Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mesirow Financial Formalizes Management of Insurance Services Division
May 17 2011 // Chicago-based Mesirow Financial announced that its Insurance Services Division will be led by a newly formed Insurance Management Committee (IMC). The IMC has named Norman Malter president of the Insurance Division, John...
IMA Financial Group Promotes 3 in Benefits Practice
May 15 2011 // The IMA Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company specializing in insurance, asset and risk management, has promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg...
MJ Insurance Names Hachmeister Producer
May 12 2011 // MJ Insurance, a privately held insurance agency, has hired Ash Hachmeister as a producer. He will work with both employee benefits and property/casualty clients from the company’s Phoenix, Ariz., office. Hachmeister...
Frost Insurance Acquires Clark Benefit Group in San Antonio
May 2 2011 // Frost Insurance Agency Inc., the insurance subsidiary of Frost, has acquired Clark Benefit Group, an independent San Antonio-based insurance agency that specializes in providing employee benefits to small and mid-size...
Lockton Adds Employee Benefits Consultants in San Jose
Apr 26 2011 // Four employee benefits consultants have joined Lockton in its San Jose, Calif. office: Linda Wieck, senior vice president and unit manager; Charina English, vice president and senior consultant; Shirley Lau, vice president...
Woman Admits She Embezzled $490K from Employee Benefits Fund
Apr 20 2011 // A Tennessee woman told a federal judge in Baton Rouge, La., that she embezzled over $491,000 in benefits intended for employees of union contractors in five states. Theresa Waters, 45, of Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to...
Lockton Adds Faughnan in Denver Benefits Group
Apr 20 2011 // The Denver Office of Lockton Companies LLC, a large privately held independent insurance brokerage, has expanded its Lockton Denver Benefits Group with the addition of Michael Faughnan. As an employee benefits consultant,...
Frost Insurance Names Latkowski to Lead Employee Benefits Practice
Apr 14 2011 // Frost Insurance announced that Brian Latkowski has been named senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader, in the company’s Austin, Texas, office. In this role, Latkowski oversees statewide strategic...
EPIC Adds Pierro Jr. as Principal in Los Angeles
Apr 6 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Daniel J. Pierro Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant. His addition...
IMA Benefits Promotes Four
Mar 3 2011 // IMA Benefits, the benefits practice for retail insurance broker IMA Inc., announced that Tracy McConnell and John Kirke were promoted to director of health innovation. Additionally, Dale Curtis was promoted to director of...
The Buckner Co. Hires Acquires Dana Benefits
Feb 11 2011 // Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. has hired Carol Dana in its Employee Benefits department, and subsequently acquired Dana’s agency, Dana Benefits. Dana will join the team of benefits experts at The Buckner Co.,...
EPIC Adds Chen as Account Executive
Feb 11 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Amenda-Ming Chen as an employee benefits account executive in its San Francisco...
Lockton Promotes 2 Associates to Practice Leaders
Feb 10 2011 // Lockton Companies LLC, a Kansas City-based firm specializing in insurance, risk management and employee benefits, announced two promotions within its Kansas City Employee Benefits Agency. Previously unit managers for...
CMR Risk & Insurance Names Jacka Employee Benefits Broker
Feb 7 2011 // San Diego based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. has added Grant Jacka as its employee benefits broker. Jacka comes to CMR Risk & Insurance Services after spending nearly three years as a broker/account executive...
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Feb 7 2011 // Portland, Ore.-based Durham and Bates Agencies Inc. selected William D. Hurst as CEO and president. Hurst, an internationally known marine insurance broker, and leader of Durham and Bates’ Marine Practice for 25...
New Employee Benefits Analyst Joins Texas Associates Team
Jan 20 2011 // Texas Associates Insurors has added Grace Jaen as its newest Employee Benefits analyst. Jaen focuses on developing and implementing solutions that help businesses attract and retain the right employees. “With...
Cavignac & Associations Adds Soleno to Employee Benefits Department
Jan 18 2011 // San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm Cavignac & Associates has named Taylor Soleno an employee benefits account administrator. Soleno will provide administrative support to the agency’s...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota-based RJF Agencies
Jan 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has RJF Agencies Inc., one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the upper Midwest. Terms of the transaction were...
Marsh Agency Buys Georgia Benefits Brokerage
Jan 4 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC reports it has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions, Inc. (SBS), a $4 million benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not...
Hub International Acquires Four Western Companies
Jan 4 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions. It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance Group Inc., Bothell,...
