Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

Apr 7 2008 // People Rob Arnold has been named president of Houston-based insurance wholesaler Myron Steves. Arnold has been a member of the Myron Steves management team since 1995 and has also served as director of Business...

Balmer Joins National Insurance Partners as Benefit Analyst

Mar 25 2008 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP) announced that Holly Balmer has joined the company’s San Antonio team as benefit analyst. Balmer’s responsibilities will revolve around her extensive experience in...

Mar 10 2008 // People Ken Ross has been named commissioner of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services. Ross has been the acting commissioner since Linda Watters left the post in October. He has been with the state agency...

Frost Joins Lawson-Hawks as Employee Benefits VP

Feb 29 2008 // Nancy Frost has been named vice president of employee benefits for Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, an insurance intermediary and broker based in Mountain View, Calif. “Ms. Frost brings with her to Lawson-Hawks an...

Lockton Adds Vice President, Unit Manager in Chicago

Feb 20 2008 // Kansas City home-based Lockton Companies recenty announced it has expanded its Chicago employee benefits team with the addition of Nancy Daas as vice president and unit manager. She joins Lockton’s Chicago-based...

Willis Expands UK Employee Benefits Practice

Feb 19 2008 // Willis Group Holdings announced that its UK Employee Benefits Practice would be further strengthened by three senior appointees and the expansion of its capabilities to Reading. Jamie Simmons and Chris Bhatt, who have a...

Willis Names 2 UK Employee Benefit Leaders

Jan 24 2008 // Willis Group Holdings announced that Richard Colver and Martin Ralph have joined its rapidly expanding Willis UK and Ireland Employee Benefits Practice. The two bring over 40 years of experience to the roles of Group Risk...

The National Alliance Adds Employee Benefits Course

Jan 16 2008 // Austin, Texas-based The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced it has added a new course for insurance professionals: Employee Benefits – Health Insurance. The course aims to deliver...

Campbell Joins Barney & Barney as Principal

Jan 8 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney announced that Alice Campbell has joined the company as principal in the Employee Benefits Division. Formerly president of Campbell Benefits, Campbell specializes in providing employee...

Cavigna & Associates Names Employee Benefits Broker

Dec 21 2007 // San Diego-based Cavignac & Associates has named Matthew Noonan a new broker in the employee benefits department. Prior to joining Cavignac & Associates, Noonan served worked with John Burnham Insurance, in San...

Ga.: Atlanta’s Digital Insurance Acquires 20 Additional Partners

Dec 5 2007 // Atlanta-based Digital Insurance Inc., a national employee benefits broker in the small business market, added of 20 agency partnerships to become effective in January 2008. The firm acquired 46 new partnerships in...

Frost Insurance Acquires Prime Benefits in Austin

Dec 3 2007 // Frost Insurance announced it has acquired Prime Benefits Inc., an independent Austin, Texas-based insurance agency that specializes in employee benefits, effective Dec. 1. Prime Benefits offers group employee benefits...

McKenna, Johnson Join Lockton’s New York Team

Nov 29 2007 // Lockton Companies, LLC, ranked the largest privately held insurance broker, has expanded its New York brokerage team with the addition of Kenneth McKenna as senior vice president of the Employee Benefits Practice. Susan...

Locked Into the Customer

Nov 18 2007 // The force behind Lockton’s phenomenal organic growth Insurance Journal is pleased to launch a new series of profiles of privately-held property/casualty independent insurance agencies that qualify for the annual...

Willis Makes Asia, India Employee Benefits Appointments

Nov 13 2007 // In a move which it indicated highlights the “the importance of its burgeoning Employee Benefits business in Asia,” Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Pauline Prescott as Employee Benefits Leader...

Walsh Promoted to Employee Benefits Practice Leader at Woodruff-Sawyer

Oct 3 2007 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. promoted Jennifer Walsh to employee benefits practice leader. She joined the company’s Benefits Team three years ago as vice president and account executive, and became a shareholder in the...

Willis Expands Employee Benefits Practice in Minn. with Key Appointments

Sep 12 2007 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, recently announced the appointments of Jackie Lantry and Rick Storms to vice president of the Employee Benefits Practice for Willis’ operations in Minneapolis. In...

HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group

Jul 26 2007 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. said it is acquiring the assets of The Resource Group, L.C. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on Aug. 1, 2007, were not disclosed. Founded...

Brown & Brown Names Paschke and Strianese Regional Exec. VPs

Jul 20 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has appointed Michael Paschke and Anthony Strianese as regional executive vice presidents. Paschke and Strianese are headquartered in the West and Northeast, respectively. Paschke...

Executive risk exposures producers should know

May 7 2007 // Every day, corporate executives are expected to make the perfect business decisions on all issues. Obviously, this does not happen all the time. The best one can truly expect is for the executives to make the best decision...