Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Announces Senior Employee Benefit Appointments
Jan 30 2015 // London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced several senior management appointments within its UK Employee Benefits business and JLT Asia. These appointments are subject to obtaining the appropriate regulatory...
2014 Deal Activity Close to Record
Jan 26 2015 // Deal count for the fourth quarter of 2014 was the second most active quarter on record with 91 announced transactions. The total deal count for 2014 (as of Jan. 12, 2015) was at 321 (U.S. based transactions). This was a 43...
Florida’s Gardner Group Merges with Hylant
Jan 20 2015 // Hylant, one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the nation, said that The Gardner Group, an independent employee benefits agency based in Neptune Beach, Fla., will be merging into its Jacksonville...
Large Firms Add Financial Muscle to Wellness Programs
Jan 16 2015 // U.S. companies are increasingly penalizing workers who decline to join “wellness” programs, embracing an element of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that has raised questions about fairness in the...
Hub International Northeast Hires Giué as VP in New Jersey
Jan 7 2015 // Hub International Northeast, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Ciro J. Giué as vice president and voluntary/worksite benefits practice leader of the Employee Benefits division. In this role, Giué will be...
Alliant Acquires American Benefits Consulting in New York
Jan 7 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired American Benefits Consulting (ABC), an employee benefits consulting firm in New York. Terms of the...
Employee Benefits Expert Dennis Joins Lockton in Chicago
Dec 15 2014 // Lockton announced the addition of David Dennis as unit manager and senior vice president in its Chicago employee benefits operation. He joins Lockton with more than 22 years of experience in health and welfare and employee...
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires The Camps Group in New York
Dec 12 2014 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired The Camps Group, an employee benefits services provider in New York. Terms of the transaction were not...
Regions Insurance Opens Florida Office with Acquisition of Teaberry Business
Dec 2 2014 // Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, has opened an office in St. Petersburg, Florida after agreeing to purchase the accounts of Teaberry Health and Welfare Benefits Practice. Financial terms of the agreement...
Workplace Wellness Battle Could Jeopardize Firms’ Support for Obamacare
Nov 30 2014 // Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration’s challenge to certain “workplace wellness” programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according...
Insurance Intermediary Deal Momentum Gathers Speed
Nov 17 2014 // Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the third quarter of 2014 was strong with 69 deals, helping propel the total deal count to a record 220 through September. We have not seen the deal count in the 200s at...
World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...
Hub International Acquires Fotek Insurance Agency in New Jersey
Nov 7 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the stock of Fotek Insurance Agency Inc., a New Jersey-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition...
EEOC Challenges Employee Wellness Penalties in Suit Against Honeywell
Oct 30 2014 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Honeywell International Inc. to stop the company from imposing penalties on employees who refuse to undergo testing under its corporate wellness program. The...
Hub International to Acquire Chicago-Based Laurus Strategies
Oct 29 2014 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) announced its Chicago-area affiliate Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) plans to acquire Laurus Strategies (Laurus) from CSIG Holding Co. Laurus is an employee...
Suhr Names Dershimer Vice President of Employee Benefits in California
Oct 22 2014 // Suhr Risk Services has named Jed Dershimer vice president of employee benefits in San Jose, Calif. Dershimer previously worked at Hays Companies, ADP and Verizon, in addition to a lengthy prior stint with Suhr. He...
Heffernan Acquires Pilot Employee Benefits in New York
Oct 21 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced it has purchased the assets of Pilot Employee Benefits of Melville, New York. Family owned and operated for over 50 years, Pilot Employee Benefits has developed benefits programs and...
Reiff Appointed to Head Lockton Benefit Group
Oct 14 2014 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton named Bob Reiff to lead Lockton Benefit Group, the broker’s global employee benefits consulting business. Reiff will succeed Mike Brewer, president of Lockton Benefit Group since 2004,...
Wiesner Joins EPIC as Regional Director in Northern California
Oct 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named David Wiesner managing principle and regional director in EPIC’s employee benefits consulting division. Wiesner will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits...
Gabers with Leavitt in Utah Named to Voluntary Benefits Association Board
Oct 6 2014 // Heather Garbers, a voluntary benefits executive with Leavitt Group’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, GBS Benefits Inc., was named to the Voluntary Benefits Association’s advisory board. Garbers is a voluntary plan...
