Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Partners Named at Woodruff-Sawyer in Western Region
Jan 4 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named 10 new partners to the firm. The partners represent various product lines, from property/casualty to management liability to employee benefits, and are...
24 Independent Insurance, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group
Jan 4 2017 // There is a new national independent insurance brokerage and wealth management firm that opens its doors with more than 20,00 clients, $158 million in annual revenues and 750 employees in 40 offices across 15 states. The...
USI Acquires Austin-Based Employee Benefits Firm, Ball Peoples
Dec 20 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Ball Peoples, an employee benefits advisory firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Since 1975, Ball Peoples has been providing employee benefits for clients throughout Central Texas...
Marsh & Mclennan Acquires Presidio Benefits Group in California
Dec 1 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired Presidio Benefits Group, a San Francisco, Calif.-based employee benefits consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of Presidio’s employees, including its...
Uber Working to Settle with California Drivers over Employee Benefits
Nov 17 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to finalize a settlement with California drivers to resolve potentially billions of dollars in claims stemming from the company’s refusal to give them the protections and benefits of...
Hub Purchases Certain Assets of MDA in Montana
Nov 14 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired certain assets of Kalispell, Mont.-based MDA Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Doug Anders, president, MDA, will join Hub Mountain and report to Michael Stockwell, employee...
Arthur J. Gallagher Buys London-Based Employee Benefits Firm, Argentis
Nov 10 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Argentis, based in London, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005, Argentis is a financial planning and employee benefits consultant...
AARP Suit Says Workplace Wellness Programs Raise Medical Privacy Concerns
Oct 25 2016 // A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical...
USI Makes 3 Appointments, 2 Promotions in Ohio
Oct 25 2016 // Insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services (USI) has added Brianna Berry, Nick Giancola and Kim Patrick in the USI Independence, Ohio, office. In addition, Heidi King has been promoted to consultant and Brian Muldoon has...
Northwest Insurance Services to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Winans Insurance
Oct 17 2016 // Northwest Insurance Services, a Warren, Penn., headquartered subsidiary of Northwest Bank, has signed a definitive agreement effective November 1 to acquire Winans Insurance & Employee Benefits, a property and casualty...
Risk Strategies Company Acquires New York Based TSG Financial
Oct 14 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has strengthened its employee benefits practice and made its first move to offer wealth management and retirement plan...
New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Appoints Margolies to Benefits Division
Oct 6 2016 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has appointed Howard Margolies as principal, senior vice president and head of the benefits division. This comes after...
P/C Insurance Agency Mergers and Valuations Up Again: OPTIS
Sep 19 2016 // The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008. According to a new report on agency merger activity by Chicago-based investment...
Current State of P/C Insurance Agency Mergers and Valuations
Sep 8 2016 // The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008. According to a new report on agency merger acivity by Chicago-based investment...
Marsh & McLennan Acquires Atlanta-Based Benefits Advisory Group
Sep 2 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Benefits Advisory Group, an Atlanta-based employee benefits consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK-Based Orb Financial Services Ltd.
Aug 1 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Orb Financial Services Ltd. in Surrey, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Orb Financial Services is an employee benefits...
Nurre Named President, Employee Benefits in USI’s Cincinnati Office
Jul 12 2016 // Insurance brokerage, USI Insurance Services (USI), has appointed David A. Nurre president, employee benefits for the Cincinnati, Ohio, office. As president, Nurre is responsible for the growth and overall performance of...
Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners Appoints Olson As Advisor in Tampa Office
Jul 12 2016 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an independent insurance brokerage firms, has appointed of Steve Olson to advisor. Olson comes to BKS with over 25 years of industry experience in the Tampa Bay market. Most...
Houston-Based Employee Benefits Firms to Merge
Jul 7 2016 // Advantage Benefits Solutions (ABS) and Collins Benefits Solutions, both based in Houston, are merging. Together, the two employee benefits firms manage collective premiums of $58 million, according to the merger...
Hanover Stone Partners, USA Risk Group to Offer Captive Management Services
Jun 24 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and USA Risk Group, an independent captive management firm, have collaborated to offer captive management, governance and related services to businesses and other...
