All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2019 // Houston-based benefits consultant Dan Cotuno has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within the company’s Employee Benefits Group.Cotuno will provide integrated, data-driven benefits to a diverse...
Mar 14 2019 // Millions of Americans get their health insurance and retirement accounts through their employers. Now some are getting help with their debt.Companies including insurer Aetna and accounting firm PwC help employees pay down...
Mar 11 2019 // The Trump Administration’s proposed 2020 budget includes $2.7 trillion in spending cuts. As part of these cuts, nondefense program spending is reduced by 5 percent. At the same time, the budget includes $750 billion...
Mar 7 2019 // Omaha, Nebraska-based benefits consultant Shane Jacobsen has joined Alliant Insurance Services Employee Benefits Group.The company said the addition of Jacobsen will expand Alliant’s benefits footprint in Nebraska,...
Mar 5 2019 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Employee Benefits Group Inc. (EBG), a Bethesda, Md.-based independent insurance agency specializing in employee benefits and...
Feb 26 2019 // Atlanta-based benefits and wellness consultant Scott Parker has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant. Serving as first vice president, Parker will design and deliver integrated employee benefits products for...
Feb 18 2019 // Employee Satisfaction with Compensation on the RiseTotal compensation and salary adjustments on average fell slightly in independent insurance agencies responding to the 2019 Agency Salary Survey, but that trend has had...
Feb 18 2019 // MetLife has named Darla Finchum as head of the company’s U.S. property/casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home. Finchum had been serving in this role on an interim basis since last August. She will be responsible...
Feb 15 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the assets of Firstbrook Pointon Benefits Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Toronto, Ontario in Canada,...
Feb 15 2019 // Yumi Yamazaki Colwell has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant in Atlanta as first vice president.Yamazaki Colwell has experience in the global automotive/manufacturing industry, particularly in the U.S. and Asia,...
Feb 13 2019 // Lockton has named JoAnn Lau an employee benefits consultant in Bellevue, Wash. She has more than 30 years in the insurance industry. She is part of the Mountain West series, which includes offices in Denver, Phoenix and...
Feb 11 2019 // RHSB (Roach Howard Smith & Barton) has hired Dennis Fowler as vice president in its Fort Worth Employee Benefits Practice group.Fowler is a seasoned sales professional and has been an employee benefit consultant for...
Feb 8 2019 // John Cox has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant Insurance Services as vice president, based in Austin, Texas. Cox has more than 25 years of experience in the employee benefits field. Prior to joining Alliant,...
Feb 7 2019 // Lockton has named Won Andersen and Dard Hunter to lead and expand its Pacific Series employee benefits operations.Both will be based in Lockton’s San Francisco, Calif. office. Andersen is focusing on creating a...
Feb 7 2019 // Starting next year, U.S. employees at insurance company Unum Group will have a choice: The company will put money toward their student loans, if the worker gives up five paid vacation days.The new perk is a creative twist...
Feb 4 2019 // Marsh/JLT, Brown & Brown/Hays Topped 2018 P/C Agency MergersA handful of big deals dominated the very busy property/casualty insurance agency and broker merger news cycle for 2018. Based on Insurance Journal reporting,...
Jan 29 2019 // Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agents and brokers last year broke several records in 2018, with private equity/hybrid buyers accounting for 68 percent of the total.According to consultants at OPTIS Partners’...
Jan 9 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired the assets of TRG Group Benefits and Pensions Inc. (TRG) in Canada.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition...
Jan 7 2019 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader for North America within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Creedon, a 30-year insurance and construction risk industry...
Dec 17 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Apex Insurance Benefits LLC in Blackfoot, Idaho.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Troy Goodwin, owner of Apex, will join Hub Mountain and report to Tara Tandrow,...