Most Popular Employee Benefits Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Agency Growth in 2025: Stay Focused on Prospecting, Cross-Selling & Employee Benefits
Nov 18 2024 // Predictions of a softer insurance pricing market are on the horizon. Perhaps not in early 2025, but there’s no question the market is stabilizing from the high prices the sector has seen in recent years. Relying on...
#2 Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion
Aug 14 2024 // Insurer Allstate has agreed to sell its subsidiaries that provide employer voluntary benefits to StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) in a $2 billion cash deal, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The...
#3 People Moves: IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits; Marsh McLennan Agency Appoints Stadler President, Jeatran VP and Bridges to Lead Southwest Region
Sep 24 2024 // IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits Teniqua Davenport IMA Financial Group, headquartered in Denver, named Teniqua Davenport as Texas market leader, employee benefits on its Dallas-Fort Worth...
#4 People Moves: DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Employee Benefits; Cormier Joins Alliant Americas in Boston
Aug 23 2024 // DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team Anthony DiPhilippo Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Anthony DiPhilippo as vice president, employee benefits,...
#5 New York Employers Must Offer Paid Medical Leave During Pregnancy
Jan 6 2025 // Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that took effect Wednesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the policy makes New York the first state in...
#6 NFP Acquires Salus Group, Expanding Its Employee Benefits Practice
Dec 17 2024 // NFP, an Aon company, announced its acquisition of Benefits Partner, LLC dba Salus Group, an independent employee benefits consulting, brokerage and administration firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Michael Brillati,...
#7 Artemis Risk Solutions Launches Insurance Brokerage, Names Executive Team
Jun 12 2024 // Artemis Risk Solutions, a recently formed insurance brokerage specializing in employee benefit solutions, property & casualty, and personal lines formally has announced its launch. Co-founded by industry veterans Clint...
#8 People Moves: Schaper Is Now Permanent AIG CRO; NFP Appoints Boester Head of Sports and Entertainment Group; Galvin and Fujikawa Join Alliant’s Employee Benefits
Nov 13 2024 // American International Group said Christopher Schaper has been appointed chief risk officer of AIG. Chris Schaper Schaper has held the role of chief risk officer on an interim basis since September, while also serving as...
#9 People Moves: Bigglestone Named Acting Commissioner in Vermont; Protecdiv Welcomes Skowronski; DellaTorre Joins Alliant
Jan 16 2025 // Bigglestone Appointed Acting Commissioner of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Sandy Bigglestone Vermont Governor Phil Scott named Sandy Bigglestone as acting commissioner of the state’s Department of...
#10 People Moves: Petruziello Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group
Dec 27 2024 // Mark Petruziello Mark Petruziello joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in California, he will work with clients across the West region. Petruziello has more than a...
#11 Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Catalyst Benefits Group
Sep 19 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Catalyst Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits insurance brokerage firm based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This strategic merger further enhances Inszone’s footprint...
#12 People Moves: Powers Joins Alliant Insurance Services as SVP, Employee Benefits Group
Mar 11 2025 // Ashley Powers Ashley Powers joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. She is based in Alliant’s headquarters in Irvine, California. Powers has more than 13 years...
#13 People Moves: Meister Joins Sertis as SVP, Distribution Partnerships; Alliant Names Mast SVP, Employee Benefits Group; Venbrook Names Oakes EVP
Sep 12 2024 // Meister Joins Sertis as SVP, Distribution Partnerships Kurt Meister Sertis, headquartered in Reno, Nevada, appointed Kurt Meister as senior vice president, distribution partnerships. Meister has more than 36 years of...
#14 Wintermute Moves From WTW to Alliant, Now VP for Benefits Group
Jun 18 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, known as one of the larger U.S. insurance distribution companies, has named Kevin Wintermute executive vice president of its employee benefits group, based in Charlotte, North...
#15 People Moves: McCarty Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits Group
Oct 28 2024 // Tammy McCarty Tammy McCarty joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Austin, Texas, McCarty has over 25 years of...
#16 People Moves: SAIF Names Graneto Chief Financial Officer; Chapman and Crandall Join Alliant Employee Benefits; Huihui Joins Alliant’s Hawaii Team
May 24 2024 // SAIF Promotes Graneto to Chief Financial Officer Todd Graneto SAIF, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, promoted Todd Graneto to chief financial officer. In his new role, Graneto will be responsible for the financial services...
#17 People Moves: IMA Financial Adds Jacobs as Employee Benefits Executive in New York
Jul 31 2024 // Shawn Jacobs IMA Financial Group, Inc. has expanded its team in New York City, hiring Shawn A. Jacobs for the newly created role of employee benefits new business client executive. Jacobs serves as an insurance and...
#18 People Moves: Rice Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team
Jul 11 2024 // Brandon Rice Brandon Rice joined Alliant Insurance Services, based in Irvine, California, as a vice president for its employee benefits group. Rice is based in Dallas. He most recently served as vice president at Lockton...
#19 Canada’s Axis Insurance Acquires Employee Benefits Specialist O’Neill Group
Sep 25 2024 // Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the O’Neill Group, one of British Columbia’s premier employee group benefits, life insurance, and wealth...
#20 Brown & Brown Acquires UK Employee Benefits Specialist Drewberry
Dec 18 2024 // Employee benefits specialists Drewberry has been acquired by Brown & Brown (Europe) Ltd. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Founded in 2009 by Andrew Jenkinson and Tom Conner, Brighton and London-based Drewberry...
