has more than 20 years of...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
IMA Hires Sustr as an Employee Benefits Account Executive
Dec 9 2009 // Insurance broker IMA Inc. has named Pavlina Sustr an employee benefits account executive specializing in international accounts for IMA of Colorado based in Denver. IMA is part of IMA Financial Group Inc., a financial...
