Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Hub International Acquires Canadian Broker PDF Financial Group

Oct 9 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired PDF Financial Group Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PDF is an independent...

World Broker Network Adds CEO of Hong Kong-Based Pacific Prime to Board

Oct 8 2019 // Neil Raymond, founder and CEO of Pacific Prime Insurance Brokers, has recently joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a board member.Founded in 1999, Hong Kong-based Pacific Prime serves more than 4,000 corporate...

Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based ProCorp Financial

Oct 7 2019 // Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired ProCorp Financial Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ProCorp Financial is a...

Texas’ BevCap Management Adds Marchino as EVP

Oct 7 2019 // Jeff Marchino has joined McKinney, Texas-based insurance services firm BevCap Management as executive vice president.Marchino brings more than 25 years of professional experience in employee benefits. His extensive...

Hub International Buys Canada Employee Benefits Consultant, Regency Advisory Corp.

Oct 3 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the Canadian employee consulting firm, Regency Advisory Corp.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Saskatoon,...

Hub International Acquires Assets of Phil Bailey & Associates of Mississippi

Sep 6 2019 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Phil Bailey & Associates, P.A. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Oxford, Miss., Phil Bailey & Associatesis an employee benefits brokerage...

Risk Strategies Acquires National Insurance Consulting Group, Expands Southeast Reach

Aug 22 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has expanded its presence in the Southeast United States with the acquisition of National Insurance Consulting Group, LLC (NICG), an...

Next Level Acquires North Texas Employee Benefits Provider, A&H Benefits

Aug 6 2019 // Next Level Insurance Agency, a Dallas-based healthcare consulting and employee benefits brokerage firm, has acquired A&H Benefits, also based in North Texas.A&H was formed in 1997 as a corporation to provide...

People

Aug 5 2019 // The Vertafore technology users network, NetVU, has named Linda Dodson as executive director. Dodson’s career has included work in an insurance agency and with agency carriers. She began her insurance career with Rand...

Alliant Names Droz Vice President in Employee Benefits in California

Jul 30 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michelle Droz vice president within the employee benefits group. Droz will be based in San Francisco, Calif., and design and deliver benefits solutions to clients across a range of...

The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits

Jul 30 2019 // The Buckner Co. has named Brad Kupfer chief sales officer of employee benefits. Kupfer will manage Buckner’s sales process for employee benefits in six offices. As a member of the senior executive team, Kupfer will...

Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s Gerard B. Tracy Associates

Jul 26 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice with the acquisition of Gerard B. Tracy Associates Inc.Based in Fairfield, Conn., Gerard...

Droz Joins Alliant Insurance Services in San Francisco

Jul 25 2019 // Michelle Droz has joined Alliant Insurance Services in San Francisco as vice president in the company’s Employee Benefits Group.She has 25 years of experience in the employee benefits field. Prior to joining Alliant,...

Insurance Agency Mergers Hit Near-Record in First Half 2019

Jul 24 2019 // There were 328 announced U.S. and Canadian insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2019, the second-highest six-month total, trailing only the first half of 2017 when 333 transactions were...

Assurance Names Schwarz VP in Employee Benefits Unit

Jul 22 2019 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, has added Abby Schwarz as a vice president in the Employee Benefits division.Schwarz brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Assurance, she...

Holmes Murphy Welcomes Deibele to Employee Benefits Team in Minnesota

Jul 16 2019 // Holmes Murphy has added Brooks Deibele as regional market Leader for the company’s growing Minneapolis Employee Benefits team.Deibele joins Holmes Murphy from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota, where he rose...

Harden Expands into South Florida; Taps Beller as Market Leader

Jul 16 2019 // Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has formally expanded into the South Florida market with the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale.The firm currently serves many clients...

Virtus Acquires Cobbs Allen’s Kansas City Employee Benefits Unit

Jul 15 2019 // Insurance brokerage, Virtus, has acquired Cobbs Allen’s Kansas City employee benefits practice. This acquisition supplements Virtus’ Kansas City presence and adds depth and expertise to its employee benefits...

USI Insurance Services Acquires Pennsylvania’s JRG Advisors

Jul 15 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Wexford, Penn.-based employee benefits services firm, JRG Advisors LLC. The company’s existing operations will be combined with Emerson Reid, USI’s employee benefits...

Western Growers in California Names Martin Director of Employee Benefits Account Management

Jul 15 2019 // Irvine Calif.-based Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has named Jodi Martin director of employee benefits account management. Martin will lead account management activities while also supporting the growth and...