Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Barney & Barney in California Names Nine New Principals
Jan 13 2016 // Barney & Barney has appointed nine senior executives to principals. The new principals in the firm’s San Diego, Calif. office are: David Freeman; Richard Hallett; LuAnn McSwiggen and Debora Walker. The new...
Cross Insurance Hires Jermyn as Employee Benefits VP in Maine
Jan 13 2016 // Eric Jermyn Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Eric Jermyn as vice president of business development for Cross Employee Benefits. He will be based in Portland, Maine. In this new...
Barney & Barney Announces 9 New Principal Appointments
Jan 12 2016 // Barney & Barney, a Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency LLC company based in San Diego, Calif., has promoted nine senior executives to principals. The new principals in the firm’s San Diego office are David...
Houston Employee Benefits Firm, Ascende, Joins EPIC
Jan 8 2016 // Houston, Texas-based human capital and employee benefits consulting firm, Ascende Inc. (Ascende), has joined forces with national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, EPIC Insurance Brokers...
VistaNational Insurance Acquires Business Insurance Underwriters
Jan 5 2016 // Oak Brook, Ill.-based VistaNational Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Business Insurance Underwriters of Wheaton, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. VistaNational Insurance specializes in employee...
Hub New England Hires Minichiello as Employee Benefits President
Dec 29 2015 // Mim Minichiello Hub International New England LLC, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Mim Minichiello as president of the New England Employee Benefits Practice. Minichiello will focus on providing...
Wells Fargo Insurance Reports Hiring Spree
Dec 18 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance said it has hired more than 100 professionals in recent months as it seeks to grow and improve customer service. “Continuing to invest in talent is critical to the success of our business and...
Marsh Names Barton to Succeed Alway as Head of Jelf Group
Dec 15 2015 // Following completion of its acquisition of Jelf Group, first announced in September, Marsh has made a change in management. It has appointed Phil Barton to be CEO of Jelf in succession to Alex Alway, who is to become a...
Slife Joins Schauer Group in New Cleveland Office
Dec 11 2015 // David Slife has joined risk management and insurance services firm, Schauer Group Inc., as client executive of employee benefits. He will lead the employee benefits practice at the company’s newly opened Cleveland,...
Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Hires Ambrose as Benefits Practice Leader in N.J.
Dec 4 2015 // Meeker Sharkey & Hurley, a Cranford, New Jersey-based provider of employee benefits and insurance services, has hired Richard Ambrose as senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader. In his new role,...
USI Names Peirce Employee Benefits Leader, Producer for Mountain Region
Nov 25 2015 // USI Insurance Services has named Robert Peirce employee benefits leader and producer for the Mountain region. Peirce is responsible for driving revenue growth as well as managing a book of prospects and clients for USI in...
Alliant Hires McCaffrey as Managing Director of Northeast Employee Benefits
Nov 19 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Daniel McCaffrey as managing director, Employee Benefits – Northeast. McCaffrey will oversee revenue growth and manage...
Hub Acquires Assets of Washington-based Employee Benefits Group
Nov 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Employee Benefits Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EBG specializes in providing employee benefits to mid-size and large companies with...
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Cuts Profit Forecast on Pension Changes, Strong Pound
Nov 3 2015 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc lowered its expectations for 2015 profit after government pension changes hurt the insurance broker’s U.K. employee benefits business and the stronger pound cut income from overseas....
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ohio’s Sigma II Insurance Agency
Oct 26 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sigma II Insurance Agency in Independence, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1988, Sigma II Insurance Agency (Sigma II) is an employee benefits...
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Appoints Viswanathan as CEO, UK Employee Benefits
Oct 14 2015 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced the appointment of Bala Viswanathan as CEO of JLT’s UK Employee Benefits business, subject to the necessary regulatory approval. Viswanathan succeeds Duncan Howorth, who has...
Corporate Synergies in New Jersey Announces 2 Appointments
Oct 9 2015 // Corporate Synergies, a property/casualty brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, hired Liisa Granfors-Hunt as director of account management. In her new role, Granfors-Hunt will...
Willis Aims to ‘Shake Up’ UK Employee Benefits Market with PMI Health Acquisition
Oct 8 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced the completion of its acquisition of PMI Health Group (PMIHG), a leading independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK. PMIHG will operate as Willis PMI Group while the business...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Burkwald & Assoc.
Oct 6 2015 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...
Willis Names Perry VP of Human Capital Practice in Tennessee
Oct 5 2015 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, has appointed of Ken Perry as vice president of the Human Capital Practice, Willis of Tennessee, effective immediately. Based in Knoxville, Perry will be...
