Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Segal Shows Off Scabies, But Judge Won’t Allow Prison Medical Leave
Jan 3 2005 // Bond was denied Dec. 16 for convicted racketeer, fraudster and Chicago insurance broker Michael Segal, who during the court hearing pulled opened his orange prison jumpsuit to show a federal judge a rash he apparently...
Segal, Who May Have Lupus, Gets Hearing on Prison Medical Leave
Dec 10 2004 // A federal judge has scheduled a hearing over whether to allow convicted insurance mogul Michael Segal to leave a Chicago jail to seek medical treatment. Lawyers for Segal, 62, said in court Wednesday that their client may...
Multi-State, $120M Agreement with UnumProvident Requires Reassessing Claims Back to 1997
Nov 18 2004 // A multi-state settlement with UnumProvident Corp. over its disputed handling of disability claims would cost the firm more than $120 million to comply and require it to review more than seven years of claims. It also calls...
Hub International Names Lawler to EB Post
Oct 22 2004 // HUB International Illinois, the Chicago hub of the North American insurance broker Hub International Limited, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Lawler as senior vice president of Employee Benefits. Lawler will manage...
Dreyer, Utley Join Calif.-based ABD Insurance
Oct 20 2004 // Torrance, Calif.-based ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced that Thomas Dreyer has joined ABD’s Sacramento office as a vice president....
Willis Staffs Denver Office
Oct 5 2004 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, announced that David C. Benson has joined Willis as executive vice president and office leader for its Denver office. Benson, who brings 18 years of insurance industry...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
RiskProNet Members Offer Tips for Successful Cross-Selling
Sep 20 2004 // Giving lip service to the benefits of cross-selling is easy. Executing the strategy is quite a bit harder. What are key ingredients in successfully cross-selling property/casualty and employee benefits? At RiskProNet...
RiskProNet Members Offer Tips for Successful Cross-Selling
Sep 6 2004 // Giving lip service to the benefits of cross-selling is easy. Executing the strategy is quite a bit harder. What are key ingredients in successfully cross-selling property/casualty and employee benefits? At RiskProNet...
S&P Affirms Aon’s ‘A-‘ Ratings; Outlook Negative
Sep 3 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit rating on Aon Corp., but the outlook remains negative. “The ratings on Aon are supported by its...
N.Y.’s Rose & Kiernan Adds The Daniels Agency
Aug 31 2004 // The Daniels Agency, with New York offices in Pawling and Poughkeepsie and another in Danbury, Conn., will merge with Rose and Kiernan, Inc, a large independent insurance agency with it’s corporate headquarters in...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Aug 23 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
ABD to Present 2004 Cybersure Benefit Report Preview
Aug 10 2004 // Redwood City, Calif.-based ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, will present a preview of the ABD 2004 Cybersure Benefit Report Aug. 12th at 8 a.m. at...
Walsh Joins Woodruff-Sawyer
Aug 4 2004 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced the appointment of Jennifer Walsh as an Account Executive with the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice. Working with a team of seasoned professionals,...
USI Releases 2Q Financial Report
Jul 30 2004 // U.S.I. Holdings Corporation has reported that its revenues for the second quarter increased by $14.1 million, or 16.4 percent, to $100.4 million from $86.3 million last year at the same time. The revenue increase reflects...
Call Joins Hartwig Moss Benefits as Consultant
Jul 21 2004 // New Orleans-based Hartwig Moss Benefits announced the addition of Gerry Call as a benefits consultant. A native of New Orleans, Call has worked in the employee benefits field for over 21 years—as both an account...
USI Completes Purchase of Future Planning Associates
Jul 9 2004 // U.S.I. Holdings Corporation of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. has acquired Matawan, N.J.-based Future Planning Associates, Inc. This acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $10 million of revenues to USI on an annual...
JMB Insurance Acquires Schlesinger Associates
Jun 29 2004 // Chicago-based brokerage JMB Insurance has acquired Schlesinger Associates Inc., an employee benefits brokerage also based in Chicago. JMB’s expanded employee benefit and financial security services practice will be...
Higginbotham & Associates Acquires B. Barfield Group
Jun 28 2004 // North Texas-based independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm, Higginbotham & Associates, announced it has acquired B. Barfield Group, based in McKinney. The merger brings to Higginbotham employee...
