Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Next Level Acquires North Texas Employee Benefits Provider, A&H Benefits
Aug 6 2019 // Next Level Insurance Agency, a Dallas-based healthcare consulting and employee benefits brokerage firm, has acquired A&H Benefits, also based in North Texas. A&H was formed in 1997 as a corporation to provide...
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Aug 5 2019 // National Linda Dodson The Vertafore technology users network, NetVU, has named Linda Dodson as executive director. Dodson’s career has included work in an insurance agency and with agency carriers. She began her...
Alliant Names Droz Vice President in Employee Benefits in California
Jul 30 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michelle Droz vice president within the employee benefits group. Droz will be based in San Francisco, Calif., and design and deliver benefits solutions to clients across a range of...
The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits
Jul 30 2019 // The Buckner Co. has named Brad Kupfer chief sales officer of employee benefits. Kupfer will manage Buckner’s sales process for employee benefits in six offices. As a member of the senior executive team, Kupfer will...
Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s Gerard B. Tracy Associates
Jul 26 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice with the acquisition of Gerard B. Tracy Associates Inc. Based in Fairfield, Conn.,...
Droz Joins Alliant Insurance Services in San Francisco
Jul 25 2019 // Michelle Droz has joined Alliant Insurance Services in San Francisco as vice president in the company’s Employee Benefits Group. She has 25 years of experience in the employee benefits field. Prior to joining...
Insurance Agency Mergers Hit Near-Record in First Half 2019
Jul 24 2019 // There were 328 announced U.S. and Canadian insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2019, the second-highest six-month total, trailing only the first half of 2017 when 333 transactions were...
Assurance Names Schwarz VP in Employee Benefits Unit
Jul 22 2019 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, has added Abby Schwarz as a vice president in the Employee Benefits division. Schwarz brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Assurance,...
Holmes Murphy Welcomes Deibele to Employee Benefits Team in Minnesota
Jul 16 2019 // Holmes Murphy has added Brooks Deibele as regional market Leader for the company’s growing Minneapolis Employee Benefits team. Deibele joins Holmes Murphy from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota, where he...
Harden Expands into South Florida; Taps Beller as Market Leader
Jul 16 2019 // Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has formally expanded into the South Florida market with the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale. The firm currently serves many...
Virtus Acquires Cobbs Allen’s Kansas City Employee Benefits Unit
Jul 15 2019 // Insurance brokerage, Virtus, has acquired Cobbs Allen’s Kansas City employee benefits practice. This acquisition supplements Virtus’ Kansas City presence and adds depth and expertise to its employee benefits...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Pennsylvania’s JRG Advisors
Jul 15 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Wexford, Penn.-based employee benefits services firm, JRG Advisors LLC. The company’s existing operations will be combined with Emerson Reid, USI’s employee benefits...
Western Growers in California Names Martin Director of Employee Benefits Account Management
Jul 15 2019 // Irvine Calif.-based Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has named Jodi Martin director of employee benefits account management. Martin will lead account management activities while also supporting the growth and...
Alera Group Acquires New York’s Austin & Co.
Jul 12 2019 // Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Austin & Co. Inc., effective July 1, 2019. The firm expands Alera Group’s employee benefits and property and casualty expertise. Austin & Co., located in...
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Jul 1 2019 // National American International Group said Kathleen Zortman will join the company as president and CEO of Private Client Group, General Insurance. In this new role, Zortman will lead AIG’s global high net worth...
Massachusetts’ Fred C. Church Insurance Hires Lonsdale
Jun 28 2019 // Fred C. Church Insurance has hired Ian Lonsdale as an Employee Benefits client executive. The main focus of the Employee Benefits division at Fred C. Church is to serve and support its commercial clients. Utilizing five...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names French Employee Benefits Account Administrator
Jun 28 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has added Denise French to its employee benefits team as an account administrator for special projects. French serves as the primary customer service person for enrolled...
Student Loans, Family Leave, Telemedicine, Standing Desks: Tailoring Benefits to Multigenerational Workforce
Jun 26 2019 // While the United States’ stable job market and regulatory environment have kept employee benefits offerings steady, some benefits such as student loan repayment, paternity leave, telecommuting, standing desks and...
EPIC Adds 5 to Employee Benefits Team in Houston
Jun 21 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property/ casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Principal Ed Oravetz, Principal Keith McNeely, Principal David Potts, Client Executive...
Hub International Acquires Canada Retirement Consulting Firm Porchlight Financial
Jun 12 2019 // Insurance broker Hub International Ltd. announced it has acquired Porchlight Financial, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Porchlight Financial is a full-service group...
