Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

Ill. Horton Group Named Partner Firm of Assurex Global

Jan 23 2007 // The Horton Group, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, recently was named a partner firm of Assurex Global, a privately held insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage group. Horton joins 116...

ING Presents New Belgium Structure; Exclusive Focus on Bancasssurance

Jan 19 2007 // The Netherlands’ ING Group has announced a major change in strategy and a restructuring of its Belgian insurance business. ING intends to focus exclusively on its on bancassurance distribution in Belgium. ING said...

N.Y.’s Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Promotes 5 to Added Responsibilities

Jan 18 2007 // Five members of the professional staff at the Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy insurance agency in New Hartford, N.Y. have been promoted. Agency President Larry Gilroy announced the promotions as follows: Donald Polczynski to...

SullivanCurtisMonroe Names Malcolm Vice President

Jan 15 2007 // Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC, appointed Wyatt Malcolm to vice president. “We are pleased Wyatt has joined the SullivanCurtisMonroe family with his 25 years of experience in the...

Court Upholds Worker’s Claim Under Maine Medical Leave Act

Dec 22 2006 // A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Maine car salesman who says he was unjustly fired while taking medical leave that should have been protected by state law. The 1st U.S Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday...

Bolton & Co:Providing resources for customers produces profits

Dec 11 2006 // Developing a Web presence is not the primary focus at Bolton & Co. Insurance Brokers — developing the skills of employees and building relationships with customers is the chief concern. After all, when employees...

Bolton & Co: Providing resources for customers produces profits

Dec 10 2006 // Developing a Web presence is not the primary focus at Bolton & Co. Insurance Brokers — developing the skills of employees and building relationships with customers is the chief concern. After all, when employees...

Higginbotham-Austin Adds Benefits Broker

Dec 6 2006 // Higginbotham & Associates announced it has added Account Executive Cynthia Brown to its Austin, Texas, office to provide commercial clients with employee benefit plan brokerage and account support. Brown, who is...

Willis Announces Senior Appointments in Denver

Dec 4 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, an insurance broker, has added three senior level executives in its Denver office. The appointments of Dennis Miceli, senior vice president and employee benefits practice leader; Brian Janeck, senior...

People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success

Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...

People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success

Nov 19 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...

Calif. Commissioner Reaches Settlement with UnumProvident

Nov 3 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reached a settlement with UnumProvident Corp., Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and Unum Life Insurance Company of America to ensure that all compensation...

Chicago Fort Dearborn Adds New International Sales Manager

Nov 3 2006 // Chicago-based Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, recently announced the addition of David J. Bryan to its group operation as manager of...

Employee benefits offer an easy way to expand business with clients

Oct 23 2006 // It’s a problem many brokers face: clients love our property casualty risk management products and services, but have we given them all they need? What else can we do for them? An employee benefits program offers an...

Saylor & Hill Teams Up with Globex International

Oct 17 2006 // Oakland, Calif.-based Saylor & Hill, a provider of risk management, insurance and employee benefits services, expanded its capabilities to serve U.S.-based companies with multinational operations. Through a new...

Wis. Phoenix Group Adds Union Bank Insurance Group of Ill.

Sep 29 2006 // The Phoenix Group, an independent insurance agency and employee benefits company based in Ripon, Wis., recently purchased Union Bank Insurance Group, based in Peru, Ill., marking the agency’s fifth acquisition in...

Aug 7 2006 // People Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP named Kyle Moss a partner in the firm. Moss, previously employee benefits director in MHBT’s Dallas office, is responsible for the production and servicing of...

Starnes Joins San Antonio’s SWBC as VP of Employee Benefits

Jul 21 2006 // Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC) announced that Cathy L. Starnes, Ph.D. has joined SWBC as the vice president of Employee Benefits in the company’s San Antonio office. As vice president of Employee Benefits,...

Okla.’s The Holmes Organisation Adds to Employee Benefits Division

Jul 17 2006 // Oklahoma-based The Holmes Organisation announced the addition of Felix Jones as a Retirement Plan and Group Life & Health producer for its employee benefits division. Jones brings more than 23 years of experience in...

Supreme Court: Workers’ comp premiums not priority in bankruptcy

Jul 3 2006 // A workers’ compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court that insurers are warning could disrupt the insurance...