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Employee Benefit Strategies Group Joins Holmes Murphy
Feb 1 2018 // Independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy announced it has added Employee Benefit Strategies Group (EBSG) to its team of benefits experts. The EBSG team members joining Holmes Murphy have a combined experience of more...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Adds Stewart, McCumber to Leadership Team
Jan 25 2018 // Des Moines, Iowa-based independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy & Associates has added Tom Stewart, president of Innovative Captive Strategies (a Holmes Murphy subsidiary) and Charisse McCumber, senior vice...
Holmes Murphy Adds Wilson as Account Executive in Dallas
Nov 7 2017 // Tricia Wilson has joined insurance broker Holmes Murphy as an account executive, specializing in property/casualty for the Dallas market. Wilson will play a crucial role in the development and ongoing stewardship of new...
Holmes Murphy Names Holder Vice President in Colorado
Oct 25 2017 // Holmes Murphy has named Jim Holder vice president of employees benefits for the Colorado market. Holder was previously senior vice president for Cigna’s Mountain States Region. He was executive vice president in...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy: Responsible Time Off Policy a Success
Jul 14 2017 // For the past year, Des Moines, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy team members across the nation have overwhelmingly embraced the independent insurance brokerage’s Responsible Time Off program. Holmes Murphy said it began a...
Slapnicka Joins Holmes Murphy Team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Mar 28 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy has added Justin Slapnicka in its Cedar Rapids location. Slapnicka has a background in the construction and safety industry. In his new role as loss...
Holmes Murphy Adds Marchino to Dallas Benefits Team
Mar 2 2017 // Holmes Murphy & Associates has hired Jeff Marchino as a senior consultant for employee benefits in its Dallas office. Marchino joins the team with more than two decades of experience in the insurance industry. Marchino...
Holmes Murphy Execs Join Agency’s Board of Directors
Jan 12 2017 // Des Moines, Iowa-based independent insurance brokerage, Holmes Murphy & Associates, has added Ellen Willadsen, chief financial officer, and Steve McManus, senior vice president, to its board of directors. In addition...
C2 Solutions Adds Holmes Murphy as New Member Firm
Jan 13 2016 // C2 Solutions (C2), an organization formed by a group of independent employee benefits consulting firms, has added Iowa-based Holmes Murphy & Associates as a new member. Holmes Murphy has offices in Des Moines, Iowa;...
USI Acquires Holmes Murphy in Missouri
Dec 2 2014 // USI Insurance Services has acquired the Saint Louis, Mo. operation of Holmes Murphy. The business and its employees will join USI’s Saint Louis office. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquired business was...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Names Swift Director of Development Opportunities
Dec 23 2013 // Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Chairman Jim Swift will move into a new role as director of development opportunities at the Des Moines, Iowa-based insurance brokerage effective Jan.1, 2014, as part of the...
People – Midwest
Jan 28 2013 // Steven Handmaker has been promoted to chief marketing officer at Assurance, a Chicago-area independent insurance brokerage. He previously was executive vice president, marketing and communications at Assurance. Handmaker...
Foley Named New Board Member at Holmes Murphy & Associates
Jan 7 2013 // Iowa-based independent broker Holmes Murphy & Associates has named Mike Foley, a senior vice president and shareholder of the company, as its newest board member. During his more than 25 years at Holmes Murphy, Foley...
Holmes Murphy & Associates Names Keough CEO, Bishop President
Nov 29 2011 // Des Moines, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy & Associates has named Daniel T. Keough as the organization’s CEO and Dennis Bishop as its president, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Jim Swift will maintain his role as chairman of...
Holmes Murphy Adds Johnson and Shald in Nebraska Office
Oct 17 2011 // Holmes Murphy Division Leader Beau Reid has announced the addition of two industry professionals to the company’s Nebraska division. Craig Johnson has joined the firm as senior consultant – client services and...
Business Moves
Oct 17 2011 // ISU Network, Great Northern, Davidson Insurance Great Northern Insurance of Sterling Heights, Mich., and Davidson Insurance Agency of West Plains, Mo., have joined the ISU Network, the San Francisco-based organization...
Business Moves
Oct 17 2011 // Atlantic Specialty Lines, Financial Guarantee Underwriters, American Tri-State Underwriters Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. (ASL) announced it has acquired Financial Guarantee Underwriters Inc. and American Tri-State...
Holmes Murphy & Associates Acquires Bridge Insurance Partners
Oct 5 2011 // Holmes Murphy & Associates, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has acquired Dallas-based Bridge Insurance Partners LLC. The team of seven from Bridge Insurance Partners led by Jeff Turner joined the organization on the...
Reid Named Leader of Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Nebraska Office
Sep 15 2011 // Holmes Murphy & Associates Vice President Beau Reid has been appointed to lead the independent insurance brokerage’s Nebraska division. Reid has been with Holmes Murphy since 2004 and specializes in innovative...
Conard, Toomey Join Holmes Murphy & Associates’ ACAP Health Consulting
Jul 6 2011 // Dallas insurance brokerage firm Holmes Murphy & Associates has added two well-known industry leaders in its ACAP Health Consulting division. Dr. Scott Conard will serve as chief medical officer and David Toomey is a...
